by Graham | Jul 3, 2020 | My Journey
S is for Syndicate . . . of course. But it’s also for . . . Scar. The unsightly legacy from a bomb blast, it covers half of Kavanagh’s face and is a metaphor for the significant scarring within. T is for Tyneham. Cannot emphasise too strongly how affected I was by my...
by Graham | Jul 2, 2020 | My Books, The Syndicate
Pre launch reading from The Syndicate Hi! My 4th novel, The Syndicate, is due to be published on July 9th. Normally I’d be planning to visit reading groups in person but for obvious reasons that’s not possible at the moment. Maybe this short extract from early on in...
by Graham | Jul 1, 2020 | A-Z, The Syndicate
M is for Murphy, Leon. Father of Jessica. Kavanagh feels he can eke out some sort of justification for most things Maurice has asked him to do. One night in March 1999 will change that perception forever. N is for No Witnesses. No exceptions. The instructions are...
by Graham | Jun 30, 2020 | My Books, The Syndicate, Writing
My Life in Lockdown The CWA came up with the engaging idea of asking their members to post a short video to lift the spirits of readers during the C-19 lockdown. We were asked to say what we’ve been doing while we’ve been shut away, maybe show the space where we...
by Graham | Jun 30, 2020 | Book Bloggers, My Books, The Syndicate
Q&A for The Crime Writers’ Association As part of the preparations for the publication of my fourth novel, The Syndicate, I was asked by The CWA to take part in a question and answer session. If you’re interested, you’ll find it here: I hope you enjoy it!...
by Graham | Jun 30, 2020 | My Books, The Syndicate
Book review for Horsham Library I received an interesting request from Katie Gledhill at West Sussex Libraries, asking if I’d be interested in recording an online book review for them. Staff have been recording short video book reviews that they then share on social...
by Graham | Jun 29, 2020 | A-Z, The Syndicate
G is for Ghosts. Kavanagh is haunted by a series of events in the past. For many of these he knows he is personally responsible. For two in particular, he cannot forgive himself. There’s nothing he can do about one. The other offers a chance of redemption. For him,...
by Graham | Jun 27, 2020 | A-Z, The Syndicate
A is for Anna. Tourist guide in London by day, jazz pianist and vocalist by night, trudging from club to club, hoping for that one breakthrough that will change her life. Careful what you wish for. B is for Books, the only true companions Jon Kavanagh has ever found...
by Graham | May 20, 2020 | My Books, My Journey
First reading of The Syndicate! Hi! My 4th novel, The Syndicate, is due to be published on July 9th. Normally I’d be planning to visit reading groups in person but for obvious reasons that’s not possible at the moment. Maybe this short extract from the book will make...
by Graham | May 4, 2017 | Book Bloggers, My Journey
Here’s another blog I wrote for the blog tour about becoming an author, reproduced in full with the kind permission of the very lovely Jo from Life Of Crime. Do visit Jo’s site. What I didn’t know about becoming an author OK. So this is how I saw it...
