Type Thief – Sample Chapter 2

Ruth visits the Cave Rescue leader in his home to discuss the body found in the cave, where she hears about another suspicious death… This is the final free sample of Hard Rain. Paperback/Kindle/Audiobook on Amazon 🇬🇧 https://amzn.eu/d/077OAVbD 🇺🇸 https://a.co/d/04q9Phl3 🇨🇦 https://a.co/d/0ivOqp1P 🇦🇺 https://amzn.asia/d/06gs2uJE Link to Audiobook on Apple Books 

Ruth is called to the scene of a cave rescue, where a group of boys from a spelunking club are overdue. All the info about Hard Rain is here.

And sample chapter! Because of the indeterminate length* of the quality assurance process, the audiobook version of Hard Rain has dropped. It’s already available through Audible/Amazon as well as Apple Books. Links below. Meanwhile, here’s a sample chapter (note that there is a short Prologue, not included here): Blurb: The Lake District, 1957. DS Ruth […]

Note that I will not be uploading the entire book at this time, just a few sample chapters, so the curious can get a feel for it. If you want to hear the whole thing, links are below. Here’s the link to Apple Books Amazon US Amazon UK Amazon AU Amazon CA

I didn’t take the time to re-export with intro music like I did for Codename Hirondelle, so this is the barebones Chapter 1 that follows on from the Prologue (previously posted—or mostly, as part of the sample). Note that I will not be uploading the entire book at this time, just a few sample chapters, […]

Type Thief, set in #earlymodern Europe, is the tale of a beautiful typeface created in Venice for exclusive use by the Vatican. But the apprentice tasked with delivering the type to Rome decides instead to head north… Type Thief tells the story of what happens to the apprentice, and the type, as it journeys from […]

Chapter 4 is a short one (8 minutes), gearing us up for the much longer Chapter 5. It’s a funny thing. 4&5 was originally one chapter, but there was a logical point where it could be split, and this was it, even though it wasn’t anywhere near the middle of the original epic. We’re still […]

Here’s the latest episode. I’ll be releasing them as regularly as possible, but it’s not always possible to record when I want. For example, this week, one of my neighbours has builders in, and for two days they were running pneumatic drills etc. Episode length will vary, based on chapter length, obvs. When I’ve recorded […]

Here’s Chapter 2 of my new book (chapter 1 is here). You can subscribe to this feed with your favourite podcast app. This audio version is being made available free of charge. To support this blog, and my writing, please buy a copy, either from Rob’s Independent Bookshop, Amazon, or order through your local bookseller […]

To celebrate publication day (27 June 2025), here’s chapter 1 of Codename Hirondelle, my latest novel.