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My latest novel, Wormhole, written with Keith Brooke, is out now from Angry Robot.

“That’s not a cold case. That’s an archaeological dig…”

Detective Inspectors Gordon Kemp and Danni Bellini are pulled off their routine cold case investigations and ordered to investigate a murder from 2109. Eighty years ago…

Sebastian White, a leading expert in suspension technology, killed by a single stab wound. Three suspects: his deputy, his business partner and his wife. Three perfect alibis. Simple as that? Not quite.

Ten years before White’s death, the first Earth-compatible planet was discovered orbiting the star Mu Arae. In 2110 a starship was sent on the eighty year journey to the planet, its crew held in stasis by the tech designed by White. A short way into the voyage the ship blew up, killing the crew and ending all hope of a new world.

Who killed White? What happened to the ship? Why re-open the case now?

A collaboration from two of the genre’s most respected names, Wormhole is a multi-layered, twisting SF murder mystery that spans decades and light years, the hope of the world and the lies of the few.

“Brown and Brooke offer a compelling genre blend of hard science fiction and murder mystery that will appeal to fans of Jeff VanderMeer and Peter F. Hamilton.” – Library Journal.

Several of my titles at NewCon Press are now available, for a limited period, at discount prices.

Check here for more details:

http://www.newconpress.co.uk/info/books.asp?offers=yes

Click here to read about Kon-Tiki Coda, written with Keith Brooke, from PS Publishing…

Here I am, on the right, with Keith Brooke, a few years ago at a convention in Harrogate. I’m looking happy – it’s always grand to see Keith, but sadly these days it’s not that often. What with the lockdowns, and living around four hundred miles from each other… That doesn’t stop us collaborating, though.

Murder Most Vile, the ninth book the the Langham and Dupré series, is out now from Severn House.

“It was not I, but rage, did this vile murder; Yet I, and not my rage, must answer it.” – Thomas Heywood.

April, 1957. When Donald Langham is approached by a retired businessman to find his artist son, what starts as a simple missing persons case soon turns to murder as a body is discovered in a disused warehouse.

While investigating the killing, Langham’s business partner Ralph Ryland must confront his past as a Mosley-ite Blackshirt in the Thirties. In the course of their search for the murderer, Ralph is kidnapped by a gangland boss and Langham must not only attempt to save his friend’s life, but track down a killer who strikes not once but three times…

Murder Most Vile combines a traditional whodunnit mystery with gripping suspense and a thrilling dénouement.

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My latest novella, On Arcturus VII, is out now from NewCon Press.

Former pilot and planetary pioneer Jonathan James is tempted out of retirement by an offer he can’t refuse. It means going back to the one place he vowed never to return to: Arcturus Seven. A Closed Planet; a hothouse world where every plant and animal is hell-bent on killing and consuming you; the place that cost him the life of the only woman he has ever truly loved.

Jonathan knows the wealthy tycoon seeking to recruit him cannot be trusted, but he has no choice. If he doesn’t do it, someone else will, and Arcturus Seven has a secret, one which must never be disclosed, so Jonathan accepts the mission even though it means facing memories he has spent years denying.

On Arcturus VII is a fabulous slice of planetary romance from award-winning author Eric Brown. A sparkling tale of intrigue, adventure, and romance; traditional in style but wholly contemporary in its delivery.

Best of British Science Fiction 2020, edited by Donna Scott, is out now from NewCon Press. It contains my short tale “Panspermia High” as well as some excellent work by the likes of M.R. Carey, Ian Watson, Liz Williams, Neil Williamson and many more.

The eighth Langham and Dupré mystery is out now from Severn House.

January, 1957. Donald Langham and Maria Dupré have left London behind for the Suffolk countryside. They’re excited about starting a new life in the picturesque village of Ingoldby-over-Water – and about meeting their new neighbours.

They’ve barely settled into Yew Tree Cottage when their new neighbour at Standing Stone Manor, Professor Edwin Robertshaw, invites Donald over to discuss some ‘fishy business’. Then, a few days later, a body is found by the professor’s precious standing stone in the manor grounds.

As they settle into the community, Donald and Maria discover tensions, disputes and resentment raging below the surface of this idyllic village, but can they find out which of the villagers is a cold-blooded killer?

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My novella, Ace Doubles, is available now from Stone Owl Stories.

What happens when the immovable object meets the unstoppable force? What happens when my love of science fiction met the cynicism of the market place? Perhaps it resulted in my alter ego, the SF writer Ed Bentley, and what happened when he met the YouTuber Penny Cotton… Ace Doubles chronicles Ed’s involvement not only with Penny, but with pulp SF writer George Lattimer. But was the fantastic series of events that visited Lattimer in later life nothing more than a hallucination brought about by his illness?

Ace Doubles was inspired by my love of Ace Doubles, my infatuation with science fiction, and real life.

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Ace Doubles, my latest SF novella, will be out later this year from Stone Owl Stories. It’s a very loosely autobiographical story about a SF writer.

Read more about it here.