The paperback edition of ‘Quest for the Holey Snail’ will be published very soon. Just waiting for the proof copy, and if all’s well, the “proper book” will be available in about ten days from now.
In the meantime, the ebook edition is available at viewBook.at/Quest
My new novel, Quest for the Holey Snail, is now available as an e-book from Amazon. (Paperback edition to follow soon.)
Cover design by Penny Philcox © 2016
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“Not just another book about serial-killing monks who travel through time and wear Union Jack flip-flops.” – Unusual Footwear Monthly
Click here for more information about the book.
Click here to read the opening chapters.
Click here to buy Quest for the Holey Snail ebook.
When Horace Tweed places an advertisement in a national and moderately well respected periodical, the last thing he expects is to be commissioned to travel back through time in search of the long extinct Holey Snail.
Meanwhile, Detective Chief Inspector Harper Collins has her hands full trying to track down a secret order of monks whom she suspects of committing a series of murders – the same monks who are determined to thwart Horace in his…
…’Quest for the Holey Snail’ – my new novel, coming soon(ish).
As well as the e-book edition, Heads You Lose is now also available as a paperback from Amazon.
“A highly entertaining, well-constructed screwball comedy that is as enjoyable as it is well written.” – Keith Nixon for Big Al’s Books and Pals
“Masterfully planned and executed… It tickled my funny bone in all the right places.” – Joanne Armstrong for Ingrid Hall Reviews
B and P Readers’ Choice Award Nominee 2015
Heads You Lose has been shortlisted for a Readers’ Choice Award in the Humour Category at the Big Al’s Books and Pals review website. There are fourteen categories in all, and nominated books have been chosen which “stood out from the pack as exceptional examples of Indie (self-published and small press) writing”.
Anyone can vote in as many or as few categories as they want, and there are plenty of raffle prizes to be won if you do. The Grand Prize is a $75 Amazon Gift Card.
If you’d like to vote for Heads You Lose (or any of the books in the thirteen other categories), please go to http://booksandpals.blogspot.gr/2015/03/2015-readers-choice.html and follow the instructions towards the bottom of the page.
Many thanks for voting and good luck with winning a raffle prize.
Heads You Lose – the sequel to Lifting the Lid and the second novel in my ‘Lifting the Lid’ series – is now available as an e-book from Amazon. (Paperback edition to follow soon.)
Click here for more information about the book.
The assignment in Greece might have been the answer to Trevor and Sandra’s problems except for one thing. Someone was trying to frame them for murder… with a watermelon.
Cover design by Brian Ground from an original illustration by Penny Philcox © 2014
Heads You Lose is the second novel in my ‘Lifting the Lid’ series and will be published very soon – first as a Kindle e-book and then in other e-book formats and as a ‘proper’ paperback.
Final publication details will be announced here in the next few days, but in the meantime…
Click here for more information about the book and to read the first four chapters.
The paperback edition of Lifting the Lid is now available from Amazon.
‘A superb adventure-comedy… Lifting the Lid will grab you and pull you along for a fun and wild ride… I can’t wait for the sequel!’ – Jennifer Reinoehl for Readers’ Favorite
‘It’s brilliant!… You’ll laugh so hard, you’ll have to make a couple trips to the restroom… The writing is fast paced, funny and downright thrilling.’ – Samantha Coville for SammytheBookworm.com
My new comedy thriller is now available in all e-book formats from most online booksellers. (See links towards the top right of this page.)
It’s also been getting some great reviews too. Here are just a few:
“A great story, expertly told.”
“Utterly enjoyable… Plenty of laugh out loud moments and enough substance to sink your teeth into.”
“Refreshingly entertaining… very funny indeed.”
“Jokes and crime – sublime.”
Read the first four chapters.
Lifting the Lid will also be published soon as a paperback.
Cover design by Brian Ground from an original painting by Kostas Tsoukatos © 2013
Yes, my new comedy thriller is now available from an Amazon Kindle Store near you.
There are some things people see in toilets that they wish they hadn’t. What Trevor Hawkins sees might even cost him his life.
Read the first four chapters of Lifting the Lid, which is a comedy thriller about how a single, split-second decision can change someone’s life for ever.
Lifting the Lid will also be published as a paperback in the next few weeks.
Part of the front cover of my novel ‘Lifting the Lid’ (Original painting by Kostas Tsoukatos © 2013)
There are some things people see in toilets that they wish they hadn’t. What Trevor Hawkins sees might even cost him his life.
At long last, my comedy thriller Lifting the Lid is about to be published – first as an e-book and then as a ‘proper’ paperback.
Here’s a sneak preview of part of the front cover – an original painting by my good friend Kostas Tsoukatos. He usually does portraits and was a bit surprised when I told him what I wanted!
Final publication details will be announced here soon, but in the meantime, click here if you’d like to read more information about the book and the opening four chapters.
“Not just another book about serial-killing monks who travel through time and wear Union Jack flip-flops.” – Unusual Footwear Monthly
Quest for the Holey Snail is now available in e-book and paperback formats from Amazon.
Cover design by Penny Philcox © 2016
WANTED: Gainful employment of an adventurous nature but without risk of personal physical harm. (Can supply own time travel machine if required.)
When Horace Tweed places an advertisement in a national magazine, the last thing he expects is to be commissioned to travel back through time in search of the long extinct Holey* Snail.
But this isn’t just any old snail. The helix pertusa is possessed of an extraordinary and highly desirable property, and Horace’s quest leads him and his co-adventurers to Ancient Greece and a variety of near-death encounters with beings both mythological and not so mythological.
Meanwhile, Detective Chief Inspector Harper Collins has her hands full trying to track down a secret order of fundamentalist monks whom she suspects of committing a series of murders – the same monks who are determined to thwart Horace in his…
…Quest for the Holey Snail.
(* This isn’t a spelling mistake. The Holey Snail is so called because there are hundreds of tiny holes all over its shell.)
Click here to read the opening chapters.
Rob Johnson 