The Dead Leaves of Autumn - my new novel out now!

 After around two years, I have finally finished my new novel :the Dead Leaves of Autumn.

It's a bit of a deviation for me as far as stylistically, at least if you compare it to my last novel: In the company of ghosts, but I have set the book as first person with a hint of Noir style about it, kind of like those old gangster novels from the forties and fifties. i.e., Raymond Chandler and so forth.

Here is the blurb on the back: Here it is for sale on Amazon in paperback and Kindle edition. I'd love some feedback on the book if you fork out and grab a copy. (the royalties will be going to fund my truck project! LoL!) 

Dead Leaves of Autumn

Here's a hint: if an old cop friend comes looking for you at one a.m. at the all-night café to offer you a job, make sure you're hiding under the table. Don't be like me and get caught up in the biggest mess since dropping beetroot down the front of your shirt.

Inspector Berry had a job for me: find a woman called Gail Heinrich. She's trying to kill all the mad scientists in town.

She may have killed her own father, and she's after our key witness. Oh, and there's one small detail...

We think she's shacked up with your brother. 

Yep, that's what the inspector said. Two angry killers at large!

Funny thing is, my brother has been dead for over twenty years.

Or so I thought.

Scientists took him away when he was just a kid and turned him into a supercharged mind-reading killing machine.

And who is he channelling to find his victims? 

Like I said, get right under that table and hide.

Trip to the Australian Motorlife Museum

 Ducked in for a couple of hours browsing over the gorgeous old vintage cars and memorabilia at the Motorlife museum at Kembla Grange, Wollongong. Some beautiful old girls on show, including an exquisite Minerva EE (apparently the only one in the world). Trust me, the pictures of this stunning vehicle do not do it justice. And, as an aside, I messed with my crummy camera and had the image resolution down way lower than it should have been, so the pictures, unfortunately, are quite pixelated. Twenty dollars per person to visit might seem a little steep, but you are supporting a totally volunteer run museum, and it was worth every cent to help these dedicated volunteers maintain and keep the museum running in its pristine state. And it really was an immaculate presentation inside and out. Not sure how many cars and exhibitions were on show. It does change from time to time as a lot of the vehicles are on loan from collectors, but many are donated. For a couple of hours strolling through the collection, I would say it was time very well spent. Go here to check out their main website. Below is a sample of what was on display.