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Milton is back - Sleepers is available for pre-...

I started planning the next Milton book as I was putting the finishing touches to the last one, Redeemer. I’d been planning to write something based around the case of...

A MILLION REASONS FOR GRATITUDE

Fifteen years ago, my first book – The Art of Falling Apart – was published by a major UK imprint. It, and my second book, Subpoena Colada, sank without trace....

Making It Difficult For Myself

One of the things that's particularly important to me when I'm writing is that my books are as authentic as I can make them. That has led to me getting...

The accidental hero - is John Milton arrogant a...

One of the most common criticisms of The Cleaner that I see in reviews is that Milton is, basically, incompetent.   The suggestion is that an operative with his particular...

McCall, Bond and The Wire: my inspirations for ...

One of the questions that I get asked most often, and one that has already been asked in the Facebook group that I set up for the purposes of this...

The John Milton Book Club: The Cleaner

If you had told me four years ago that the release of The Cleaner would mark the start of my dream career as a novelist I would probably have said...