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- Hometown:
- Ramsey, England and Green Valley, Arizona
- About Me:
- I'm a travel writer with the first draft of a crime book written, and I'm now working on the next draft, expanding the book in various ways. I had some near misses with publishers and agents on the first draft. The Crime Editor at one publisher (Serpent's Tail, who publish Walter Mosley and George Pelecanos in the UK!) said he would have taken it on if they hadn't just bought a crime novel that covered similar territory. So the next draft will make it to print, I'm hoping.
After finishing the first draft I also wrote the first 1000 words or so of my next crime novel. I entered it for a competition in the Daily Telegraph, and it made it to the long list of the best 50 openings out of over 3,000 entries, but didn't make the short list of 6. That was encouraging too, especially as my crime story was up against all genres of fiction, and the final 6 were mostly literary fiction.
Meanwhile in my travel writing life I also publish two websites:
www.Pacific-Coast-Highway-Travel.com
www.Greece-Travel-Secrets.com
- I Am A:
- Reader, Writer
- Website:
- http://www.mikegerrard.com
- Books And Authors I Like:
- Walter Mosley, George C. Pelecanos, Robert Crais, Michael Connelly, Elmore Leonard, Raymond Chandler... I see a trend developing here. They're all American. And they can all write to knock your socks off. Where are the British equivalents? Am I alone in thinking that our 'best' crime writers, like PD James, Ruth Rendell, Minette Walters and Ian Rankin – none of them can write good prose or create convincing three-dimensional characters?
- Movies And TV Shows I Like:
- The Sopranos
Six Feet Under
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Best regards
Preetham Grandhi
Early Endorsements for “A Circle of Souls”
Linda Fairstein, NYT Bestselling Author: "A fascinating debut - this novel takes the reader to the darkest places in the human soul, from a writer with the authenticity to lead us there. A stunning thriller and an important read."
Judge Judy Sheindlin, star of the Judge Judy Show: "The seminal work of this fine author kept me glued to my chair until the adventure was over and the mystery solved. A great read!"
Book Synopsis:
The sleepy town of Newbury, Connecticut, is shocked when a little girl is found brutally murdered. The town s top detective, perplexed by a complete lack of leads, calls in FBI agent Leia Bines, an expert in cases involving children.
Meanwhile, Dr. Peter Gram, a psychiatrist at Newbury s hospital, searches desperately for the cause of seven-year-old Naya Hastings devastating nightmares. Afraid that she might hurt herself in the midst of a torturous episode, Naya s parents have turned to the bright young doctor as their only hope.
The situations confronting Leia and Peter converge when Naya begins drawing chilling images of murder after being bombarded by the disturbing images in her dreams. Amazingly, her sketches are the only clues to the crime that has panicked Newbury residents. Against her better judgment, Leia explores the clues in Naya s crude drawings, only to set off an alarming chain of events.
In this stunning psychological thriller, innocence gives way to evil, and trust lies forgotten in a web of deceit, fear, and murder.