Facets of Death is the ideal holiday reading for a UK staycation, being full of African sunlight. Botswana is the setting for Michael Stanley’s Detective Kubu series, to which this is a prequel. The ingenious plot is in the style of a police procedural, enhanced by spectacularly dramatic events and a wealth of intriguing characters. The crimes described are so original, mind-bending and twisty it is impossible to tell the innocent from the guilty until the grand finale.

The Fenian is a touching tale of teenage angst, love and loss, sensitively recounted by Mike Kernan. Readers who remember the 1970s will be charmed by his descriptions of contemporary music, films and grooming styles. Kernan has even provided a playlist, so readers can enjoy tracks reflecting the mood of each chapter. This book provides multiple opportunities to wallow in delicious nostalgia, but for Lorna, the Protestant protagonist, and Robert, a Catholic, there is an underlying sense of regret for what might have been. Try to imagine Romeo and Juliet without the shared priest.

I’ve been and gone and done it, all by myself! My debut novella, ‘Up the Community Centre Book One: The Thank You Sweets’ is live on Amazon.

How did I achieve this amazing feat, with my limited, and mostly self-taught, tech skills? I’d already begun my career when the internet was created, so I had to pick up knowledge about information technology in random chunks. As a result, I missed out on many basics. I like to describe my relationship with technology by comparing myself to a driver who hates turning right across traffic, and therefore plans routes where they only have to take left turns. I get there in the end, but often it’s a slow journey. My path to KDP was snail paced, but at last, I’ve arrived.