PUBLISHED BY AVON ON THE 25th JULY 2025
This book received a lot of publicity as the author was seriously ill in the hospital during its publication. Many authors, bloggers, and publishers shared the book on his behalf. I thought that was such a lovely thing to do, and I am sure it helped in his recovery, as he wouldn’t have had to worry about his book launch.
Back to the book, and it is brilliant; this author gets right to the heart of a fantastic story. I couldn’t put it down and read it in a couple of days. All the reviews are wonderful and well deserved. It grips you all the way through, and then the ending…. What can I say? It’s a fantastic story and worth buying. Another super local author.
My name is Gary (pen name G.D. Wright), and I live on the south-east coast of England with my wife and two young children.
I joined Kent Police at the age of 18, working on the front line in a variety of uniformed roles until the age of 29 when, completely out of the blue, I suffered two cardiac ‘events’, and was subsequently diagnosed with a hereditary and incurable disease of the heart (arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy if you’re being fussy!). As a result, I had an internal defibrillator implanted in me, and I had to retire from the police age 30.
One door closed, but another opened, and my wife and I bought a coffee shop in Ramsgate Harbour. We spent eight of the happiest years of our lives there, but when the kiddies came along, it just wasn’t sustainable. Family comes first, every single time (a theme in my books…), and the simple fact was that we knew our summers should be spent with the kids, not working seven days a week. In 2022, we sold our ‘third baby’ (the coffee shop, not an actual baby – although… what a plot line for the future… making a mental note…), and I took to writing full-time.
Fast forward to now. I’ve signed a two-book deal with Avon UK (part of the Harper Collins family), and my debut was released in August 2024. It’s called AFTER THE STORM, and it’s a police procedural with a twisty, emotional hook. My second novel, INTO THE FIRE, is coming out in the summer of 2025.
