What’s my genre? I love a good drama with lots of twists and turns, and the desire for an intricate narrative tends to shape my work as I prefer to write the kind of book I would like to read…
APOLLINA
My third novel which is nearly finished . . .
A child reported missing in a mountain cave on Mykonos in 1978, is found twenty years later.
An in-depth psychological family drama full of mystery and emotional depth.
Turquoise seas, granite, mythology, a family that never quite recovers, surrounds a mystery of a child lost in a cave on Mykonos in the late 1970s. Sudden loss scars everyone close, and Apollina is not just about what happened in the cave, it is also about who her twin sister becomes in the silence after, and how her identity has been shaped by a truth she cannot tell – until a series of events take her back to the island she promised never to return to.
Apollina, is storytelling at it’s deepest which cuts into the heart and haunts.
GAME ON
My second novel started in November 2020 as part of the #NaNoWriMo group writing event was finished in the Jan-April lockdown period of 2021.
On the brink of losing everything, a forgotten 40-year-old augmented reality game provides the answer to a generation forced into poverty. The only thing that stands in their way is an ambitious programmer and a greedy pharmaceutical company who threaten to close the games’ profitable loophole.
OWLS HEAD
My first novel which was also adapted for the screen as a TV Drama. . .
A thirty-eight-year-old press clipping and a surprising legacy begin a daughter’s journey to uncover the uncomfortable truth of her mother’s past.
A family drama with thriller overtones based over two eras and three countries, which explores the theme of love and betrayal…
You bumble through your life, dealing with it, going with the flow.
Until one day everything changes.
And you begin to understand that you’ve been sold a massive lie – something has happened before you.
And the person you thought you knew hasn’t always been that person.
Then, as you uncover the fragments of their secret, you discover who you really are and who you want to be.
Set in the beautiful landscapes of England, France and Canada, Owls Head delicately slips between the 1960s and the present day. This intricate family drama reveals a mother’s intriguing story of love and betrayal alongside her daughter’s desire to find out the truth about her mothers past. Her obsession takes her on an unexpected journey when she discovers a collection of hidden items that hint at a family secret and an undisclosed legacy.
As Jess probes deeper into her mother’s relationship with her past employers she becomes entwined with the family she has been investigating. She falls deeper and deeper down a rabbit hole until the shocking truth reveals itself. Faced with a dilemma that threatens to undermine her own family Jess must make a choice. If she reveals her findings, the two families involved will be forced to face some shocking truths. If she stays silent, her mother’s secret will haunt her for the rest of her life and her brother will be denied his rightful inheritance.
