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Coming soon. Tulip Murders is out on Amazon on March 28th. Another tiller thriller in the Johnson and Wilde crime mystery series. How and why are long dead tulips decorating corpses across Amsterdam? Jack, Nina and Eddie (the dog) are on the case.
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Delighted you enjoyed the first three...and I hope you enjoy Devil's Den. As for Jack and Nina, read on......!
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My new canal-based tiller thriller, Devil's Den is now out. It's book 4 in the Johnson & Wilde crime mystery series which traces the progress of Jack Johnson on his 64 ft stern cruiser, Jumping Jack Flash. After previous adventures in the Midlands, Bath and Oxford, Jack and his sidekick Nina Wilde are moored up on the Staffs & Worcs near Kinver. The book was inspired by a reference in Pearson's to Devil's Den, a boathouse carved out of a sandstone cliff on the canal near the Stourton junction. Thanks again to Canal World members for advice and support. Devil's Den, a novella, is now available on Kindle (£5) or as a paperback (£7) from http://amzn.to/3jhkKpO Enjoy!
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Hi Matty. I hope you are well. E-mailed you invite to launch party for Oxford Blues but no reply?? I remember Lady Grey well. Just finished first draft of book 4 - set in Amsterdam! Always up for crewing opportunities.
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Thank you very much. I hope you enjoy it.
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Yes, kindle editions available of all three books as I know space can be a premium on a boat.
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Oxford Blues, the third book in my canal and river-based crime mystery series, is now available.
This time journalist Jack Johnson, army widow Nina Wilde and Eddie the border terrier fetch up on the River Isis at Oxford where the action takes place between Iffley Lock and Folly Bridge. It's January and a pair of magnet fishermen discover a young woman undergraduate's body at Iffley Weir and Jack is soon caught up in Dreaming Spires, Drowned Love and Dirty Business. There's a floating brothel, a perilous hot-air balloon flight, university rowing and organised criminal gangs using children to run County Lines drug-dealing operations.
Thanks again to Canal World Forum members for advice during research for the book. Signed copies are available directly from orphanspublishing.co.uk (free p&p) or the hardback and e-book editions are available to order from online and good local booksellers. Oxford Blues follows book one, Canal Pushers set on the Midlands canals and book 2, River Rats, which is set on the River Avon at Bath.
(nb the site owner has given permission for occasional updates on these books as and when they are published).
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The paperback of Canal Pushers, an exciting crime mystery set on the Stratford and Worcester & Birmingham canals, is now available. Canal Pushers was published last year as the first in the Johnson & Wilde series which follows liveaboard journalist Jack Johnson around the UK's waterways. It is available from all good book retailers (price £8.99). The second book in the series, River Rats, is also available in hardback or as an e-book. A must read for anyone who enjoys a Tiller Thriller when they aren't at the helm themselves. Published by orphanspublishing.co.uk.
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River Rats, the second book in my crime mystery series based on Britain's waterways, is published today. The book is set in Bath on the River Avon and the Kennet & Avon Canal. It follows the continuing fortunes of divorced and penniless journalist Jack Johnson and the young army widow Nina Wilde who he met on the Stratford Canal in my debut novel Canal Pushers. Once again, the plot is inspired by true events - in this case a long-running row between boat owners moored on the Avon and residents at Saltford, just outside Bath. However, this time Jack gets into deep water by coming to the aid of a small boating community threatened by unscrupulous property developers, corrupt councillors and Serbian hitmen.
Many thanks once again to Zenataumm, VictorVectis and matty40s of this parish for their expert input.
Signed hardback books are available directly from https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.orphanspublishing.co.uk%2Fbook%2Friver-rats&data=02|01||9f2f46c42c3849ed9fd308d7d4aadff6|84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa|1|0|637211702675250916&sdata=1x4QivplmAWyij9XWbTykBD5j0TJ7eUR6JlV52PnTkc%3D&reserved=0 or from andygriffee.co.uk (£18.99 including postage) or as an e-book (£4.99).
Everyone is also welcome to drop into my Facebook Live at 6.30pm this evening (April 2nd) for a brief VIRTUAL launch event. https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fevents%2F546304742690595%2F&data=02|01||9f2f46c42c3849ed9fd308d7d4aadff6|84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa|1|0|637211702675240904&sdata=UGp149cYbopnqZXUGClUp%2FA95McfGkwaMzeibmakuU0%3D&reserved=0
(NOTE: Kind permission for this post has been given in advance by DHutch on a one-off basis)
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Thanks Jo - very kind.
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CANALWORLD members are cordially invited to Birmingham Waterstones on June 26th for a book event featuring CANAL PUSHERS, the new crime thriller by Andy Griffee which is set on two of the Midlands canals. Further information and ticket booking is available on: https://bit.ly/318fUgw?fbclid=IwAR0ZtFflk8u4RWxjLcOFem2O1mCI7NEpBvawVO_YUhRkzPF_V3zVshDjdXs
Early reviews have called it 'enjoyable and gripping' and its chase has been compared to John Buchan's classic 39 Steps - which can't be bad! It sold well at Crick (thanks to Droitwich Marina's Nick and Ali Parkes) and it's an ideal book to be read at 4mph. Available to order in hardback or e-book, or come along to Birmingham Waterstones on June 26th at 6pm.
(nb limited promotion of this book has been pre-approved for CanalWorld by the site's owner.)
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Overseas holiday paid for by sales? Yes please! Yes the permission was sought and given to draw attention to the book as long as it wasn’t too OTT and had a good editorial justification (ie publication day etc).
