Radio interview with Fran Lewis

I had an extended radio interview the other day with BlogTalkRadio host Fran Lewis in New York, on the second book in the series, 37 Hours. You can listen to it here. The interview focused on what happened and why, the various locations of the book, and – inevitably – the shark attack scene. There are a couple of spoilers, so if you haven’t read it yet, just mute it for 30 seconds when I say the word ‘spoiler’. Otherwise, it was great fun, and I got to talk a little about the next book, 88 North.…

37 Hours until…

The first blog tour for 37 Hours starts tomorrow, and I thought I’d better say something about the title, since people always ask me, and I usually reply, well, you have to read it… So, enough of being coy, here’s a rough outline.

First, although this is a sequel to 66 Metres, you can start with 37 Hours. It is more of a hardcore thriller than 66, and dare I say it leaner, in Jack Reacher (Lee Child) style. 

The story hinges around a nuclear warhead stolen from a hijacked Russian submarine, which Nadia, the heroine, has to dive.…

A tale of two blog tours

Recently I did two blog tours for 66 Metres, one in the US and one in the UK. I’d never done a blog tour before, so was intrigued to see how it worked and what was the result. What I wanted from the tours was more exposure, more reviews, and more sales. I had no idea how to organise one myself, and after spending quite a lot of time getting turned down by bloggers (too busy), and one or two bloggers to agree, I decided to have someone organise them for me, and duly doled out some cash.…