Hot weather calls for a hot 🔥GIVEAWAY🔥!
Win signed copies of all 3 of my books. All you have to do is like & retweet this post & for an extra entry, tag a friend in comments.
Closes at midnight on 26 July & the winner will be notified via DM.
T&Cs >
💫 GIVEAWAY 💫 This could be you! To celebrate the release of THE MISPER (Happy Publication Day 🥳
@K8London
), we're giving away a SIGNED copy to one of you lot😁
To win:
❤️ Like & retweet this post
🏷️ Tag a friend
👉 Follow
@K8London
Ends 12AM BST on Sunday. T&Cs apply:
I am so proud to announce that my debut crime novel
#BadForGood
will be published by
@AllisonandBusby
on 23 June! Huge thanks to
@DavidHHeadley
for making this happen. More exciting updates to come.
Read more here 👇
7 years, 4 restarts, 100s of edits and finally I give you the new cop on the block,
#ChiefSuptJoHowe
in
#BadForGood
. What happens when policing is cut so much that vigilantism takes over? Can Jo save a city from itself while hunting a brutal killer?
#Publicationday
excitement! 😅
#GIVEAWAY
!
@peterjamesuk
& I are giving away 3 copies of the updated BABES IN THE WOOD paperback. How did Bishop get away with 2 murders & almost kill again? All is revealed in this latest edition. Like & share this post to enter, ends 28/01/24 ⬇ T&Cs >
I'm giving 2 lucky readers a chance to WIN a signed paperback or hardback copy of
@LesleyjmThomson
's THE COMPANION, a must read for fans of Agatha Christie!
Simply like & RT this tweet and follow Lesley to enter this
#CrimeFiction
giveaway✨
Ts & Cs:
"I want people to read my books. I want to read other people's books but I would no more want to access others' work for free than I would expect to attend a football match, a play or concert without paying."
It might seem harmless to download "free" ebooks, but book piracy is
It's official! Here I am with my award certificate from
@CriFiLover
. I won Editor's Choice Debut Crime Novel of 2022 & it was lovely to be reminded when this arrived in the post last week 💌 Thanks to everyone involved & to my readers for your support.
I'm very excited to announce that I am now represented by
@DHHlitagency
, joining
@DavidHHeadley
's list👇
Really looking forward to great things together.
Happy
#PublicationDay
A.A. Chaudhuri 🥂🎉 To help celebrate I am giving 1 lucky reader the chance to WIN a signed paperback copy of THE FINAL PARTY.
To take part in this
#giveaway
, simply RT this tweet, tag a friend and make sure to follow
@AAChaudhuri
here on Twitter ✨
Ts &
That ‘pinch me moment’ never fails to arrive on a publication day. So pinch me twice – the BAD FOR GOOD paperback & FORCE OF HATE hardback are out today! When I left the police 10 years ago, I couldn't have even imagined this. Thanks to everyone who has made this day a reality ❤️
Publication day butterflies! I’ve been nervous & excited in equal measures for you all to see how I’ve ratcheted up the grief for poor Jo Howe in
#CityOnFire
! Many are saying it’s the best one yet and I really hope that's true😅
Thanks for all your support, it means so much!
G I V E A W A Y 🤩 Ahead of our mock trial at
@CapitalCrime1
on 30th May,
@Helen_Fields
,
@nadinematheson
& I are giving away signed hardback copies of our latest books 📚✨
👉 Like, repost & be sure you're following us to enter!
T&Cs: , ends 24th May.
