The second John Hunt novel

Just made a solid start on the latest novel. When the Fleet Air Arm was returned to the navy in 1937 it had a dreadful inventory of fairly useless aircraft as a legacy of neglect that would take some time to rectify. This book is once again partly based on my father's service. Having spent 1940 on exhange with the RAF for the Battle of Britain he was sent to Yeovilton to pass on some of his expertise before joining 888 Squadron in HMS Formidable in the Mediterranenan. The early years of the war were a steep learning curve for everyone. As usual I'm not quite sure how the story will end but most of it is written in my head now. I wonder if anyone will understand where it got the title from?

Out now in time for Christmas

 Just got finished.  I wanted to publish this in 2020 as the eightieth anniversary year of the Battle of Britain and made it by the skin of my teeth.  Available as a Kindle or Paperback:

https://amazon.co.uk/dp/B08R6F2Z1R

 

 

Advice needed

 Almost at the end of the latest novel.  A prequel to the Jon Hunt series based on my Father's career in the FAA but also when he was seconded to the RAF for the Battle of Britain.  Should be finished in a month or so. Can't decide on the cover format.

80 years ago

 So eighty years ago my father was rather busy. This is his squadron combat report for the 15 September 1940. He is credited with one kill that day (although in the summary they've misspelled his name as Jerman - a freudian slip I hope and demoted him to the RAF as a Flight Lt - he was an RN Sub Lt).
My novel about this period is well underway. I just wish I started earlier as it would have been good to have published it today!! Should be out before the year end though.

Next project

Having come to the logical conclusion to the 'Jon Hunt' series I've been wanting to write more military fiction.  The Winchester Chronicles will continue but I've decided to go back to the Navy (sort of).  If Jon Hunt's exploits were based on things I experienced in my own naval career then the next series will be based on my father's time in th Fleet Air Arm.  The John Hunt series:

Book Launch

Finally out on Amazon as  Kindle or Paperback.  The first in a new series:

How would you cope with discovering an alternative version of your home town complete with an alternative girlfriend?

A totally unexpected inheritance turns Tony Peterson’s life upside down.  He retires from the Metropolitan Police and returns to his home city of Winchester.  There, not only does he meet Carrie, a girl from his past but he also discovers something out of this world in the house he has inherited in the St Cross area of the city.  A mirror in his study can transport him to another version of Winchester, to a world where World War One never happened. 

When one of the first friends he makes in the new world is brutally murdered, he steps in to help the local police.  Can he use his expertise and knowledge to help solve the crime in a world radically different to his own?

This is the first in the series ‘The Winchester Chronicles’.

Last lap

Hit the final key for the latest book yesterday and I'm now into proofing etc.  Should be out within a month.  I was having trouble with a title but I think I've settled on one now and I've done a few covers.  The one below is the one I'm favouring.  For the non Winchestrians (is that the right word??)  around this is the Alms House/Medieval Hospital of St Cross and where the story really starts.