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Thanks for tracking me down to my web site. Here you'll find information about my books as well as some personal thoughts on writing: see the Storyteller and Heroes. And of course if you want to contact me with feedback - good or bad - please fire your comments or questions to gordonferris@gmail.com.
My next book – The Hanging Shed – will be published in early 2011 by Corvus [Atlantic Books]. It will introduce you to my new hero – Brodie. I hope this will be the start of a long relationship. The Hanging Shed is set in Glasgow- my favourite city, and in 1946 - my favourite period. My earlier books are The Unquiet Heart [May 2008] a sequel to Truth Dare Kill [May 2007]. Both are also available as Audio Books for those long car journeys or sleepless nights.
Here's what a couple of reviewers had to say:
CrimeSquad.com: "... reminded me of Buchan’s The 39 Steps for its vitality and spirit of strength in the face of adversity. This marks an exciting debut and I look forward to the next adventure."
Gloucestershire Echo: "... a rivetting read, and fans will be pleased to hear Gordon's already penned a follow-up..."
Historical Publications Review by Sally Zigmond: "I'm not normally a fan of dark crime novels but I was gripped by this one from beginning to end. I hated the ‘hero’ at first. But slowly I took his side as I became immersed in his struggle to discover exactly what happened to him during the war. A gripping if disturbing read."
Why did I chose this setting? I’m fascinated by the post-war years when people picked up their lives in a Britain that had changed forever. It’s an era just out of reach of my own memory, but the old family photos and the Pathe newsreels tell the story. Faces hardened by years of rationing and deprivation, but softened by victory and the promise of a more egalitarian society. Those two great cities - London and Glasgow - both scarred and broken, and wreathed in yellow smog but defiantly regenerating. In other words the perfect ‘noir’ landscapes in which to unleash my tortured protagonists. They’re not me, but maybe I wish they were…
I've always loved the image of the lone, troubled hero trying to do good in a bad world. Tough but fallible, driven and obsessive, yet with a romantic streak a mile wide. He can handle a gun and take a beating, but is melted by a woman’s smile. He’s cynical but not so world weary that he lacks idealism. He’s Le Carré’s Smiley and of course Chandler’s Marlowe.
Thanks and enjoy the reading,
Gordon
email: gordonferris@gmail.com
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