A questionnaire for Phil Barrington at Writers' Forum. The subject? Where do all those precious hours go? Read on... What commitments do I have? We’ve got kids, plus a grandchild, round the corner. Lots of babysitting. I go offshore rowing twice weekly in a five-man scull, and am Chairman of the Exmouth Rowing Club. Loads of exercise and mateship (all good) but more admin faffing than you’d ever imagine. I contribute to a French conversation class once a week and have just embarked on Spanish. I...
Backlist Hits the Kindle Shelf
Thursday, October 18, 2012 - 10:39
Today sees the e-publication of my entire Pan/Macmillan backlist on Kindle, plus the first three books in the D/I Joe Faraday series. Says Oli Munson, my agent at Blake Friedmann, "With Orion’s publication of WESTERN APPROACHES fast approaching, it’s wonderful to have the first three Faraday and Winter books finally available as e-books as well as Graham’s extensive backlist of standalone thrillers. I’m delighted that we’ve reached an arrangement with Amazon to be the exclusive e-book vendor and I can’t wait for a new generation...
"Backstory" Gathers Speed
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 - 08:30
Your grateful scribe is happy to report that e-copies of "Backstory" are flying off the Kindle shelf. This is the book-length account of how and why I penned the Faraday series, an exploration of the pros and cons of crime writing in a savagely competitive marketplace. Think one of those "Extra" features on movie DVDs. Some readers are finding it really helpful in understanding what it takes to get alongside working cops. Others have gone back to the series with a series of fresh perspectives. Here's a typical reaction...
Interview with Lynne Hackles in Writing Magazine
Saturday, August 18, 2012 - 13:09
Crime writer Graham Hurley admits to being mega-organised. 'The knowledge that I have to fill the fridge every day is a great discipline – and always has been. In a previous life I was a salaried TV documentary producer and knew I could depend on a monthly pay cheque. Once I stepped into the world of writerdom, that safety net vanished. In this business, especially in the current climate, you're always at the mercy of your last set of sales figures. If the stuff doesn't work on the page - and in the marketplace - you're going to be looking at an empty fridge.’ Thus...
First Review for "Backstory"
Saturday, May 26, 2012 - 14:41
A novel departure!, 26 May 2012By Roman- See all my reviewsThis review is from: Backstory (Kindle Edition)I got this book for a number of reasons. Firstly, because I've read all the Farady and Winter books and enjoyed the way the series developed and grew. Secondly, I'm starting out as a writer and I wanted to find out how someone else who is successful had done it. Thirdly, just plain curious! It's not the type of book Hurley has written before and is one of a number if interesting new books since the end of the Faraday and Winter books.Backstory tells the story of the...
Nick Quantrill Reviews the Faraday Series
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 14:19
Over a decade ago, Graham Hurley was made an offer he couldn’t refuse – a three book deal with Orion. The catch? These books had to be crime novels. The problem? Hurley, a documentary maker by trade was no fan of the genre. But shadowing the detectives for a period with no preconceptions triggered an awareness of what could be achieved. Fast forward to 2012 and the publication of “Happy Days” sees Graham Hurley bring his critically acclaimed Portsmouth-set police series to a close.Opening with “Turnstone”, originally tagged solely as a “DI...
"Backstory" Publishes on Kindle
Friday, May 11, 2012 - 08:14
Backstory is a book-length companion piece to the Pompey-based D/I Joe Faraday series. Think "Extra Features" on a movie DVD. I wrote Backstory in response to trillions of conversations and e-mail exchanges with readers keen to find out more about the books. Where did they come from in the first place? Why do they feel so real, so authentic? How do you get to invent characters like Joe Faraday and Paul Winter? And what does it really take to turn the small print of sharp-end CID work into page-turning drama? I'd...
"Estuary"Uploaded to the Kindle Store
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - 21:56
I’ve just uploaded a book called Estuary to the Kindle Store. I wrote it a while back, in the immediate aftermath of my father’s death. I never really got on with my dad for most of my life but in the end he had a series of strokes which put a burden on my mum that proved to be beyond her. We brought them both down to Pompey, where Lin and I were living, and found a flat across the road where we could look after them
Estuary is the story of the years that followed, a journey that taught me an enormous amount about myself, the blessings of my...
Estuary is the story of the years that followed, a journey that taught me an enormous amount about myself, the blessings of my...
Mike Carlson's Take on Happy Days
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 18:09
IRRESISTIBLE TARGETS
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
GRAHAM HURLEY'S HAPPY DAYS
Joe Faraday is dead, having killed himself at the end of Graham Hurley's previous novel, Borrowed Light, but his presence hovers over Happy Days, the twelfth and final Faraday and Winter book. Paul Winter needs to sort his life out—working for Bazza MacKenzie has become hazardous: he's decided to stand for Parliament in Portsmouth North, and he's running out of money since all his legitimate investments are tanking. And Winter worries increasingly about the murder that he witnessed in Spain coming back to...
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
GRAHAM HURLEY'S HAPPY DAYS
Joe Faraday is dead, having killed himself at the end of Graham Hurley's previous novel, Borrowed Light, but his presence hovers over Happy Days, the twelfth and final Faraday and Winter book. Paul Winter needs to sort his life out—working for Bazza MacKenzie has become hazardous: he's decided to stand for Parliament in Portsmouth North, and he's running out of money since all his legitimate investments are tanking. And Winter worries increasingly about the murder that he witnessed in Spain coming back to...
Thumbs Up from Mark Timlin
Monday, February 13, 2012 - 08:50
Here's the latest review - this time from long-term fan Mark Timlin. Hope he makes a full recovery...
HAPPY DAYS by GRAHAM HURLEY (ORION) Published 2nd February 2012 H/B �12.99
I wrote this review in the day room of the Milward Ward at the The London Hospital in Whitechapel where I spent a lovely nine hours last week waiting for an operation to chop lumps out of me that in the end never happened. But that's another story. The day room had the aspect of a Dickensian slum which perfectly fitted the area in which it is located. The walls were full of holes, the heating system...
HAPPY DAYS by GRAHAM HURLEY (ORION) Published 2nd February 2012 H/B �12.99
I wrote this review in the day room of the Milward Ward at the The London Hospital in Whitechapel where I spent a lovely nine hours last week waiting for an operation to chop lumps out of me that in the end never happened. But that's another story. The day room had the aspect of a Dickensian slum which perfectly fitted the area in which it is located. The walls were full of holes, the heating system...