John Dean – Crime Writer

It is gratifying when reviews of your work ask when the next book in the series is due out. Quite a few reviewers have asked recently about the next one in the series featuring DCI John Blizzard.

Well, the countdown to publication is very much on. The main edits are done and now we move onto the final edits. The first stage of edits from Polly at The Book Folks, a Joffe Books imprint, looks for small things but also any plot weaknesses, but this second stage is much more forensic, grammar, literals etc.

The end result is a book that is as good as we can make it and the novel will be published in September 2026. I am looking forward to publication – can’t give too much away except to say that there some very dramatic scenes. When the book is cleared for go, the next one of mine to be published is the latest in the DCI Jack Harris series, which is already written and has a plot that twists and turns like a twisty turny thing.