🔥GIVEAWAY ALERT🔥
Win SIGNED HARDBACKS of all my
#JoHowe
thrillers, including new release
#CityOnFire
, out next week! Share this post & follow me by 19th March to enter. Murphy looks eager to sign too 🐶🐾
T&Cs apply:
@AllisonandBusby
@DHHlitagency
Another proud mum, dad, brother and sister moment! We’re so delighted that
@ConallBartlett4
has been awarded a Batchelor of Science First Class Honours Degree in Professional Policing Practice. The culmination of three years hard work while also holding the thin blue line! 👮♂️🎓🎉
Today's the day you get to see FORCE OF HATE in all its paperback glory! If you haven't caught up with Jo Howe's latest investigation, I hope you LOVE it😉🩵
@DHHlitagency
@DavidHHeadley
@AllisonandBusby
Thirty one years ago today, my beautiful wife Julie said 'I Do' on a tiny island in the Seychelles. Thankfully it was to me! Happy anniversary, Julie. I love you more and more each day and will do forever xxx
My latest in the
@brightonargus
tackles a topic very close to my heart. Writing a book is a labour of love, taking months, if not years, to craft and refine. Yet, many authors find themselves overshadowed by celebrities with ghostwriters. We must celebrate the genuine artistry
🚨GIVEAWAY! Win SIGNED copies of BLACK VALLEY FARM by
@sheilab10
(published today, congrats!🥳), MURDER BY NATURAL CAUSES by
@hjderichsen
& THE FALLEN by
@policecommander
! To win, follow these fab authors, tag a friend & retweet! Ends 12AM BST on Sunday. T&Cs apply:
The book I wrote in my head while lying on a sunbed on our first post Covid holiday is real and in my hands!😃 Thanks
@AllisonandBusby
for the rare proof of CITY ON FIRE. Your lovely reviews are rolling in and I'm so chuffed with the response, I could do with another lie down...
@CrimeFest
I was at the dinner where I was shocked & saddened by the toastmaster’s speech which was outdated and offensive. I raised it with the organisers the next day who took my comments on board wholeheartedly. Other than this, it was a wonderful festival & I’ll be back next year.
Chuffed to bits to learn that
#BadForGood
has won the Editor's Choice Best Debut Novel' at this year's
@CriFiLover
Awards. Thanks to everyone who voted for me ❤️ Huge congrats to
@DMAustin_
for winning the public vote!
A last-minute GIVEAWAY, courtesy of my online ordering incompetence. Anyone else relate? 🤣
I tried to upgrade my phone case with a snazzy back cover while retaining my shameless marketing 😎😁 However, it turns out I ordered it for an iPhone 14 Pro, so it's of no use to me!
I had a wonderful meeting today with new client and very lovely man,
@AnthonyHorowitz
! Still feeling a bit starstruck 🤩
Also, the food was delicious👌
@TheSaltRoomUK
❤️
Just back from my lunch with Suzy Izzard! Fascinating discussions about comedy, politics, policing, books, football, her coming out as trans and what makes
#Brighton
unique! Even forced a book or two on her 😄
Is time real?! I first met my gorgeous wife Julie exactly 35 years ago today, on 3 November 1987 💝
Life just got better and better since. Thanks for putting up with me Julie and being the love of my life xx
What a splendid day it is! The sun is in the sky, and a delightful package of books has found its way to my doorstep. I wonder what could it possibly be? 🤔
@RevRichardColes
Just my era! If GP hasn’t seen the patient in the last 14 days (now 28), the death isn’t connected with the condition they saw them for or they’re suspicious, they should call police who’ll investigate. Do send me any specifics to graham.bartlett
@policeadvisor
.co.uk if you like.
My favourite conversation of Harrogate:
@LizMistryAuthor
- ‘I’m looking for
@JackJordanBooks
.’ Me - You can’t miss him. He’s tall & very good looking. So nothing like me’
@LizMistryAuthor
- ‘you’re tall.’ I waited for more but to my utter devastation, she’d finished!🤣🤣
31 years ago today, I started in
#Brighton
CID. My career highlight was becoming the Commander of
@BtonHovePolice
exactly 20 years after arriving as a young PC with just six years’ service. I’m proud to have served the city at every single rank – from PC to Chief Supt!
