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Biography
I was born in London at a very young age and began writing in my early teens. It has always been a passion of mine. I began writing comedy. In fact, I still occasionally do. I used to write radio comedy and theatrical plays with a partner, as well as writing on my own.
I am pleased to say that I have had a modicum of success with comedy writing and have a number of plays available to buy on two online websites.
I now concentrate on novels.
I have written many western books. My love of the western genre comes from television, movies and books. I love the spirit of the wild west where anything is attainable if it is wanted badly enough.
I also have an English detective series and I will have a new book out in November 2024 entitled Bed And Breakfast, which is a wartime spy story and whodunnit, set in an English seaside resort during the second world war.
I live just outside London in the county of Essex, married to my very long-suffering wife for over forty wonderful years. I have two amazing daughters, both teachers, who keep me in my place and four amazing grandchildren.
I may no longer be the ambitious teenager that liked to write comedy, but I am still the ambitious author who loves to write novels and there are plenty more to come.
One Lord Too Many
On Christmas Eve in 1871 at Cannonbury Hall in England, Lord Henry Cannonbury is murdered. There are several guests in attendance and a house full of staff. It appears that this would end the Cannonbury line and that, Lady Annabelle Cannonbury, Lord Henry’s, second wife will continue as the head of Cannonbury Hall. But their lawyer, who is a guest at the dinner party with his Calcutta Indian wife, explains that he believes Lord Cannonbury’s grandson could still be alive and living in Texas. Detective Inspector Larry Holmes begins the investigation into Lord Henry Cannonbury’s murder. Simon Barrett, the lawyer, and an English private detective by the name of Ernest Mayflower, take the long trip to America in search of Samuel Cannonbury, who now goes by the name, Sam Cannon. Sam Cannon is an outlaw. While the lawyer and private detective go to Texas to find Sam Cannon, the investigation into Lord Henry Cannonbury’s death continues in England. This is led by Dickens Hamlet Champion, a famous sleuth and a personal friend to the Prime Minister. On Christmas Eve, not only is Lord Henry murdered, but his safe is emptied. Harper Jenkins, the coachman and groom, has disappeared. Dickens investigates, with the assistance of Detective Inspector Larry Soames and Detective Sergeant Taylor Holmes. Everyone is a suspect, including the guests and the staff. While the investigation is continuing in England, Simon Barrett and Ernest Mayflower, locate Sam Cannon in Texas. They convince him to return to England as the new Lord to Cannonbury Hall. Who murdered Lord Henry Cannonbury, and will the outlaw, Sam Cannon, be the next Lord Of Cannonbury Hall?
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Abraham and Lincoln Western Series (3 book series)
From Book 1: When the stagecoach arrives at Winchester Flats, two people disembark, an attractive woman called Julie Jefferson and an old Polish gentleman called Abraham Ziberman, who was once a police detective in London’s Scotland Yard. They are greeted by Sheriff Lincoln Lane who is dressed in all his finery, ready to go to a wedding out at the Maddison ranch.
The Murderer of Seth Maddison: Abraham and Lincoln
The Texan: Abraham and Lincoln
StageCoach To The Past: Abraham and Lincoln
A Fools Quest To Moon Water Western Series (2 book series)
From Book 1: Moon Water, an Apache legend, where supposedly, they have a cave of gold. Some women and children, white captives, are also held at Moon Water.
But where is Moon Water?
Does it really exist?
One white man has been there and was allowed to leave. Ethan Garrett.
A Fool's Quest To Moon Water: A Western Adventure Book 1
Fool's Quest To Moon: The Captive's Gold Book 2
Parthena Western Series (3 book series)
From Book 1: Why did the Jack the Ripper murders in London’s East End, suddenly stop in the fall of 1888?
Did something happen to the Ripper?
Was he arrested for some other crime and imprisoned?
Did he die?
Or did he abruptly leave the country?
Parthena The Trilogy: Book 1 The Beginning
Parthena The Trilogy: Book 2 Legacy of Pathena
Parthena The Trilogy: Book 3 The Taking of Pathena
A Culpepper: Texas Bounty Hunter Western (2 book series)
​From Book 1: The first adventure in an action-packed new Texas Bounty Hunter Western series from Gary Diamond that packs a powerful punch. Culpepper is the Bounty Hunter you don’t want on your trail!
Who is Culpepper, Texas Bounty Hunter, and where has he come from?
What connects his past to the outlaw Harry Flynn and the kidnapping of one of the wealthiest men in America? The friend of the president himself, Hugo Mulberry.
Culpepper: Texas Bounty Book 1
Culpepper: Texas Bounty Book 2
Kit Harrison Book 1: Texas Ranger: The Towns of Death
The first adventure in a brand new Western series from Gary Diamond featuring Kit Harrison. Kit is a Texas ranger who never fails to bring justice wherever he goes.
A Hannibal Travis Family Saga (2 book series)
From Book 1: In 1837, Hannibal Travis is coming to terms with some difficult news. After drinking heavily, Hannibal joins a poker game, where, after being accused of cheating, he accidentally kills a man. He then decides to leave Independence, Missouri, and his family to join a wagon train going to Texas.
By 1867, the Travis family comprises Michael Travis, previously a man with little ambition or drive, and a former worker in a grist mill; his wife, Florence; his brother, Benjamin and Ben’s wife, Sarah; and Abbey, their younger sister.
The Texas Dream Book 1 From Whence We Came
The Texas Dream Book 2 The sins Of The Father
Gone To Texas: Book 2 The Sons Of Elias Stirling
In collaboration with Wayne Winkle).
The Detective Inspector James Copperfield Series: Harbinger Island Book 1
The Detective Inspector James Copperfield Series: All Roads Lead Book 2
Ghost Town: A Western Adventure
The story starts with Bertram Wright, a politician who has ambitions of becoming the next president. He undertakes a public relations journey by stagecoach with his family from Richmond to San Antonio. Although escorted by a cavalry troop, the journey is extremely dangerous, particularly as they could travel through Apache Indian country where there had recently been a significant uprising. The journey is not only clouded in danger, but there are secrets, affairs, and corruption within the family and Bertram Wright's staff. There is something very suspicious going on.
At the same time, Reno Cassidy, a fast gun who was once a friend of Marshal Jake Kramer, finds himself in the marshal's jail, accused of murder. The victim, Tyrone McClintock, a much-loved saloon bartender, owed Reno money, and there are witnesses to say that Cassidy killed him when Tyrone didn't pay him the money he was due. Reno Cassidy denies this, but a hateful mob appears outside the jail demanding Cassidy should be hung. The marshal decides it would be best to get Reno out of town and be tried somewhere else. So with the help of his estranged daughter and his loyal deputy, that's what they do.
Bed And Breakfast: A Wartime Spy Story
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The year is 1943 and Britain is bracing for the possible invasion from Nazi Germany. But things are not always as they seem. Espionage on both sides is rife.
In the seaside town of Dillington On Sea, the Shangri La Bed and Breakfast is still open for business, and to the owner, Ruby Nelson’s surprise, the guest house is full up.
But are the guests there for a holiday, or is there so much more going on?
There is murder, espionage, romance, and a trickle of comedy.
Plus, what is the meaning of The Book of Songs, a collection of verses by Heinrich Heine, published as Buch der Lieder in 1827?
Bed and Breakfast is a wartime whodunnit and a spy story wrapped into one.