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" 'Shit, I hate this weather … it's not even eleven and I'm sweatier than a sumo wrestler's arse-crack.' "
- Harry, in Harry's Quest (p.303)
- Harry, in Harry's Quest (p.303)
2024
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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! |
2023
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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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2022
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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. Available on Amazon. (Kindle & POD paperback) Also on Barnes & Noble and Book Depository. And on all other popular platforms. |
2021
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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 |
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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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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 |
2020
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Harry Kenmare, PI - At Your Service
The first Harry short story collection is here! It went live (for ebook fans) on Amazon Kindle and Kobo today (25 August). Update (06 September): now live on all ebook platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Booktopia, and Apple iBooks. Update (06 September): now available print-on-demand around the world from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Booktopia, Book Depository, Fishpond, and Angus & Robertson. Original paperbacks should be with me and available within the next week hopefully (by 12 September). Newsflash - 15 September: The paperbacks are here!!! As the blurb says: "Dark, debauched, and disturbing..." Cheers, ABP |
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Harry Kenmare PI - At Your Service
It's the collection of Harry short stories that is imminent. UPDATE!!! 28 July 2020 All author work done, and the manuscript is being typeset before printing. In the meantime, here's the glorious cover artwork from J.T.Lindroos in the USA. Stay tuned for the launch date. Cheers, ABP |
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Harry's Quest named as a finalist (runner up in the Crime category) in the 8th Beverly Hills Book Awards!
Cheers, ABP |
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Harry's Quest takes out the silver medal in the Mystery category of the 2019 Global Ebook Awards!
Cheers, ABP |
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2019
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My first published short story in Econoclash Review and my first published one without my PI Harry Kenmare.
"Blue Angel" is a crime story, but with a supernatural element. See more information and purchase links on my WORKS page: Works Copyright notice: The cover image at left is the copyright of Econoclash Review magazine. |
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BIG NEWS!
I'm taking PI Harry Kenmare to the mean streets of the City of Angels. Yes, in June/July I'll be doing an author trip to L.A. First event lined up already is Switchblade's author evening at Skylight Books. Be there for 28 June 2019. Have a look at the line up - I am well and truly honoured to be joining this noir gang. Can't wait. Cheers, ABP |
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LIBRARY TALK
Another library talk for 2019 has now been confirmed. I'll be at Cessnock Library up in the Hunter Valley on the morning of Thursday 13 June 2019, starting at 10.30 a.m. Cheers, ABP |
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Coinciding with the official launch of Harry's Quest, Switchblade Issue 8 is released on Amazon, and PI Harry Kenmare is back - another new short story, "Wankers", and in the first person again.
See more information and purchase links on my WORKS page: Works Copyright notice: The cover image at left is the copyright of Switchblade magazine. |
2018
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Harry's Quest
The ebook version went live this morning, 05 December 2018. Print-on-demand is now available online. The paperback versions will be available next week. Book launch in Sydney in January as well. HOLD THE DATE - Launch on Sunday 20 January 2019 3 p.m. at the Australian Youth Hotel See BLOG for further details. |
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Thrilled to be delivering another crime writing workshop for the wonderful Westwords program.
Monday 17 September 2018 will see me chatting with about 90 year 11 students at Arthur Phillip High School in Parramatta. Always great to be encouraging young people to take up the pen and get creative. Cheers, ABP |
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BOOKMARKS from Harry's World
A custom-made colourful collection of high-quality card bookmarks quoting some of those delicious hard-boiled one-liners from Harry's World. What better to accompany you in all your reading travels?! See my merchandise page: Also: MERCHANDISE Just $4 a set of 12 including postage ($6 for overseas). Cheers, ABP |
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My Interview with Hannah, a.k.a. The Dorset Book Detective - June 2018
Hannah interviewed me about my crime writing in light of my police background. The full interview is on her blog, as per this link: dorsetbookdetective.wordpress.com/2018/06/06/a-b-patterson-interview-i-spent-most-of-my-police-career-as-a-detective/ Cheers, ABP |
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Lifestyle: 20 Books For You To Read This Month
Original article by: Julia Hammond 11/04/2018 There’s something special about a truly good book. One that immerses your imagination, one that you can’t put down and one that when you do emerge you can’t believe where the day has gone. We spoke with authors and found our own recommendations for the 20 books you should take a look at this April. See my recommendation in the list - the incomparable James Crumley at his best! Cheers, ABP Backlink: www.mydeal.com.au/blog/post/20-books-for-april. |
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A fantastic weekend treat - Switchblade Issue 4 is released on Amazon, and PI Harry Kenmare is back - a new short story and in the first person again.
See more information and purchase links on my WORKS page: Works Copyright notice: The cover image at left is the copyright of Switchblade magazine. |
2017
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I am pumped this morning here in Sydney! The day has started with Switchblade magazine in the US publishing its first ever Special Edition, and it contains my first ever short story.
This is more of my PI Harry Kenmare, but written in the first person, so a different approach. See more information and purchase links on my WORKS page: Works Copyright notice: The cover image at left is the copyright of Switchblade magazine. |
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I'm thrilled to have been selected for publication in the next issue of Switchblade magazine out of the US. It's a great magazine/anthology for all lovers of hard-boiled and noir.
So my PI Harry Kenmare is about to appear in his first short story, and this one is written in the first person, another new adventure for Harry. Pick up your copy of Switchblade on Amazon later this month or early October. And there will be heaps of other great crime writing for you to enjoy. Copyright notice: The draft cover image at left is the copyright of Switchblade magazine. |
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UPCOMING EVENTS - LIBRARY AUTHOR TALKS
So far for 2017, I've had great talks with packed houses at Cessnock, Kiama and Bowral. And back in Sydney I've now done Rockdale, Mosman, Waverley and Narellan. Stay tuned for more to come... |
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2016
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Very exciting - the second printing of Harry's World!
Yes, almost all of the first printing run of the original paperback edition have gone, so the second batch have been ordered and have now arrived. So if you're keen on having a first printing copy, you had best get in quick. Hey, you never know, they might be worth something one day!!! There is nothing wrong with optimism! |
" 'Mate, if we were watching the contest for the sluttiest slut in Slutsville, we'd be looking at gold and silver right here.' "
- Trev, in Harry's Quest (p.319)
- Trev, in Harry's Quest (p.319)