@RevRichardColes
Hi Richard. The police are called to all sudden deaths & will investigate on behalf of the coroner if no crime is suspected. Even if death is certified, police will investigate any credible suspicions anyone raises. Happy to talk you through your particular storyline if you like.
Congratulations
@ConallBartlett4
on your BSc in Professional Policing Practice awarded today at your fabulous graduation ceremony at
@CburyCathedral
Such an emotional day considering how you and the other officers who graduated had to study while serving full time on the front
It's not just the weather that's hot! 🔥😉
CITY ON FIRE is coming soon. Huge thanks to
@DavidHHeadley
,
@DHHlitagency
,
@AllisonandBusby
& Susie Dunlop for your continued faith in bringing Jo Howe to life. Stay tuned as we heat up the suspense in 2024!
I can't believe it's March already 😅 I’m really looking forward to the month ahead. Lots of lovely events booked & a very special publication day for not one, but two books – BAD FOR GOOD paperback & FORCE OF HATE! You’ve all been so supportive – thanks for following along ❤️
Happy birthday to our miracle triplets Conall, Niamh and Deaglan! 🥳🥳🥳
They might be 26 today but, as this photo shows from our Christmas trip to Disney, they're still kids at heart. Love you all. You make us so proud❤️
Awful. RIP Sgt Saville. You are a hero who made the ultimate sacrifice in the best traditions of the service. Let your family, friends and all of us be forever proud.
I'm proud to have been the police consultant on We Hunt Together, a 6 part psychological thriller starting on Alibi TV at 10pm today. It's brilliantly written & the writers & crew were a joy to work with and learn from.
@alibi_channel
://alibi.uktv.co.uk/shows/we-hunt-together/
Anyone else feeling increasingly tense ahead of Sunday's episode of
#HappyValley
?😩 Is Tommy Lee Royce the best TV villain ever, and is Catherine Cawood the most authentic cop?
I'm devastated that we've lost the real powerhouse of an author and a wonderful friend,
@Theinkrun
(Dale Brendan Hyde). Despite our starkly different backgrounds, he was a very close friend. His battle against cancer was hard and long fought but his stamina and resilience when he
#Zanzibar
, here we come! Big thanks to my son & daughter for looking after Murphy 🐶 and my writing den while Julie & I are away 🏝✈️
The essentials 😅 are packed – can't wait🧳📚🍸
Drop your
#holiday
#reading
#BookRecommendations
in the comments, I'm a speedy reader 😁
I’m delighted to have been elected to the board of the
@The_CWA
at this morning’s AGM. Looking forward to contributing to the Association’s work and working with the rest of the Board to take it forward, starting with
#nationalcrimereadingmonth
Holy smokes, the love for
#CityOnFire
so far has been amazing🔥 Your kind words and reviews have me blushing more than a suspect in an interview room! 😊 Seriously though, to all of you, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for your continued support💙
Dad would have been 89 today! Here are our uniforms in the
@OPCMuseum
, Brighton. It means so much to have them side by side even though we can’t be. We all miss you dad, Happy Birthday 🖤
Despite it’s great staff, the last 24 hrs has proved the
#NHS
is shattered. 13 min wait for
#999
to be answered then 13 HOUR wait for
@SECAmbulance
to come to my 90yr step dad who was writhing in pain & immobile. Is this what you’d want for your family,
@SteveBarclay
?
#shameful
So proud of my son Conall who celebrates his one-year anniversary of joining the police force today! 🎉
Following in his dad's footsteps, he joined almost exactly 37 years to the day after me. That doesn't make me feel old at all! 😅
Congratulations, Con!
#ProudDad
#Brighton
A big hats off to
@CrimeFest
for considering those of us with failing eyesight & memories. These
@Specsavers
name badges in the largest font I've seen meant those panicked 'I know the face but I can't remember the name' moments as familiar people approached were all but avoided!