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Thanks very much Mike. Ok, this will sound smug but I've already written the second one and found it much easier as I plotted it all out in advance rather than making it up as I went along. This made it a much quicker and more pleasurable process (and wife prefers book 2). It'll be published in about 8 months.
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CANAL PUSHERS, a new crime thriller by Andy Griffee is published today (May 2nd). Available in hard-back and as an e-book, it's a must-read for anyone who enjoys boating and a good dose of fictional crime. It follows the fortunes of Jack Johnson, a newly divorced and out-of-work journalist who moves onto a boat and meets a mysterious young woman called Nina. They quickly become embroiled in a cat-and-mouse chase with the media, an organised drugs gang and a serial killer across two Midlands canals. The book is inspired by reports of a real life killer stalking the towpaths of Manchester. This is the first in a series of crime books called the Jumping Jack Flash Thrillers which follow Jack and Nina around the country's waterways. Next stop, the River Avon at Bath in a sequel called River Rats.
Canal Pushers will also be available to buy from the Droitwich Marina stall at Crick and is featured in the Canal Boating Times which is being distributed at the show.
(this post has been sanctioned by the site owner)
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It was a pleasure to meet you in the flesh. Thanks for coming such a long way and helping me get the book right.
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Canal Pushers, a crime thriller set on the Stratford and the Worcester & Birmingham Canals, is now available to pre-order as hard back or as an e-book. It's the first in the Jumping Jack Flash series which moves around the UK's canals and waterways. Jack Johnson, a newly divorced and penniless ex-journalist decides to live on a boat, meets a mysterious woman and is quickly embroiled in a cat-and-mouse chase with the media, a drug-dealing gang and a serial killer known as the Canal Pusher. Written with the help and advice of three CanalWorld regulars and published by Orphans Publishing.
(nb permission has been given by the site owner for this information to be posted)
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Hullo. I am available if anyone needs a reasonably experienced crew member for up to a week at a time all year round. I semi-retired, 57-years-old, a married father of two and a former BBC journalist and now a published fiction writer. Trips would preferably be in the Midlands or West Country regions but I am happy to consider anything anywhere. I have hired boats many times but never owned one and I have no experience of tidal rivers and zero skill at engine maintenance. However, I can cook well and rub along with most people and dogs. I would not require payment.
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....and thanks Matty. Your feedback has been invaluable. As a result, Jack and Nina are still together for book 2 and our brief delivery trip has inspired an idea for book 3!
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Better than sinking without a trace I guess - thankyou so much Andy
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Yes there will.... more details when I know them....(although hardback signed first edition will be worth thousands of ££s in 200 years. If it’s not you can sue me!) ?
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If any forum members would like to pre-order a signed hardback first edition of CANAL PUSHERS by Andy Griffee, it is available via www.orphanspublishing.co.uk. Unsigned copies are also available to pre-order before the May 2nd launch date either online from Amazon or Waterstones or by calling into any good bookshop.
(nb permission for these links to be publicised on Canal World has been secured from the site owner - subject to it being done in a reasonable fashion and subject to review.)
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Apologies - I am a relative newcomer to both the forum and to fiction writing. I shall contact Dhutch as you suggest.
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Delighted to reveal the cover of my debut novel CANAL PUSHERS (by Andy Griffee) which is the first of the Jumping Jack Flash series of crime thrillers set on the canals and rivers of the UK. Written with the expert input of a trio of Canal World forum members, CANAL PUSHERS is based on the Midlands canals and will be published this May 2nd. Join newly divorced ex-journalist Jack and Nina, a stranger he meets on the towpath, as they tangle with the media, organised crime and a serial killer nicknamed the Canal Pusher who is stalking the region's waterways. The series continues with Jack onboard his 64ft stern cruiser, Jumping Jack Flash, as he moves on to Bath in book 2 (called River Rats.) Book 3, currently being researched, will be based on the Thames at Oxford.
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Does anyone with a boat moored at or near Oxford wish to rent it out as accommodation-only to a writer this winter? I am keen to do this in order to research the third of the Jumping Jack Flash series of crime thrillers which are set across Britain's canal network. The first is published next May 2019 and is called Canal Pushers. I would now like to do some research for the third book which will be set on Oxford's canal and rivers. I will pay a reasonable rent to stay on a comfortable mooring for one to two weeks this winter. Can anyone help?
Tulip Murders - latest tiller thriller in the Johnson & Wilde canal crime mystery series is out.
in Waterways News & Press
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Tulip Murders, the fifth book in the Johnson & Wilde series of canal crime mystery novels, has been published. Author, Andy Griffee, began the series 5 years ago after several members of the Canal World Forum came forward to volunteer to help with his research.
Andy, who lives in Worcestershire, says their input has been invaluable in making the books as accurate as possible. The books have also been boosted with bespoke maps of each novel's location supplied by Michael Pearson of the famous Pearson & Son Canal Companions.
The series is based on the travels of a live-aboard journalist called Jack Johnson who takes his boat, a 64 ft stern cruiser called Jumping Jack Flash, around the country. He is accompanied by a border terrier called Eddie and occasionally by his, so far, unrequited love-interest Nina Wilde.
His 'Canal-Noir' plots have variously been based on the Stratford, the Worcester & Birmingham, the River Avon, the Kennet & Avon, the River Thames, the Oxford, the Staffs & Worcs and, in his latest book, the canals of Amsterdam.
The books are all available as e-books, paperbacks and hardbacks from Amazon.