![]() I used to take half a dozen books on holiday with me – now I just have to take my e-reader with as many books as I want. To start with I wasn’t sure but now I’m a convert, especially since “Reprisal” reached #6 in the UK kindle charts. ![]() How do you feel about e-publishing compared to traditional publishing? “Just Whistle” is due for publication in September, if you want to read the opening draft chapter you can find it at www. At the moment the kindle version can be downloaded for 77p .uk, and on “Reprisal” can be ordered through Amazon, Waterstones and WH Smith or from most on-line retailers for £7.99. “Just Whistle” is a crime novel with a twist I suppose you could say it’s a bit surreal as the main character gets trapped between reality and fiction. My next novel, “Just Whistle” is to be published by crime specialist Caffeine Nights Publishing, again it’s based in my locality. “Reprisal” is a gritty, police, drugs and gangster story based in Hull, an area somewhat overlooked as a setting for a novel. I’m still very much at the beginning of my writing career my first novel “Reprisal” was published in November last year by Taylor Street Publishing. Over the years I’ve read a lot of books, some brilliant, some good and some not so good and eventually I decided that maybe I could do better.īriefly, give us the lowdown on what they’re about, including genre and titles I am married with three grown up children, one grandson, two rabbits and live in a village in East Yorkshire. I decided on an about turn and returned to education as a mature student at the University of Hull and gaining a 2ii Honours Degree in Economic and Social History. ![]() My next move was to that of sales manager with a radio communications company. I left school at the age of fifteen with no qualific ation and started work as a ships carpenter on the Hull fish dock. I then moved into the caravan industry and was eventually promoted to production manager, but not for long as the company went into liquidation. Hello, Alfie – please tell us a little about yourself …
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