Happy New Year everyone! It’s been a busy few months since the fourth DI Crow novel, ‘Thicker than Water’, was published. I’ve been travelling around the West Country meeting readers and other writers, and have events coming up in February and March in and around Bristol and Bath. I am part of a group of writers in Bristol supporting the ‘Save Our Libraries’ campaign, and will be fighting hard to keep this wonderful service going over the next 12 months. I’ll be updating everyone on where I’ll be and when in my next post, and on my Facebook Page. Of course, I have been hard at work writing, too, and the fifth DI Crow novel is well underway, due to be published later in 2026.
Meanwhile, exciting news! My new thriller, ‘A Breath of Madness’, is due for publication by Malago Press on 2nd February 2026. Meet forensic psychiatrist Ruben Quinn – he’s good at his job, lives alone, is a single parent to a 13-year-old son with severe Asperger’s syndrome, and can’t help getting too involved in his more intriguing cases. This time, his curiosity sends him on a dangerous journey across two countries, and pits him against an organisation that will go to any lengths to stop him from uncovering the truth. Oh – and he talks to his dead wife …
On sale 2nd February for Kindle or in paperback – preorder the Kindle version here
H J Reed, Author 