I retired after a long career in medicine. I live in Stirling, Scotland, and write novels and short stories. I draw on my life experience for inspiration.

STOP PRESS: June 2025.   My latest thriller, RAGGED ISLAND, speculates on some potential outcomes of recent international events. Set in 2030, by which time the world’s old order has been scrambled, Ragged Island has been described as ‘a gripping thrill ride across the Caribbean’, ‘a very human story of one family’s quest to escape tyranny ‘, and ‘a story that has to be told’. 

My first crime novel Miles Away was published by Bear Press in July 2022. Miles Away was featured at the 2022 Bloody Scotland International Crime Writers Festival, where I was chosen as a ‘Spotlighter.’ A second edition of Miles Away was published in January 2025.

A sequel to Miles Away is currently being prepared for publication ( expected late ’25).

Another novel, Ragged Island, will be published in May 2025. Set in the 2030s, Ragged Island is an international crime thriller, speculating upon life in a new world order brought about by greed and misplaced hunger for power. I started writing the story after the storming of the Capitol in 2021.

In 2024 I published a collection of short stories – Up the Dollar Road and other Short Fiction.