17th February, 2014 - Deadfolk Film

Royston Blake is finally entering the world of cinema. Films rights to Deadfolk have been optioned to Eclipse Films. I have already written the screenplay and Stuart St Paul is slated to direct. Producers Neil Chordia and Andrew Berg are currently casting. Laura Aikman is down to play the pivotal role of Mandy, but the main man himself is still a big, violent, beer-stinking question mark. What can we say other than "yay"? I'll keep you posted on developments. And hopefully you can keep track here.

15th August, 2013 - Charlie in the USA

Will you be in America on the 24th August? It's a small country, right? So you can hike it up to the Pacific Northwest for the Thomas & Mercer "On the Lam" conference! Or maybe you could cruise up there in your Lincoln Continental. What you will find there is a day of panels by some of the leading lights in the crime genre. If you see me there, I'll sign your book. Even if I didn't write it.

23rd March, 2013 - MADE OF STONE Published

MADE OF STONE was unleashed unto the planet this week. It is the fifth entry in the Mangel series featuring Royston Blake. Here's an interview where I talk about it. Also here is Blakey talking a bit about it, although with slightly less focus. I hope you enjoy this book. Get it here (UK) and here (US). Blakey yomps among us again.

10th September, 2012 - Made of Stone

Next book up is MADE OF STONE - the fifth in the Mangel series. This will be out from Thomas & Mercer in March 2013. All I can say right now is that this one features a golem, amongst many other things. You can pre-order it here (UK) and here (US). Blakey is back.

31th October, 2011 - Graven Image

Happy Halloween! To celebrate, I have made my tripped-out noir novella GRAVEN IMAGE available for Kindle at the laughable price of 85p in the UK. Go on, laugh! It is also available in the US for an equally ridiculous price, so those guys can have a laugh too. Please give it a shot. It is not linked to Halloween, but there is a kind of horror element to it. And of course, the book is still available from Five Leaves Press as a beautiful paperback.

8th August, 2011 - One Dead Hen

The latest book in the Mangel series - ONE DEAD HEN - is coming out on August 9th. I am happy to say that it has already been given a great review in the Guardian. You can get it in the UK and the US, paperback or Kindle. What else can I say? Royston Blake is risen from the dead! Check it out...

If you want to know what Royston Blake does for reading matter, check out a recent bit he did on Jenny Davidson's Light Reading blog. Contrary to what you might think, he is a bit of a reader. Also check out an interview I did for Iain Rowan's More News From Nowhere where I talk about One Dead Hen, joke funnies and Terry Venables - pretty much all the big issues in the world today.

7th June, 2011 - Ridiculously Cheap Deadfolk

Do you have a Kindle? They're those crazy little things they said would never catch on... but that everyone now has. If you are one of those everyones, I suggest you download Deadfolk, my first novel and the one that introduces us to Royston Blake, for 99p. Ninety-nine flippin' pence! Oh, you're in the US? You can get it for 99c. That's even cheaper! (I think...?) Dunno how long this pricing will last, but take advantage now, before the guy who operates the Amazon website wakes up!

My serial story, which has the dumb working title of "Blakey on Tour", is growing into a monster, And by monster I mean novel. A novster. Monstel? Either way, it's living and breathing (mostly nicotine fumes) and heading for a conclusion at some point. Check it out.

My next event is at the Worcester Library on June 22nd, as part of the Worcs Lit Fest. this is the first one we've had down here, so wish us luck. Wish me luck anyway. And please come if you are local. I'm going to reveal all the magical secrets of writing.