My first book, Disturbing the Water, was a collection of fictional original ghost stories, published in 2023. It was favourably reviewed on The Rest is History podcast, in Country Life magazine, and across the fishing press, from Angling Times through to Fly Fishers’ Journal. Read more about Disturbing the Water here.
A follow-up collection, Chilling the Water, was published in 2025. This also features original full-page illustrations by wildlife artist Simon Trinder. Read more about Chilling the Water here.
Both books feature what you might call traditional ghost stories, but rather than the standard settings of haunted houses or Gothic graveyards, they mostly take place around water.
Many of the protagonists are anglers, but you don’t have to like fishing to enjoy them, and there’s very little actual fishing – just some decidedly fishy places.
Many of the stories also feature elements of real history. In the first book, that included the English Civil War the Witch Craze, World War II and a Victorian serial killer. Historical settings or echoes in my follow-up collection include colonial India and Africa, a revenant medieval monk, the Khmer Rouge genocide and, once again, World War II.
Chilling the Water – where to buy
Hardback – order from Amazon UK
Paperback – order from Amazon UK
Hardback – order from Amazon Worldwide
Hardback – order from Coch-Y-Bonddu books
Paperback – order from Amazon Worldwide
Paperback – order from Amazon Worldwide
Also available from Amazon as an e-book. Further outlets coming soon
Disturbing the Water – where to buy
Also available from other leading outlets, and from Amazon as an e-book.