BOOKWORMS AND VILLAINS

THIS WEEKEND I am making available my novel 'Summer at The Secondhand Bookworm' which is book 4 in my series of happy, funny novels set in an English bookshop FREE to download through Amazon Kindle. The novels are based upon my ten years experience running three antiquarian and secondhand bookshops in Sussex, England, primarily the branch in Arundel, West Sussex until 2012. 'Summer at The Secondhand Bookworm' naturally includes a wry look at running a bookshop during the summer season with plenty of mishaps and book-related sub-plots. Have you ever attended the Festival of Flowers? Have you been on the Gallery Trail in Arundel? Ever been up to the castle or, of course, into the bookshop in the town below? This book can be enjoyed as a stand alone novel and could serve as a taster for the series of which I currently have 6 in publication. The book will be available to download from free until Monday at midnight, worldwide through Amazon. Here's the blurb...

I first wrote 'House of Villains' twenty years ago (or more) when I started writing for fun. THIS WEEKEND I shall be making the novel available to purchase and download FOR FREE - Friday June 28th - Monday July 1st. Romance without the sex scenes. Violence without the glorification. Neat Catholic elements (miraculous medals, Confession, old recusant shrines and more) Gorgeous English houses and locations. Can it still be an epic thriller? Try it out and see. Something different to try on Amazon Kindle: bookmark the page and download it this weekend. Fun to write, possibly fun to read.... Supporting Indi-Authors: KINDLE

Part of my writing hobby as an indie author of The Secondhand Bookworm series of novels is planning and designing future books. I am currently (June 2019) writing book 7 - Book Club at The Secondhand Bookworm - with several more to follow. While they are easy to write (and an easy fun read) I am really impatient about getting them done once I've planned the content and designed the cover. I love having them in paperback (Amazon does a stunning job in paperback production) and like to line them up on my bookshelf. I also love to read them through myself. Here are some of the titles coming soon to enjoy in The Secondhand Bookworm series. Books 1-6 are available to read now through Amazon on kindle, kindleunlimited and paperback. Here's a sneak preview of the following three - I shall blog about more soon! Book 8 is called Valentine's Day at The Secondhand Bookworm. Yes, it set during the week leading up to and including Valentine's Day so there is romance in ...

This is the lovely uniform I wore in the magnificent Kim's bookshop where I helped to run two-three antiquarian and secondhand bookshops in Sussex, England for ten years (the uniform endeavour only lased a year). Although I am no longer in the book trade business (I'm in the film production business now) I enjoy writing a series of novels loosely based upon my experiences there under the series 'The Secondhand Bookworm' available worldwide through Amazon kindle, kindleunlimited and in paperback. I introduced uniforms in the series in the last couple of books. First we started out with hideous bright t-shirts. Fortunately the managerial staff (me included) were able to upgrade to nice blouses, but we soon all got fed up with them. So I have included this in the novels. We had fleeces too (you can see one hanging up in the background) and they remained for emergencies when the door was left open (which happened a lot). It's June and I'm working on book ...

The Secondhand Bookworm novels are a series of lighthearted, amusing reads set in a rambling and rather eccentric used and antiquarian bookshop on the south coast of England. Based around Nora Jolly and her (sometimes crazy) co-workers, in each novel we spend a week in the bookshop with excursions to various houses in the little bookshop van where anything and everything relating to the world of buying and selling books can and does happen! Kick-starting the series is 'The Secondhand Bookworm' where we are introduced to Nora, her co-workers, friends and large array of new and regular customers; as well as the three story bookshop that contains over 27,000 books in shelves, cases, piled upon floors and even filling the attic room of the rickety old Tudor building. With chapter headings including 'Pretty Shoes', 'A Room with a Tree' and 'Concerning Ravens', Nora Jolly spends a week in this first book battling torrential rain that floods into the fro...

I've been reading through the text I have written so far for my seventh novel in The Secondhand Bookworm series of books (kindle and paperback) and have been laughing away to myself. I thought I would share this snippet from chapter three 'The Almost Shortest Day' as a sneak preview. Here goes: Coming soon - book 7 in the series The door opened and a burly man appeared in the doorway. He wore a cap and a trench coat. “Excuse me! The antique centre’s closed. What’s up with that?” “Oh. Yes the owner’s gone to China for Christmas with his girlfriend.” Nora explained apologetically. Amy looked interested. “I’ve got some guns for sale!” The man hollered and held them up like an American gunslinger. Nora dove behind the counter. “They ain’t loaded.” The man said, offended. Amy was laughing loudly. “You numpty.” She told Nora, taking her arm and hoisting her up. “I don’t like guns.” Nora said. “When’s it open again?” The gunslinger asked. “I’m not su...

I am keen to get back into my The Secondhand Bookworm series of novels set in an English bookshop and based upon ten years of my experience running and managing three used and secondhand bookshops on the south coast of England. This series of novels is an uplifting, amusing, pleasant read with 'Book Club at The Secondhand Bookworm' set to be the seventh installment. I have been writing this on and off over the past six month with numerous delays due to film production work and other projects but hope to have it available on Amazon kindle and to read for free with Kindle Unlimited soon. Check back for updates!