The lure of the deep

I recall my second dive quite clearly. It was at a place called Dorothea, in North Wales, a limestone quarry with a maximum depth of just over a hundred metres. Along with my buddy/instructor, we finned way from the safety of the ledge, and I stared down into the chilly waters that shifted from green to turquoise to dark blue to black. We went far deeper than we should have that day, down to thirty-two metres on what was a very early dive for me.…

88 North… Nadia will track her nemesis to the ends of the earth…

I’ve not been blogging much lately as I’ve been writing a lot – which is a good thing. The third Nadia book is well on the way, I ‘m about halfway through, and thought I’d let people know a bit more about the book. First, it will be released on 14th December, though you can already pre-order it! HarperCollins have done their usual brilliant job on the cover design, which will be revealed on July 13th, at the end of the first UK Blog Tour for 66 Meters, and coinciding with the start of the US Blog Tour.…

88 North… sneak preview

I’m not quite halfway through writing the third instalment of the Nadia Laksheva series, called 88 North, but thought I’d give a sneak preview of some of the action to come. The following scene concerns someone mentioned several times in the second book, 37 Hours, who goes by the name Blue Fan.  As you’ll see, she’s going to give Nadia a run for her money…

 

Prologue

When trained killers enter a dark, smoke-filled room hunting their quarry, they don’t usually look up to the ceiling.…