Research

I do a lot of research for my historical novels, so I'm interested in knowing about anything that might make that process faster or easier for me. And honestly, I'm curious about ChatGPT in general. So I thought I'd put the app to the test against my usual internet searches and see how it measured up.  Read more

Few things in life excite me more than doing research for a new novel. For me, it is the phase of the book-writing-process where new ideas manifest themselves, where rabbit holes are explored, and new discoveries are made.  Read more

I write a historical fiction series set in World War Two London. My protagonist is a Scotland Yard detective called Frank Merlin. I place great importance on being historically accurate in my books. I take the view that as I am attempting to transport my readers to a very different time and place, accuracy is a key element to doing that successfully.  Read more

"Mistakes might be inevitable, but I think they are worth mitigating."

On April 13, 1922, two homemade bombs exploded in a tenement on Eldridge Street, in Manhattan's Lower East Side, destroying the building's top half and rousing the sleeping neighborhood into panic. Less than two years after the devestating Wall Street bombing, the city was on alert for any sign of anarchist insurrection.  Read more