Phew. I’m so relieved to have finally finished the manuscript of the first full-length Skye Lisbon Investigates novel, “False Step”. It turned out to be the second-longest book I’ve ever written, in any genre. Staying in that 80-85K word length will be the aim for other stories in the series. It took longer to complete …
First Skye Lisbon novel now finished – more to come! Read More »
The State of Crime Fiction in Australia Australian crime fiction is thriving. From award-winning literary thrillers to top-selling indie mysteries dominating Amazon charts, the genre continues to evolve while holding tight to what readers love most: strong sense of place, moral tension, flawed investigators, and crimes rooted in uniquely Australian landscapes. Whether it’s outback noir, …
Crime Fiction in 2026: What’s Trending, What’s Selling, and Why the Genre Is Thriving Crime fiction has never been shy about reinvention. From classic whodunits to gritty noir, from police procedurals to psychological thrillers, the genre has always evolved alongside its readers. But over the past few years, the pace of change has accelerated. New …
Well… This Is Awkward (An Apology and a Catch-Up) If you’ve landed on this page and thought, “I thought Blair Denholm had dropped dead”—first of all, I haven’t. Secondly, I owe you an apology. I didn’t plan to disappear. I didn’t intend to go radio silent. But somehow, a few months turned into a year, …
Happy New year to all! To ring in the New Year of 2024, please find below a cracking crime/mystery/thriller sales promo. If you can’t find something to read in this lot (there are many, many books!), you aren’t trying hard enough. Get digging 🙂 Searching for an action-packed thrill ride or a twisty whodunnit?? Look …
It’s been way too long since a Jack Lisbon book came out – almost a year in fact. The mundane reasons for this are threefold. I had a big private ghost-writing job to complete, there was an international conference I had to take part in that sucked up a ton of my time, and there …
“Moving Target” OUT NOW – and a sneak peak of my next book. Read More »
It’s taken since 2015 to put this baby to bed, but “Sold Dirt Cheap”, the third and final instalment in the Game Changer series featuring the hapless Gary Braswell, is finally set to launch on Amazon on 23 June 2023. The first book, “SOLD”, was published in 2017, the second, “Sold to the Devil” – …
The next instalment in the Jack Lisbon Fighting Detective series, “Point Blank” is set to launch on Amazon on 23 December 2022. I had hoped to have it published early November, but I have more excuses than Jack Lisbon has taken punches to the head, so I’m not even going to try and justify this …
Just a quick update to let you know that my next Jack Lisbon crime fiction novel, Drop Shot, is set to launch on 8 July. Why have I picked that date? Well, generally the dates I pick for book launches have nothing to do with anything. However, since this book revolves around the world of …
It’s been ages since I profiled another writer. Shame on me! But let’s get that sorted with a special interview. It’s my pleasure to introduce you to a wonderful talent, J.B. Stevens. J.B. Stevens lives in the Southeastern United States with his wife and daughter. His short story collection A Therapeutic Death was a 2022 …
