Busy summer! LAST RUN has just been published in its trade paperback edition (August in USA), and my new title – RALPH’S CHILDREN – is to be published in hardback on July 31 – though not until October in the US. And a hectic Florida and Chicago research trip (for the next Sam Becket suspense) planned for June – can’t wait!

May I just say again how much I love hearing from readers in the UK and all over the world. There’s really nothing like it for making a writer feel connected, and I’m so grateful to you all for taking the time and trouble.

To those who’ve only just found this website, I hope you’ll browse for a while and then feel free to make contact if you have anything to say or ask about any of my books, new and old.

‘Some children play, from early years, with instincts far from pure.
Some play their games with the souls of killers.
And then they grow up.’

The gang have played their ‘games’ since childhood, and Ralph is their protector. Their aim is to punish sins against other kids.

Journalist Kate Turner tends to speak first and regret later. No regrets greater than her miscarriage and marriage breakdown.

As a pregnant teenager, Laurie Moon fought termination despite the odds. Now her son Sam lives in a special needs home, and Laurie exists only to visit him.

One winter afternoon, Kate’s escaping the city to lick her wounds. While just miles away, Laurie’s counting the hours till she can see Sam again.

Neither woman knows that a game has been created especially for them.

A killing game.

RALPH’S CHILDREN will be published in hardback on August 31 by Severn House Publishers.