Writing

Hunts (Book One of the 'Hunts/Skins/Kills' trilogy)

First published: January 2024

Arran Cunningham is in deep trouble.

Following on assault on a friend's daughter, he finds himself drawn into a shadowy group of colleagues who exact bloody revenge on his behalf. Other than the obvious moral dilemmas, there's one huge problem. The wrong man has been punished and only Arran seems to realise.

And then DI Cat Skeldon arrives in Hackney, tasked with disrupting the corrupt cabal. When she recruits Arran, he finds himself with a foot in both camps. Can he help Skeldon gather enough evidence whilst simultaneously obscuring his own involvement?

Even as he struggles with these split loyalties, he hunts down the missing guilty man who has, thus far, escaped justice. What he discovers tears down the entire house of cards and makes him realise that you can only ever truly trust yourself and that, sometimes, even that can be problematic.

'Hunts' is a thoroughly convincing portrayal of Hackney in 1988 - before the gentrification, the rustic bakeries and the hipster barber shops. A place dubbed 'the most awful place in Britain' is brought starkly to life by someone who was there; on the inside.

Based on actual events, it is a modern morality tale that explores the meaning of justice, loyalty and friendship; and examines just how far 'good' people are prepared to go in order to punish the 'wicked'.

Skins (Book Two of the 'Hunts/Skins/Kills' trilogy)

To be published: Late Summer 2025

The keenly-awaited follow-up to 'Hunts' sees the Skeldon-Cunningham investigate partnership reunited but there are simmering tensions bubbling underneath the surface.

In British policing's most secretive, covert unit, everyone seems driven by their own set of competing loyalties and alliances.

Continuing the story - based on actual events - that began in 'Hunts', Skeldon and Cunningham uncover a human-trafficking network but who controls it? And, more importantly, to what purpose?

When people start dying to cover-up the conspiracy, will Skeldon and Cunningham be the next victims? Or are they, in fact, responsible for some of the deaths?