Jon Harris grew up in the West Country just outside Bristol before moving to Cardiff to study physics and then Durham where he studied for a PhD in astronomy. After spending a few years staring into space he returned to the West Country for work and took up writing. He now lives in a village in North Somerset with his wife, son and pet tortoise. He’s happy to report that the village is far less murderous than its fictional counterpart.

Short, punchy, with a likeable detective who has a knack of getting information out of people, Ric Brady’s series of Yorkshire mystery novels have proved popular with fans of crime fiction, and a must-have for anyone who is fond of their setting in God’s own county. We spoke to Ric Brady to find out more.

PRE-ORDER NOW FOR 2nd OCTOBER RELEASE! Anna Willett’s Detective Veronika Pope returns in what must be her most intriguing case yet. Set in a sweltering Outback, in a goldmining region of Western Australia, in this thriller Pope looks into the cold case of a missing couple, and encounters a small town full of secrets they’ll […]

Since writing his first book, Murder on Yorkshire Moor, Ric Brady has continued apace and we are now delighted to present the third book in his Yorkshire based private detective series: Missing on Ilkley Moor. Despite any impression’s Brady’s name might evoke when it comes to crime on the moors, there is nothing particularly gruesome […]

The Missing American blog tour As part of our week-long blog tour promoting Julie Highmore’s first Edie Fox private investigator mystery, THE MISSING AMERICAN, publisher Erik Empson contributes his thoughts on what makes it such a brilliant read. #themissingamerican THE MISSING AMERICAN by Julie Highmore / 280 pp / available on Kindle, in paperback and […]