Kill at First Light
HE’S DAMNED IF HE DOES
SHE’S DOOMED IF HE DOESN’T
OBSESSION
Enigmatic financial trader Charlie Belanger is jilted by his fiancée and agrees to masterminding her brutal abduction.
VENGEANCE
African wildlife conservationist Holly Farmer hungers for revenge following the suicide of her twin brother.
PRIDE
Hedge fund baron John Farmer ruthlessly pursues his goal to be the City of London’s most-celebrated investor.
When a plot to avenge the death of his ex-fiancée’s brother goes awry, Charlie’s life spirals into a deadly conflict with terrorists. From the streets of London, via the West African savanna, to the Swiss Alps, three people’s lives are entwined in a fatal quest.
“The drama in each scene is frighteningly real, each character so ambiguous you can never guess their next move or their motive.” Dexter Petley, author.
“The situations and the characters stayed with me even when not reading the book, and I would analyse every detail to theorise what would happen next and why.’ Linda Besser, Reedsy reviewer.
Kill at First Light is available now on Kindle ebook and the paperback will be published from 30th May 2024.
Short Stories From A Long Continent
What is it about a trans-Americas road trip that so turns us on?
Navigating tundra, desert, jungle and mountain, the trans-Americas has been challenging adventurers for decades. Among such luminaries as the conquistador Francisco Pizarro, the writer Bruce Chatwin, outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and the revolutionary Che Guevara, James Marr and his wife Christine embark on a six-year, seventy-thousand-mile drive from Tierra del Fuego to Alaska.
Discover their journey sailing the Atlantic on a cargo ship bound for Buenos Aires; traversing the world’s most dangerous road; negotiating the Devil’s Trampoline; camping in the grounds of a love motel; seeking out the elusive quetzal; weaving along the trail of the tequila slammer; overnighting in the crater of a dormant volcano, and pursuing the Highway to the Midnight Sun.
Short Stories From A Long Continent is now available on Kindle.
I still have a limited number of the paperback version. 255mmx200mm, 181 pages and more than 100 colour photographs. Please drop me a line if you would like a copy. The price is £5.00 plus post and packing costs.
City of Myths, River of Dreams
THE ROAD TO TIMBUKTU
AN ADVENTURE STEEPED IN HISTORY, LEGENDS LOST IN TIME
For centuries, dreams of riches have lured explorers and adventurers to forbidding corners of the earth in search of lost cities of gold. From the eighteenth-century, Timbuktu provoked a succession of outwardly sane men to abandon their families and the relative comforts of Europe, risking their lives in the quest to uncover a mythical African city rumoured to be paved in gold.
To this day, Timbuktu remains a byword for exotic remoteness, a place of mystique, fables and fantasy. But how do you get there? And what would you discover?
Following in the footsteps of his heroes, those eighteenth and nineteenth century explorers, James Marr, his wife and two friends drive from England to Timbuktu and the 2009 Festival in the Desert. Along the way, James loses his passport in the sand, ruptures the fuel tank on his Toyota 4x4, fortifies the suspension with a pair of flip-flops and wonders if, in the intervening years, West Africa has become any more hospitable. In Mali, abductions and rebel attacks are a portent of the full-scale conflict to come.
Join their remarkable journey today in City of Myths, River of Dreams, uncovering the rich history and culture of this vibrant and troubled corner of the African continent.
This 2024, republished edition of City of Myths, River of Dreams has been updated following the dramatic political and social upheaval throughout the Sahel region.
Why Do Goats Climb Trees?
TIA, This is Africa!
Have you ever confronted a baboon perched on the back seat of your car? Had you any idea there’s a camel wandering the Sahara Desert called Jimi Hendrix? Did you know Kaang, the creator of the San people, made the moon out of an old shoe? Have you ever come face to face with an old crusty guerba?
Combining the allure of Africa and a bent for storytelling Why Do Goats Climb Trees? contains an eclectic blend of short stories about adventure, discovery, eccentricity, and the slim chance of enlightenment.
Join James Marr as he ventures across the continent by motorcycle or 4x4, uncovering the capricious nature of Africa and meeting some endearing characters along the way.