I'm proud to announce that I've been invited to participate in a panel at this year's CrimeFest, the international crime fiction convention held in Bristol, England. CrimeFest is mainly focused on traditionally published authors, with this year's headliners including Ann Cleeves, Anthony Horrowitz and Peter Lovesy. However, the festival is increasingly recognising the talent of [...]

An interview with Ian Sutherland on the launch of his second full-length novel.Ian, congratulations on finally publishing your second novel, Taking Up Serpents, today.Thank you. I’m feeling very proud right now. Look, here's me being proud:Launch day is always a day to celebrate. When I first—Let's get on with the questions, shall we? It’s been just over two years since y [...]

It's cover reveal time! My cover designer, Stuart Blache over at bookscovered.co.uk has come up trumps again. Taking the brief for Taking Up Serpents, he has come up with something pretty cool while continuing the style established by the existing books in the Brody Taylor Thriller Series.The book is on track for publication in October, so not long to go!So, without f [...]

Brody Taylor is back! 18 months after the double release of Social Engineer and Invasion of Privacy, I am delighted to announce that Brody Taylor will return in late 2016! I am currently hard at work writing Brody's third thrilling adventure, a full-length novel. And to keep your appetite whetted sufficiently, I've decided it's time to reveal the novel's title and a working [...]

How to Change Your Book Covers to Fish in a Bigger PondI’ve just gone through the heart-wrenching process of changing the book covers of my fiction thrillers.Heart-wrenching because I absolutely loved the original book covers. They were designed to reflect the way I originally chose to market the books, which was to highlight the hi-tech and cybercrime elements of the stories [...]

Last week, I attended London Book Fair for the second time. The first was two years ago before I'd finished writing my debut novel.  [...]

Brody Taylor is back! 18 months after the double release of Social Engineer and Invasion of Privacy, I am delighted to announce that Brody Taylor will return in late 2016! I am currently hard at work writing Brody's third thrilling adventure, a full-length novel. And to keep your appetite whetted sufficiently, I've decided it's time to reveal the novel's title and a working [...]

It's cover reveal time! My cover designer, Stuart Blache over at bookscovered.co.uk has come up trumps again. Taking the brief for Taking Up Serpents, he has come up with something pretty cool while continuing the style established by the existing books in the Brody Taylor Thriller Series.The book is on track for publication in October, so not long to go!So, without f [...]

How to Change Your Book Covers to Fish in a Bigger PondI’ve just gone through the heart-wrenching process of changing the book covers of my fiction thrillers.Heart-wrenching because I absolutely loved the original book covers. They were designed to reflect the way I originally chose to market the books, which was to highlight the hi-tech and cybercrime elements of the stories [...]