Chris Ewan

, Male

Douglas

United Kingdom

Profile Information:

Hometown:
Douglas, Isle of Man
About Me:
I was born in Taunton, Somerset, but have lived on the Isle of Man for the past 4 years. My first novel is the comedy caper THE GOOD THIEF'S GUIDE TO AMSTERDAM. The second novel in the Charlie Howard series, THE GOOD THIEF'S GUIDE TO PARIS, is now published in the USA and will be out in the UK in February 2009.
I Am A:
Reader, Writer
Website:
http://www.thegoodthief.co.uk
Books And Authors I Like:
Raymond Chandler, James Lee Burke, Patricia Highsmith, Lawrence Block, James Ellroy, Elmore Leonard, plus loads more besides...

Comment Wall:

  • Karen from AustCrime

    Can't resist a comedy caper - I'll have to see if I can track down your book. Welcome to crimespace incidentally :)

    Feb 28, 2008

  • Martyn Waites

    Hi Chris, thanks for the invite. All the best, Martyn

    Feb 28, 2008

  • Anne Brooke

    Thanks for the invite, Chris - lovely to meet you here!

    :))

    A

    Feb 28, 2008

  • Grant McKenzie

    Hey, Chris. You ever come across a Gordon McKenzie on the Isle?

    Feb 28, 2008

  • Karen from AustCrime

    June! That's excellent news Chris (and keeps me away from the infectious Book Depository where it's almost impossible to escape without filling a very large box :) )

    Feb 28, 2008

  • helen black

    Hi Chris.
    I see from your WS that you're gonna be at Crime Fest. Me too. Do you know what panel you're gonna be on?
    I'm hoping for something mid day...
    Neil White on this site is also going.
    HB x

    Feb 28, 2008

  • L. A. Starks

    Thanks. Cheers to you, too. LAS

    Feb 29, 2008

  • Neil White

    Hi Chris,
    I'm sure being a pensions lawyer has its moments. You improve peoples' lives. I wreck them.
    Thanks for the invite, and see you in Bristol.
    Neil

    Feb 29, 2008

  • Donna Moore

    Oooooh - a comedy caper - my fave! Thanks for the invite. And a pensions lawyer? I'm a pensions consultant - thrill a minute isn't it? :o)

    Feb 29, 2008

  • Donna Moore

    PS - the contracting-out thing is all yours.I'm too busy on my WIP The Case of The Missing Actuarial Mortality Tables.

    Feb 29, 2008

  • Eric Stone

    Thanks for accepting the invite. Welcome here. I'm about to head off on a road trip to Left Coast Crime in Denver. a short one, but should be fun.
    Eric

    Feb 29, 2008

  • MysteryDawg

    Welcome aboard. Hope to see you in the forums

    Mar 3, 2008

  • Viansa Blake

    Hi Chris,

    Yes, be sure to check Dexter out, but make sure you watch it on the cable network. They started playing it on CBS here and it's just too edited, it takes away from the show. You will LOVE it!! I promise! :o)

    Mar 12, 2008

  • Jane Cleland

    Congratulations! Enjoy your trip and your big day! Cool place for a wedding.

    Mar 13, 2008

  • Viansa Blake

    You're coming to NY? The Blue Water Grill is a really nice restaurant!
    http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/blue_water_grill/

    You can take a carriage ride around the city... it's a little short but very nice and romantic. if it's not freezing out, of course.
    Congrats to you and your honey!! I hope you have a wonderful day!

    Mar 13, 2008

  • shirley dicks

    Good to meet you and hope to get to know you better. Will check over your books as well. I just had a traier done for my latest book, A Mothers Torment and hope it helps in the sales. If it does, I'll have one done for the other books I have.....I think it came out pretty good and they did a good job with it. It's on this site and also on www.amotherstorment.com Let me know what you think of it if you get to see it. Shirley

    Mar 19, 2008

  • L.J. Sellers

    Hi Chris
    Your novel sounds fun. I enjoy comedy capers. Wish I could write them!

    Mar 27, 2008

  • Julie Morrigan

    Hi Chris

    Great to meet you at the weekend! Looking forward to reading 'The good thief's guide...'. Oh - and have you spoken to Al lately...? ;-)

    Cheers, m'dear - thanks for the add!

    Jools

    Jun 10, 2008

  • Vincent Holland-Keen

    Hi Chris, thanks for the add and good to meet you at the weekend. Have you properly recovered from Donna's merciless wind-up yet?

    Jun 10, 2008

  • Julie Morrigan

    Okay, Chris - no more, I promise, lol! Anything but Bristol man! :o)

    Jun 10, 2008

  • Vincent Holland-Keen

    My I suggest that you do something to her shoes - that should do the trick.

    Jun 10, 2008

  • carole gill

    figured you had to be in my neck of the woods! the U.K. transplanted Yank that I am though!
    Good thief's guide sounds interesting!
    cheers!

    Jul 21, 2008

  • carole gill

    Just ordered your book.
    Sounds really good!

    Jul 21, 2008

  • carole gill

    thanks Chris! I will let you know.
    It's sounds so good, too.
    Yup, I try to have the page as interesting as I can, because I don't have a book yet to put up there!
    It's like a woman buying Bride's Magazine before her boyfriend proposes or something!
    and thanks so much for your good wishes.

    Jul 22, 2008

  • Hull Crime Fiction

    Hi Chris. Nice to find you on here. Best of luck with the new book. The first is constantly on my library list, but our paths never seem to collide!

    Nov 16, 2008

  • Lee Hughes

    Yup, was brought over at the age of 2 and the boat back always seems to be cancelled no matter how often the locals tell me 'There's a boat in the morning' Congrats on your two books. I'll have to have a read now. Paul D. Brazill an English writer living in Poland mentioned you lived on the island.

    Dec 2, 2009

  • Amanda Ward

    Hi Chris Thoroughly enjoyed reading your Amsterdam GTGT (ah the nostalgia, as I used to live there - in addition to IOM !) and am thus sourcing your GTG to Paris - then will move on to the Vegas one; want to do them in order. I see the Dutch version is entitled NACHTDIEF in AMSTERDAM...pretty apt as it means Night-thief in A'dam.
    Hope you get some good hype in Port Erin in April. You might like to know I did you a very positive review on Amazon for GTGT A'dam.

    Mar 7, 2010

  • Julie Morrigan

    Hey, Chris, I was just reading (in the Bookseller briefing) that THE GOOD THIEF'S GUIDE TO PARIS has been shortlisted for the Last Laugh Award at Crimefest. Many congratulations, it's well deserved and I'm absolutely thrilled for you. I loved the book - I hope you win! :)

    Mar 16, 2010

  • Julie Morrigan

    Crimefest... alas, probably not. We'll see. I love the thought of seeing everyone, but the thought of Bristol (more to the point, travelling to and from) doesn't fill me with glee. Hey ho!

    Mar 17, 2010

  • Amanda Ward

    Hi Chris; Just a few suggestions for future GTGT locations (apart from Rome which was already mentioned a couple of times so no doubt in the pipeline, and I think Venice) but how about Nice, Prague, Rio, and ...Monaco.

    Apr 11, 2010