You can read extracts and opening chapters from my books on THIS BLOG from Hornsea Writers.
Fiction
Crime
Death By Column Inches is set in the north of England in the 1990s. It features a group of schoolchildren from a failing inner-city school who become embroiled in the tangled agendas behind a local murder trial.
The Annie Raymond mystery series & the Webber and Ahmed police procedurals
The first 3 books: Like False Money, The Jawbone Gang and
The Doll Makers were reissued in 2019 as a trilogy, Falling into Crime.
Where There’s Smoke is book 4 in the Annie series.
Buried Deep is book 5 in the Annie series and also book 1 in
the Martyn Webber & Ayaan Ahmed police procedural series.
Tiger Blood is book 6, a sequel to Buried Deep, and follows the
fortunes of Webber and Ahmed.
Syrup Trap City is book 7 in the Annie series and also
features Det Sergeant Ayaan Ahmed.
Boxed In is the 8th book in the series.
Children’s fantasy written under the name Melodie Trudeaux
For more information on Melodie Trudeaux, CLICK HERE
Horse of a Different Colour – children’s fantasy.
The 93-E Contradiction – science-fiction. Also available as
an audio short read by Penelope McDonald
Writing Guides
How to be a Fantastic Writer is an expanded and updated
version of the book first published as The Writers’ Toolkit.
Writing a Textbook: how to establish yourself as an academic author.
Textbooks
Software Maintenance: concepts and practice is the updated
2nd edition of Software Maintenance: concepts and practice.
