Jack Cross has had his life turned upside down. His wife and daughter had been killed in front of him by a member of the Hierarchy, Donald Bainbridge had been killed in an abortive attempt on the Prime Ministers life by the same group and finally SI6, the unit he worked for had been disbanded….
Tag: thrillers
Exciting development
I recently employed a PR Consultant to help me market my books. The direction he took was to target both myself and my partner Joyce Johnson who writes under the name of Aldrea Johnson as a couple who have shared interests in writing. When we met we learned that we shared interests not only in…
Favourite book cover
After publishing fifteen books I thought I’d do a poll and see which is everyone’s favourite book cover. I’ve had the privilege of working with some extremely talented people over the years so it’s time for them to show their wares and take a bow for all their hard work. I will list each book…
Exception to the rule, ‘no one remembers number two’
Omega is the second book in the Col Sec series and holds a special place in my heart. I’d finished Ronin which was going to be a stand alone book and was thinking about my next book. What should I write, could I even write another book? At the time Casino Royale had been released…
First of many…
I was wandering around my local library looking for an action packed sci fi book to read. I had recently re-watched Total Recall starring Arnold Schwarzenegger on Blu-ray and wanted something like that to read. Sci fi had always been a favourite genre of mine every since I learned to read. The fantastical journeys these…
Reality check….
One of my favourite authors was and to some extent, still is, Jack Higgins and I remember reading an article about him back in the day, I think it was around the mid eighties when he was in the height of his fame. The article stated that he had humble beginnings, which I could relate…
Back on track
For the past three weeks I’ve not had my laptop due to an ongoing repair job which I have to say was all my own fault. Note to self, never nod off with your laptop on your knee whilst holding a mug of tea, it has disaster written all over it. Well that’s what happened…
Forever and a day
On a recent trip to London I visited the Waterstones book store in Trafalgar Square where I picked up a copy of the new James Bond book, Forever and a day written by Anthony Horowitz. That sounds far grander than it was, we were on a city break on one of our allotted annual leave…
New covers, new upgrades
Jack Dillon is my pen name for a series of books that are similar to my Col Sec series but are set in present day. In fact there are two series of books, one is the SI6 series and the other is the ATLAS Force series. The latter has three books, The Satan Strain,…
Reaching new heights as a writer
Practise makes perfect as they say and as many writers will attest, the more you write the better at it you get. When I first started writing and taking it seriously it was something I never considered, not consciously at least. What I mean by that is that I never wrote something and thought, ‘well…
Master of Mayhem 