Pre-order my new novel ' Trouble In Atlantic City'
Welcome to Atlantic City, where the air is scented with the sugar of seaside taffy and bourbon, and the promise of a good time lingers in the doorway of every speakeasy along the boardwalk.
But like everything in this town, rub hard enough at what glitters and you’ll soon find tin beneath the gold.
When ambitious bootlegger Milton and his glamorous mob wife and speakeasy singer, Pearl, are accused of a brutal murder, they both claim innocence. Awaiting trial, each narrates their version of events, desperate to avoid the death penalty. But only one of them is telling the truth—about the crime and who they really are.
As Milton recounts his tale of how he rose to the top of the mob, making friends, lovers and enemies along the way, Pearl is telling tales of her own and revealing the hidden, violent truth of what it’s really like to be married to the mob and be caught up in the thick of it when trouble brews in Atlantic City.
Set in 1927 Prohibition-era America, Trouble In Atlantic City is a thrilling tale of ambition, toxic relationships, and revenge. It asks the chilling question: how well can you ever really know the person you sleep beside each night?
An historical crime thriller described as 'Boardwalk Empire meets Gone Girl', ‘Trouble In Atlantic City’ is a thrilling tale of ambition, toxic relationships and the extreme lengths someone will go in order to get revenge.
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Day Writing Retreats
in Inspiring Locations
I’m also the founder of Secret Writing Retreats.
After looking for day retreats for myself and finding them to be a bit uninspiring and dare I say it - a bit lack lustre, I set up Secret Writing Retreats to offer the sort of writing retreat that I would want to attend myself.
All of the locations of our retreat days are specially selected not just to give you space and time to write, but set in exclusive locations that will actually help to inspire your writing, as well as offering the chance to connect with other writers, hear from industry experts and celebrate reaching your writing goals.
Previous and upcoming works
Find out more about my stories, articles and podcast appearances and where you can read and listen to my work.
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E-book cover for historical crime thriller Trouble In Atlantic City by J.L.Flannery
VOID, a short story about art, friendship, obsession...oh, and tearing a hole in the fabric of reality. First featured in Cosmic Horror Monthly.
In a post apocalyptic world, how do we navigate rebuilding our lives when we've lost everything? My (almost) award winning story 'Heads or Tails?' published by Storgy.
E-book cover for historical crime thriller Trouble In Atlantic City by J.L.Flannery
An Introduction to Social Media Marketing For Writers
Are you a writer who is struggling to get to grips with social media? Perhaps you've signed up for Instagram but are yet to see any sales of your books. Perhaps you spend more time on social media than you do actual writing. If either of these ring true then this FREE short introduction is the guide for you.
As well as being an author myself, I'm also a lecturer in ‘Content Creation and Marketing’ so I know how important it is to use social media to build an author brand, promote your writing and ultimately make sales!
You might be thinking, ‘What’s the point? Isn’t social media distracting from my real work of writing my own books?’ Well there are reportedly 4 million new books published every year.* How are you going to attract and engage an audience to buy those books if you don’t have a social media strategy to connect with them?
Download my FREE PDF to find out where you're going wrong and importantly, how to fix it.
