A Turnkey or Not?

My book is now ranked 15 in the Amazon best Selling List.

It is under Books>Biography>True Crime>Police.

Wow can it make it to number one in its genre?

A Turnkey or Not?

I was Interviewed on the Russell Walker Show for Radio York which was broadcast yesterday, here is the link
Russell Walker: 16/12/2011 http://bbc.in/vmDBV4 move the timing slider to 2.07.20 and that's where my interview starts #A Turnkey or Not?

A Turnkey or Not?

I took part in the Russell Walker radio show today. This was a half hour program about me and my book. It will be broadcast tomorrow between 2 and 3pm tomorrow afternoon on 103.7, 95.5 FM (not sure if we would get it down here in the south as its a Yorkshire radio station) & then available on iplayer and also you-tube just type in the Russell Walker Show and scan down to my program. Can't wait to hear it to see how it came over. But I really enjoyed the program shame it went so quickly.

A Turnkey or Not?

Why is my local branch of Waterstones informing my potential customers that my book has not yet been published, when friends have received the book by ordering it from Amazon and direct from the publishers Apex.Very strange

A Turnkey or Not?

Just found out the book is available to purchase on line from WH Smith and Waterstones here in the UK. This is a great stocking filler. Go on get the bandwagon going.

A Turnkey or Not?

It was launch on Saturday and I already have had some very positive feedback. the book seems to be selling in both bookstores and on Kindle.

I have several interviews lined up, publication in the Skyport Newspaper which is local for Heathrow Airport. BBC York for a very interesting program which I am looking forward too.

No personal appearances yet but am hopeful.

That's it I am now a fully fledged published Author.

A Turnkey or Not?

Today's the day, my book is launched. Will it sell? won't it sell? Will I get the chance to write another book?

A Turnkey or Not?

Publication day Saturday, but my first interviews for radio today, very nervous but looking forward to the interviews.


Is this my Andy Warhol 15 minutes of fame?

A Turnkey or Not?

Only two days to the launch of my book, very exciting now, I am already arranging some radio interviews and some national and local newspapers seem to be interested in running stories on me and my book. 

Is this my fifteen minutes of fame as stated by the great Andy Warhol back in 1968, then back to obscurity?

A Turnkey or Not? It's gathering pace now as I near the release date. I have several interviews being lined up and possible some National newspaper articles. Very exciting, just hope the book sells!

A Turnkey or Not?

Only one more week to the publication of my new book 'A Turnkey or Not? although it is now available on Amazon for Kindle on both sides of the Atlantic. Good old Amazon.


Exciting times but also a little worrying as anybody who reads this book will know as much about me and I do! Scary but exciting.

A Turnkey or Not?

A Turnkey or Not?

Over here in the UK our main high street book store W H Smith won't stock my book due apparently to Christmas buying season. 

How does a new author get going when this happens, I bet if I was J K Rowland's or Danielle Steel or Clive Cussler they'd have them on the shelves immediately

Dont forget its only 9 days to the launch of my book A Turnkey or Not. This will be a great stocking filler for Christmas. Its also available on Kindle and you can view the first three chapters free as a taster.

The electronic version of my book is now available for Kindle. You can download my book for £5.99. Yesterday I had the first person to actually download my book for their Kindle. Their feedback has been brilliant. I will post here for all to see but it seems this person really enjoyed my book. Yippee

My book 'A Turnkey or Not'

Its 12 Days until release of my new book 'A Turnkey or Not?'

A Turnkey or Not?

This is my first every book to be published. A chance meeting on holiday in Majorca changed my life forever and launched me into a 25-year career in a job that I never would ve considered previously: working in Her Majesty s Prison Service. This book catalogues my personal experiences of working as a prison officer, from my early days at high-security HMP Pentonville to my final years in therapy-based HMP Grendon. Filled with interesting observations and incidences, hilarious wind-ups and memorable characters, this autobiography is the story of a journey, from the happiest days in what will always be a potentially volatile environment to a complete state of disillusionment as an old dinosaur that no longer fitted into the modern prison service world. I give an honest account of my feelings, as someone who would never be a yes man and toe the party line, in the face of a constantly changing environment that had become increasingly controlled by political correctness gone mad and by budgetary needs rather than human needs. I am a man who cared, and even though my heart was sucked out of my job, I never lost my dignity or respect. Most importantly, I  would never allow myself to be reduced to just a turnkey.