What's hot in publishing?

Misery memoir, autobiography – hot, hot, hot!

Legoland – contact weekend. £500 upfront – £500 on safe return. Merry-go-round – perfect.

I wave; now you see her… now you don’t… Amy waves; now you see her…

“Barbie pink top, jeans, fluffy bobbles in her hair.”

Polish couple - gone to ground. The media furore - unprecedented.

Blog traffic exploded. Easy to turn novel into heart wrenching posts.

The red tops. DESPERATE FATHER FOLLOWING LEADS FROM BLOG, WHILST POLICE LAG BEHIND!

A Sun reporter joined me. Pretty thing.

Where are the Poles?

LATEST SIGHTING IN SWITZERLAND! LOVING FATHER HOT ON THE TRAIL.

The reporter tagged alone. “Got a hunch,” she said.
“Me too,” I replied, “and thanks for last night.”
She blushed, twiddled her hair.

Airport - vaulting barriers and security desks. “Amy! It’s daddy!”

Camera out – flash, flash. Policewoman dressed in eastern European clothing.

Ex-wife; “I always knew he was sick.”

HOW TO CATCH A MADMAN, the story of the failed author John Mercer, who played out his sick work of fiction and kidnapped his own daughter.

Interview with author Clare Bacon; the Sun reporter that uncovered the scam.

I didn’t set out to write the book, I just wanted to make sure that Amy was safe. But when the publisher, Walrus, suggested that the public would be interested in my unique perspective, I realised I was the perfect person to write it. How to catch a madman is dedicated to all the children...

My second novel, due out in the Spring…