Last Updated: 22 July 2008

I'm delighted to announce that my first novel has been accepted for publication.  The Architect of Murder is due for release by Robert Hale Ltd this December.  Updates will be posted in TAoM.

Crime Scenes is out on the 5th August, and is available for pre-order on Amazon: a sparkling collection of short stories written by modern masters and mistresses of the crime fiction genre.  The impressive cast of contributors includes well-respected and well-established names such as Peter Lovesey, Edward Marston, Natasha Cooper, Judith Cutler and Russell James as well as those currently making their reputation as fine exponents of their craft and a few young lions whose work is bristling with promise.  Crime Scenes is a treasure chest of delights for the fans of crime fiction...Anthologies has more on the collection and Contre Temps, my own contribution.

Paul Chapman's annual M.R. James Ghost Story Tribute will be taking place in the Minster Inn, in York, on Saturday the 6th December this year.  I'll be reading a new weird tale, as will a number of other authors.  Admission is free, but places are limited, and anyone interested in attending or participating should email me for Paul's contact details ASAP.    

Sherlock Holmes: The Game's Afoot has been reviewed by Martin Edwards on Tangled Web UK: "What the world needs now is love, sweet love, or so the song goes. Does it really need any more Sherlock Holmes pastiches? Nobody can out-do the originals by Conan Doyle and there have been countless attempts to follow in his footsteps, for over a century. Well, in my opinion, the answer to the question is yes. Even if Sir Arthur’s masterpieces are unsurpassable, there is pleasure to be gained from writing and reading Holmes pastiches, and I enjoy doing both. Here we have a collection edited by a leading Sherlockian, who is also a novelist and playwright. Davies is the author of ‘The Adventure of the Whitrow Inheritance’, which is the shortest story in the book, but it is a neatly wrought tale, and a good example of what can be done with such an enticing detective as Holmes, even when writing economically. The other contributors include eminent figures such as June Thomson (author of some of the finest Holmes pastiches ever written, as well as a biography of Holmes and Watson), and experienced Sherlockians like John Hall. But it is the presence in this book of stories by younger writers such as Rafe McGregor, Matthew Booth and M.J. Elliott, that is the best evidence of the timeless appeal of Sherlock. Each generation falls in love with him, and there is no sign that this will cease in the foreseeable future."  There's more information in Anthologies.