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"The bad boy of Australian crime fiction."

So I've been called, and I'll take pride in that.





Crime, sex, corruption, and politics ...
… Read on!


As an author I want to entertain you with vices aplenty, and a few virtues in the fray!


All these salacious facets of human life are part of our everyday, for better or for worse, and they belong on the literary record. As a writer I want to give you stories you will love reading.

Crime writing and the detective genre are well-established forms. What I bring to the genre is the distillation of all my life experiences, in the form of entertaining fiction.  As a former police officer, former detective, and former corruption investigator, observing the most colourful manifestations of human vice and desire has given me a unique and rich source of inspiration.
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We humans have always loved a good story, so join me and read on.    â€‹

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Harry Kenmare, PI - At Your Service

The first Harry short story collection is here!


Like to buy a signed original paperback copy?  Please email me

The ebook versions and the Print-on-Demand versions are also available.  An audiobook version is now out as well.  See links below.

Like to grab yourself a copy?

All the purchase links are on the WORKS page.

Click here:  Works
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See the latest BOOK REVIEWS!


As the blurb says: "Dark, debauched, and disturbing..."

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Harry's Quest

The stunning sequel to Harry's World has arrived!

The paperbacks are now here.  Like to buy one?  Please email me

The ebook versions and the Print-on-Demand versions are also available.  See links below.

Like to grab yourself a copy?

All the purchase links are on the WORKS page.

Click here:  Works
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See the latest BOOK REVIEWS!


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Harry's World

The multiple award-winning debut novel by A.B.Patterson.
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Available in paperback, ebook and POD (print-on-demand).

All the purchase links are on the WORKS page.

Click here:  Works
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"She had legs all the way up to heaven, but Harry's gut instinct told him she'd take him all the way to hell."
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- Harry's World  (p.28)
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Looking for a speaker at an event?
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If you want a speaker with a difference at an event you've got scheduled, then why not think about a crime fiction author?
People love to hear about crime and corruption, and I am in a position to tell them all about it.
I love doing author talks, so feel free to contact me if you're looking for a splash of something different at your next event.
***   CURRENT NEWS & EVENTS   ***
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My latest release...

And my first book published by a publishing house, Uncle B. Publications in the US.

I was engaged to do a novelization of the indie Aussie film, Jasper: The Gloves Are Off, from Melbourne film director Nathan Hill.

The project was huge fun and the novella to the left is the end result.

Grab a copy on Amazon, and also make sure you watch the original film!





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THE BEST TRULY INDEPENDENT BOOKS OF 2022

Absolutely thrilled that my Harry Kenmare, PI - At Your Service made the official selection list for The Best Truly Independent Books of 2022, compiled by the Independent Fiction Alliance in the USA.




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NEW SHORT STORY PUBLISHED

One of my Detective Sergeant Harrington short stories was accepted to join the anthology The Tattered Blue Line, edited and published by Frank Zafiro, a fellow ex-cop turned crime fiction writer.

I was thrilled to have my story line up alongside the excellent crime authors featured in this collection, all of whom have worked in law enforcement roles.
The theme of the anthology was the challenges and controversies of contemporary police work.

On Amazon


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The first anthology from the Cops Writing Crime project has arrived.

15 crime fiction stories from authors who have all carried the badge, from the USA, the UK, Canada, and Australia.

​More details on my Works page.
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Available on Amazon.  (Kindle & POD paperback)

Also on Barnes & Noble and Book Depository.

And on all other popular platforms.





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The first Harry audiobook!

Harry Kenmare, PI - At Your Service has just gone live as an audiobook, narrated by the excellent Declan Nicholls.

It's on all the regular audiobook platforms.

August 2021


2021 Global Ebook Awards - 4 medals for Harry Kenmare, PI - At Your Service

SILVER MEDAL - Mystery Fiction
SILVER MEDAL - Short Stories
SILVER MEDAL - Best Illustration in Adult Fiction  (credit to Ran Scott, artist)
BRONZE MEDAL - Best Ebook Cover  (credit to J.T. Lindroos, designer)


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Non-fiction anthology

​Men's Accounts of Boarding School: Sent Away
Published by Routledge UK, February 2021

I'm very proud to be both a co-editor and contributing author to this very special and personal project.  See my Works page for more details.

Available on Amazon and elsewhere.





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NEW SHORT STORY PUBLISHED   -   Feb. 2021
I've been a fan of Pink Floyd since seeing The Wall as a teenager - back in the days when you could sit in the back row of the dingy little cinema and smoke your packet of 10 cigarettes!  And we did.
How times have changed...
Anyway, I was intrigued when I saw this project being managed by the editor T. Fox Dunham - pick a Pink Floyd song title and then write a crime story with that same title.  After I initially asked for "Comfortably Numb", which had already been taken, I settled on "Childhood's End", a song I admittedly hardly knew, and I was thrilled when Fox accepted the resulting story.
Aside from a superb lineup of crime authors in this collection, part of the proceeds of all sales goes to the US Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.  The editor, Fox, is a cancer survivor, hence the charity component.
So, grab yourself a great read and help a great cause.
Here's the Amazon link:
BUY HERE

​Cheers,
ABP






About Harry's World:

​"... for those looking for something ballsy and literate, in the Chandler/Bruen vein, this one might do the trick."

- Kevin Burton Smith, The Thrilling Detective Web Site
About Harry's World:
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"At times, the sheer grittiness of Harry's World can make it quite difficult to read, especially if you are the parent of young 
children, but it's impossible to put down.  It's a fine balance to talk about such subjects without putting people off continuing, but Patterson does it well...
...The episodes are all thoroughly engrossing and easily flow from violent, to seedy, to pulling at the heart-strings and back again.  It's been a good while since I enjoyed anything quite so much as my visit to Harry's World.
***** 5 Stars!"

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- Kris, Self Publisher's Showcase

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The main exceptions to this copyright statement are the quotes from other authors cited on the "Quotes" page, which remain the copyright of the cited authors (or the copyright owners), as well as the photographs of famous authors which are, to the best of my knowledge, in the public domain, with appropriate attribution as required.  There are also numerous stock photos throughout the website - these have been purchased from iStock and Alamy, or they are free images from Pexels with attribution where requested.  The blog pages may contain images which are freely available online.  Book cover images may be my own photographs or may be drawn from websites - they are used to highlight and support the work of their authors and/or editors. 

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"She gave me a lazy, lopsided smile, unabashedly slid her hand into my crotch, and looked me in the eye. 'So, what would handsome like today?'."
- From the Harry short story, "Little Rich Street Girl", in Harry Kenmare, PI - At Your Service (p.5)

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