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You might think at first sight that this post has nothing to do with writing and my marine mysteries, but read on. My blogging mate, Alex Johnson of Shedworking was good enough to support me and my thriller IN COLD DAYLIGHT when it was on the shortlist for the World Book Day Prize, by encouraging visitors to his fantastic blog to vote for it in an online poll. He also ran a competition around it. Why? Because the hero in In Cold Daylight works from a shed in his garden. So now Alex has asked me a favour to bring to your attention a rather quirky competition where people are being asked to VOTE for the SHED OF THE YEAR. OK, so it's a bit weird but if you take a moment to look at the entries you'll be amazed and inspired. It's fun, and this kind of thing demonstrates the quirkiness of the Brits in all their glory. Bring on the eccentrics is what I say. And let's face it we all need to smile about something when the media is full of doom and gloom. So grab a c...

I'm privileged to have been asked to join the UK Fire Service Forum http://www.fireservice.co.uk/ and I've duly posted my introduction piece. Carl, a fire fighter in Greater Manchester, runs the web site and has been a great supporter of my novels. It's a fantastic web site packed full of information for serving fire fighters and aspirational fire fighters. And why, might you ask have I joined such a grand bunch of lasses and lads? Well for those of you who have been reading my blog, you'd know by now that my thriller, In Cold Daylight, is based around the mystery of the tragic true story of fire fighters... My little poll has now closed. I invited people to cast their vote on the question of "will the e book ever replace the printed book?" Here are the results: Yes 11% No 88% The "NOs" have it. Here's to Shedworking Shedworking are running a competition on In Cold Daylight . To win a copy of In Cold Daylight you need to answer a simple ques...

Yes, Adam Greene of IN COLD DAYLIGHT fame has made it to the headline on the wonderful site http://www.shedworking.co.uk/ . The World Book Day Spread The Word race to find THE Most Talked About Book 2008 is on and let's hope Adam, my reluctant hero in IN COLD DAYLIGHT, is in with a chance of getting into the Top Ten. If he wins then I have pledged to donate the £5,000 prize money to the Fire Service National Benevolent Fund, because In Cold Daylight is about fire-fighters and dedicated to fire-fighters and the inspiration for the thriller came from my husband, an ex fire-fighter. Thanks also to Wightlink ferries, who have agreed to get behind Adam and steer him to safe harbour. A grand crew at Wightlink, and I had a fantastic day signing books on one of their ferries in May as it traversed the Solent to and fro the Isle of Wight. Thanks also to all of you so far who have taken the time to vote and leave some lovely comments on the World Book Day spread the word web site www.worl...