News & Reviews

 

A new Audiobook, entitled The Day the Nazis Came, has been released by the publishers, Bonnier Books UK in June 2020.  The book has been narrated by British Actor Barnaby Edwards (Dr Who and EastEnders).

 

My latest book, Murder, Witchcraft and the Killing of Wildlife, Memoirs of a Police Officer at the Heart of Africa, was published as a hardback in late December 2019 with the Paperback version due out in November 2020.

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* The book is also being entered for an International Design Award in 2020.

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 Media Results

 

The New York Times carried out a remarkable book review and hailed it as a ‘Rattling Good Memoir!’

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The Guernsey Press published a delightful and compact, two-page feature article with photos.

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The Jersey Evening Post also printed a detailed two - page article with photos and headed - Out of Africa.

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Several British National newspapers, including the Mirror and the People, have provided a number of feature articles on my books, as have the Guernsey Press, with an‘Out of Africa’ coverage by the Jersey Evening Post.

 

I had a wonderful time in Guernsey being interviewed by Jenny Kendall-Tobias from BBC Radio, to celebrate the 77th Anniversary of our liberation by Free French Forces from our German concentration camp.

 

Radio Interviews have continued with Radio Europe Talk - with presenter Giles Brown.

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Readers Comments

 

'I got your book from Amazon and wanted to let you know how very much I was moved by it. I have to say I was so fascinated by your story and your wonderful family. What a great legacy! I think your book should be on the curriculum in each school. I have been reading excerpts to our older grandchildren and seeing our 7 and 4-year-olds, it really brings home how young you were to overcome such adversity.  I will ensure they will not forget the people of Guernsey and Jersey so wonderfully honoured by your words'.

                                                                                                                                                                                                               CF. N. Ireland

 

'Congratulations on your book which arrived on Thursday and which I have now read and thoroughly enjoyed. I read on and I tried to visualise all the places and people you described so well. My daughter also bought the book at Manchester airport, en route to a week's holiday in Crete'. 

                                                                                       JB. Scotland

 

'I have started to read your book and I must repeat myself by saying that you are a wonderful storyteller, your language style is poetic, mighty, powerful, very impressive. It's a great joy, sometimes fun and it's always very interesting to read it! Thank you so much'.

                                                                                       CN. Germany

 

I have just finished reading your excellent book, and I really enjoyed reading it. You certainly had two wonderful parents and we had little or no knowledge of what happened in the Channel Islands during the war. Well done on a great piece of work.

                                                                                      DP. Windsor. UK

 

I feel I know you through your wonderful prose and words in your amazing book 'The Day The Nazis Came'. I am sitting in my garden in Wellington, New Zealand living every word. I can hear you speaking; I have been with you on every day in your journey – I felt and sensed your pain, happiness and sorrow. For me, I have laughed, cried but always in admiration for you and all the good people of the Channel Islands who entered those dark days many years ago. It has simply been a privilege to read and be part of the journey – something I will never forget.

                                                                CB. Wellington. New Zealand