Bio
I've been a fan of thrillers ever since watching All the President's Men when I was far too young to understand what was going on. Now every day I get to indulge in my passion for fast-paced stories, characters you really care about, and to bring you behind the scenes of the intelligence agencies and the most secretive parts of the political world (the parts they don't want you to know about).I've taken inspiration for my Novak and Mitchell thrillers on writers as diverse as John Le Carre, Robert Ludlum, Mick Herron, Charles Cumming, Robert Harris, Terry Hayes, David Baldacci, Thomas Harris, and Sam Bourne to name but a few.
It's often said that I write cinematically, which isn't a coincidence, as my influences are as much in cinema as literature: Daniel Craig's Bond films, Glengarry Glen Ross, Spartan. TV has also been a major factor in my writing. From the original BBC miniseries State of Play, David Simon's The Wire, and Aaron Sorkin, writer of The West Wing; and the US version of House of Cards.
I have worked in the book industry since I was 21.
Genres
Free Book Giveaways
Official Secrets
Tom Novak, cocky star reporter for The Republic, has never played by the rules. He found fame with a story using leaked classified documents, but he hasn’t filed a story in six months, the magazine is nearly bankrupt, and now the U.S. government wants to charge him with espionage.
When he is paired with Stella Mitchell, Republic’s fearless new Foreign Affairs correspondent from England, it doesn’t take long for sparks to fly, and conflict to ignite. Sent to report on a shocking act of violence in London that brings the British government to its knees, the pair soon find evidence of a deadly international conspiracy.
With some of the most powerful people on the planet in pursuit, can Novak and Mitchell survive long enough to expose the truth?