You’d think with a former Home Secretary and Chief Supt on the same table we’d boss the murder mystery! Well, maybe not and we were rubbish! He and his wife were great company and he took my card for@ procedural advice!
#PublicationWeek
is flying by!😃🌪️ Thanks for all the wonderful feedback for Force of Hate. I'm beyond happy!😍
And celebrating the book launch at
@GoldsboroBooks
in
#Brighton
last Thursday was an absolute blast! HUGE thanks to everyone that has supported my journey so far 🙏
I know what I'll be doing for the foreseeable future😅😩
CITY ON FIRE, the third novel in my Jo Howe series, is back from
@AllisonandBusby
and ready for copy edits. See you on the other side!🔥
Pre-order👇
@DHHlitagency
@DavidHHeadley
Almost no one leaves 'The End' in their final version, but it's a nice feeling to see it as you finish the first draft. That's exactly what I did today, on a book so secret, even I've only just found out what it's about! Writers will know this is just the beginning of what
Thanks so so much for all your incredible support & lovely comments. I started to answer everyone individually but underestimated the love and realised it would take me all weekend! Please forgive me & know I appreciate each & everyone of you as I start this exciting journey!
I am so proud to announce that my debut crime novel
#BadForGood
will be published by
@AllisonandBusby
on 23 June! Huge thanks to
@DavidHHeadley
for making this happen. More exciting updates to come.
Read more here 👇
I am over the moon 🌝 that BAD FOR GOOD has been shortlisted for the 'Best Debut Crime Novel of 2022' category at this year's
@CriFiLover
Awards 2022!
If you loved the book it would mean so much to me if you voted ♥️👉
Happy 30th Wedding Anniversary to my incredible, loving, kind & beautiful best friend & wife Julie. You, together with our amazing children, are my world & reason for being.
Thank you for everything you are & everything you do. I love you more and more every day. xxx❤️🍾
A great afternoon signing the first 500 of 1500 special editions of
#BadForGood
for
@GoldsboroBooks
Premier Club. Back tomorrow to finish the rest. Thanks to Julie,
@r_mcd16
and the chaps for making this, a first for me, a memorable event ❤️
It’s that time of the year when I get to visit the gorgeous
@MadingleyHall
in beautiful Cambridge to guest lecture on
@Cambridge_Uni
's Masters in Crime and Thriller Writing. I really do love coming here – big thanks to
@sophiehannahCB1
and
@litandcw_ice
for having me again 😁
Thirty eight years ago today, I achieved my dream & passed selection to join
@sussex_police
. My first port of call on hearing the news was Brighton Police Canteen to celebrate with my dad & uncle (Gordon) Who knew I’d retire as the man in charge there.
#ajoblikenoother
#noregrets
I knew it was coming but it was still a buzz to receive my 2nd publishing contract today! I suspect more experienced authors will say that feeling never fades. I hope they are right! Thanks to my co-author
@peterjamesuk
, agent
@isobeldixon
& publisher
@panmacmillan
for your faith
Twenty Nine Years ago today, I showed exactly how above my weight I could punch. On a tiny island in the Seychelles, Julie said I do and made me the happiest man alive. She still does. Happy Anniversary Julie. I know my hair might have faded but my love for you never will xxx
When someone says writing
#CrimeFiction
is easy 😅
“The detective story, even in its most conventional form, is difficult to write well.” – Raymond Chandler
Currently working on my own
#WIP
for once!
#amwriting
#gbpoliceadvisor
Happy 60th birthday to my loving, caring, supportive, clever, funny & beautiful wife Julie. I’m the luckiest man alive to have you as my best friend, soul mate & the mother of our incredible children
@CGBartlett1997
,
@NiamhBartlett
&
@DeaglanBartlett
. All my love. Xxx
Such a joy to be at
@AAChaudhuri
’s launch of the incredible ‘The Final Party.’ It’s a stunning twisty masterpiece. You need to buy it. OR …. Alex & I may have an announcement soon where you could win a signed copy! Mum’s the word re her forgetting her husband in her speech! 😉🤐
Wow. This is incredible especially alongside two such wonderful authors! It's not too late to throw your vote behind this so please follow the link and vote for your favourite author!😉😉😜😜
*The Crime Fiction Lover Awards 2023 Nominations*
Congratulations to
@SteveCavanagh_
@JaniceHallett
&
@gbpoliceadvisor
whose readers have nominated them for Author of the Year.
