2020 – A YEAR IN REVIEW
JANUARY 2020 – the year is flat out from the get go. I arrive back in Sydney from NYC after doing last minute research on my next novel OVER MY DEAD BODY. The first murder […]
Writing
We Need A Little Faith Hope and Charity
2020 has been an awful year. While the shadow of Covid has covered the year in darkness it’s not been the only blight. I think of Sydney at the time of the 2000 Olympics and […]
REVIEWS FOR MY BOOKS
I don’t generally like sticking reviews up on my site even though I am lucky they are normally good. But when a reader takes the trouble to write to me then I think it’s worth […]
SHERLOCK RETURNS!
Out soon! OVER MY DEAD BODY Dr Georgette Watson is frustrated. Her ground-breaking cryonics research has hit a brick wall. She has demonstrated that she can `bring back from the dead’ hamsters snap frozen for […]
NED KELLY CATCHES A BREAK
It was terrific news to learn that my novel of last year RIVER OF SALT had been shortlisted for the Ned Kelly Award for best Australian Crime Fiction. When I first started writing crime fiction […]
ARTSPRESSO – DAVE GOES AUDIO
Given how much people seem to enjoy audio-books and podcasts and how reluctant publishers are to publish short-stories, I thought I would try a brand new idea: each month or so I am going to […]
XXXPRESSO
Can’t believe it is coming up for twenty years since I penned this triple-crossing story of gold, coffee and psycho shylocks. http://a.co/aWZpSi3 One of my fave novels. Available on Kindle and Ibooks. https://itunes.apple.com/au/book/exxxpresso/id
LIFE OF CRIME NOW ON YOU TUBE
A video of my library talk with @tonydurant is now available on my You Tube channel so if you couldn’t make it you can get to hear it anyway. The event includes readings, songs by […]
A Great Tour Ends
Yesterday at Woy Woy Library marked the end of a 16 date tour of author-talk blended with readings, poems and music. It was a fabulous success largely due to my “helpers” especially Tony Durant on […]
SYDNEY LAUNCH FOR RIVER OF SALT
Sydney Suburban Soldiers you get your chance to hear me talk about My Life of Crime – discussion and readings from all my crime novels but especially River of Salt PLUS Music from Tony Durant […]