For me, writing is the best antidote for sad times so today I started the 5th book in my clement wisdom series.

Thanks to Hazel Butterfield for her interview with me about my 4th book in the Clement Wisdom series entitled “West Wind Clear.” you can now listen to the interview online.

Thanks to all the amazing readers who have posted such wonderful reviews of my fourth book West Wind Clear in my Clement Wisdom Series. Here is just one of them.

Thanks to all at Darwin Book Shop for a fantastic morning. And to the many people who bought my books.

What greater accolade could there be than to learn that possibly the last surviving member of the secret British Auxiliary Units established in WW2 to act as stay behind armies to counter a possible Nazi invasion of Britain, has read my books. The first book in my Clement Wisdom series, In Spite of All Terror is about men like Ron who is now 100 years old. Thank you Ron for reading my books, and for your bravery. You are a true hero!

Sending a huge thank you to Celtic life magazine magazine for the editorial and ad about my Clement Wisdom series. Set in WW2 the series follows one man’s journey from a rural English village to the clandestine world of espionage and special operations.

A big thank you to Brianna at the Southern Highlands News for the article about my latest book “West Wind Clear”

Wonderful night at Bendooley estate to officially launch my fourth book in the Clement Wisdom series, “West Wind Clear”. Thanks to all who attended.

This wonderful little ship, MV Krait (Australian Maritime Museum) carries the team to Singapore during the Pacific War in my fourth book in the Clement Wisdom series “West Wind Clear”.

Just as Clement is preparing to leave Australia and return to Britain, Major Clement Wisdom is seconded to lead a small guerrilla force. Their mission: to secure a vitally important person in Singapore and take him, and the secret he carries, back to Australia.

While enroute to the island bastion of the British Far East Fleet, Clement learns that Malaya, Singapore, and Pearl Harbour have all been bombed and war is declared.

This map shows the Japanese advanced on multiple fronts in early 1942 to occupy the South-West Pacific in the early days of the Pacific War.

The Japanese operational code JN25 is central to my fourth book in the Clement Wisdom series. ‘West Wind Clear”. Follow Clement on his latest adventure across Australia and into Singapore.

West Wind Clear Available now online and in selected bookstores.

During WW2, there was a Naval Base consisting only of a Flying Boat anchorage, a tender and a fuel supply. In my fourth book in this series, “West Wind Clear”, Clement and his team return to Australia via this outpost in Western Australia.

West Wind Clear Available now online and in selected bookstores.

In my fourth book, in the Clement Wisdom Series,  “West Wind Clear” this tiny, remote island is visited by Clement’s commando team in January 1942.  During WW2 Christmas Island was occupied by the Japanese from early 1942 to October 1945.

West Wind Clear Available now online and in selected bookstores.

Thank you to everyone who has already purchased a copy of West Wind Clear. We made it to #1 Amazon UK in the Japanese category!

I am pleased to announce the 4th book in the Clement Wisdom Series West Wind Clear is out now!

Available online and in selected book stores.

The latest adventure of Clement Wisdom leads VM Knox to Labrador Battery, Labrador Nature Reserve Pasir Panjang Singapore for research. Clement Wisdom embarks on a mission to rescue Captain John Winthorpe from Singapore and take him, and a vital secret he carries, back to Australia.

WEST WIND; CLEAR AVAILABLE ONLINE & IN SELECTED BOOK STORES JUNE 29,2022

This photograph was taken in Sydney, Australia during research for West Wind; Clear. This wooden-hulled ship is famous for its use during World War II by the Z Special Unit of Australia during the raid against Japanese ships anchored in Singapore Harbour. Be sure to follow Clements latest adventure as he is preparing to leave Australia and return to Britain, Major Clement Wisdom is seconded to lead a small guerrilla force.  

WEST WIND; CLEAR AVAILABLE ONLINE & IN SELECTED BOOK STORES JUNE 29,2022

Be sure to follow Clement Wisdoms latest adventure through Australia and beyond.

WEST WIND; CLEAR AVAILABLE ONLINE & IN SELECTED BOOK STORES JUNE 29,2022

The fourth book in the Clement Wisdom Series.

The fourth in the Clement Wisdom Series; West Wind, Clear.

In late 1941, the Pacific is a very different place from only one year earlier.  Japan threatens and vast numbers of Imperial Army spies have infiltrated throughout the Pacific Islands in readiness for conflict.

Just as he is preparing to leave Australia and return to Britain, Major Clement Wisdom is seconded to lead a small guerrilla force.  Their mission: to rescue Captain John Winthorpe from Singapore and take him, and a vital secret he carries, back to Australia.

While enroute to the island bastion of the British Far East Fleet, Clement learns that Malaya, Singapore, and Pearl Harbour have all been bombed and war with Japan is declared.

With no up-to-date intelligence on the volatile region, and leading a group of men he barely knows, much less trusts, Clement’s orders leave him with no option but to proceed.  His fears are compounded when one of his men dies in an apparent suicide and it seems likely that there is an enemy spy on board; one who will manipulate and kill to evade discovery.

AVAILABLE ONLINE & IN SELECTED BOOK STORES JUNE 29,2022

Thank you Brenda for your review of In Spite of All Terror on Goodreads.com

It is such an honour for my book If Necessary Alone to be selected for a review by Publishers Weekly! You can read the review HERE  

Thank you Publishers Weekly for reading and reviewing the second instalment of the Clement Wisdom Series, If Necessary Alone.

Book 4 coming 2022….

In Spite of All Terror is the first in a series of crime thrillers that mix historical fact, crime fiction and superb characterisations. They will keep you hungry for the next piece of this wartime puzzle. Amazon UK has all three of the Clement Wisdom Series books available as a set on Kindle!

Interview on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

Meet the Narrator of my Clement Wisdom audio book series John Hartoch

John Hartoch

In Spite of All Terror is the first in a series of crime thrillers that mix historical fact, crime fiction and is available now on Audible, Booktopia, Apple Books.

WOW! I just wanted to thank each and every one of you for supporting me and buying my books. Tonight I discovered I am an Amazon Best Selling Author for War Fiction. Thank you!

VM KNOX TALKS ABOUT HER LATEST NOVEL “WHERE DEATH AND DANGER GO”

V.M. Knox talks to Rob Weinberg about her novels, in which historical fact meets crime fiction and the murky world of espionage.