Which of My Novels Do I Consider Best?

Why I’ll never answer that question, but will recommend two recent novels as potential Christmas presents

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I’m often asked which of my novels I consider best. My response is usually clichéd blithering about how it’s like being asked to choose between my children, that I’m proud of each of them in some way, or that they all represent a step on my writing “journey” (if you’ll forgive my use of an obscenity. Nonsense. Of course, I have a favourite. I’m just not telling you what it is. Why would I want to build up that level of expectation in your mind?

However, with this being the season of mindless promotion — sorry, the season of goodwill — I thought I’d take the opportunity to highlight two recent novels of mine as potential Christmas presents. I’m not saying if one or the other is my favourite, but I will say I’m extremely fond of both, and I think your difficult-to-buy-for relative will share that opinion when they read them.

Death Nest

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First up, Death Nest. This novel is probably my most “personal” to date (if you’ll forgive my use of another obscenity), as…