Have you nominated your favourite writer of 2023? More here:
Quick question (for a friend obvs! 😜). If he pledges to write everyday, and generally does, does it count if instead of actually typing he spends the day in a creative zone and finally comes up with a killer scene he’s been stuck on? As I say, for a friend!!
My &
@peterjamesuk
next book, Babes in the Wood is available to pre-order. Read how, after 32 yrs, Sussex Police finally brought Russell Bishop to justice for two brutal child murders. Its first-hand accounts finally debunks many myths about the case.
Double the celebration today! 🎂🎉 Someone's birthday 😉 and just a month until the FORCE OF HATE paperback hits the shelves!
@AllisonandBusby
have kindly sent it to me in large print – so sympathetic to my ageing years!😅
Pre-order👇
@DHHlitagency
For
#writers
currently trying to get through that first chapter...keep
#writing
. You might end up deleting it all 🙄 but remember that writing is a process of discovery. It's rare to get it right the first time!
#MondayMotivation
Published 2 years ago today, the inside story of the investigation into the 1986 abduction & murder of Nicola Fellows & Karen Hadaway – and the 34-year fight to bring Russell Bishop to justice. A revised version is coming soon, covering recent legal developments & Bishop’s death.
HNY, everyone! I'm (trying) to take a well-earned rest before everything gets criminally crazy once again. 2024 looks like it's going to be my busiest year yet and I'm excited. Thanks to all who follow along here, I appreciate each and every one of you 🥲
I'm off to meet up with one of my undercover policing experts today. We’ll be discussing ideas for my new book series🕵️Shh... it's all top-secret for now, but I promise you won't be disappointed. Stay tuned for updates!
Today we’re clinging to happy memories as we lost my step dad yesterday. Last year’s 90th birthday trip to
@OfficialBHAFC
for the last game of the season, where his hero
@AlanMullery
Alan Mullery came into the stand to say hello, is a forever memory. God bless you John. Xx
#Writers
, need some policing advice? WIN a 30 min 1:1 session with me to receive helpful police procedure tips & advice on how to build authentic police characters 😁🎁
Just ♥️ & RT this tweet for a chance to win! Ends midnight on 31 Dec. Ts & Cs apply >
After 7 years, 2 beautiful university towns & more degrees than a 70s singing trio, I’m at
@OrielOxford
collecting
@DeaglanBartlett
for the last time as student! Next stop the Sorbonne for an academic post at Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris. Yes, his brains are from his mother!
There's nothing more gratifying than seeing an author like
@JoCallaghanKat
become more assured in her writing process as a result of my policing advice – and I'm certain what she's working on will be nothing short of extraordinary! Jo, thank you again for your very kind words ☺️
🔥Hot news!🔥 The third book in my Jo Howe series – CITY ON FIRE – has already got a sizzling makeover! Thanks to the brilliance of the folks at
@AllisonandBusby
, the cover now radiates a whole new level of heat 😅
🔗
Yesterday was a big day! I sent back the
#CityonFire
page proofs to
@AllisonandBusby
and it looks incredible. This should mean the next time I see the book is when you do in March 2024! If you need to catch up on the
#JoHowe
series, there’s no better time than now. 👇👇👇
Things are really ramping up as my debut novel’s publication day nears. The diary is filling and I still get a tingle every time I watch this stunning video my amazing publishers
@AllisonandBusby
knocked up! So excited!
@DavidHHeadley
@RichardsonHelen
#BadForGood