{"id":17,"date":"2015-11-03T13:26:29","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T13:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robertfalconer.co.uk\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2025-08-01T11:02:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T10:02:17","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/robertfalconer.co.uk\/index.php\/books\/","title":{"rendered":"Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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As reported in the Penarth Times, I have now published my third book about Merlin Protheroe, P.I., \u201cA Third Set of Cases for Merlin Protheroe, P.I.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The cases include a bookshop that suddenly disappears from the centre of Penarth (not Griffin Books, I should add!); an inept pair of burglars; a man who dreams he is going to die and almost does; and a killer brought to justice through his DNA.<\/span><\/p>\n

The paperback is now available from Griffin Books in Penarth at \u00a38.99 <\/span><\/p>\n

and is also out on Amazon in paperback<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0FJ1NHTK4<\/u><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

and Kindle e-book<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0FJS8DJD7<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

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Well, my first book about Merlin Protheroe, P.I. sold well, so here is a second, unimaginatively entitled \u201cMore Cases for Merlin Protheroe, P.I.\u201d<\/div>\n
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I think the title explains exactly what the book is about!<\/div>\n
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And, just to prove that it is still set in Penarth, there is a photograph of Penarth Pier on the cover (well, I feel that that\u2019s practically required by law).<\/div>\n
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This book contains another twenty puzzling short stories about the private investigator, who works in Penarth, where I live, and readers from the area should find plenty of places they recognise in the stories.<\/div>\n
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The cases include a body found at the foot of the Bear\u2019s Head; a death in the middle of a new Shakespearean play; the murder of an actor during a murder mystery weekend in Penarth (\u2018Murder in the Orion Espresso\u2019); and a story I myself am dragged into after a death at Cosmeston Lakes Country Park.<\/div>\n
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The paperback is now available from Griffin Books in Penarth at \u00a38.99.<\/div>\n
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and is also out on Amazon in paperback<\/div>\n
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and Kindle e-book<\/div>\n
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Now available from Griffin Books in Penarth!<\/span><\/p>\n

After eleven books of detective short stories featuring Detective Inspector John Pratt and his alter ego, Juan Pirat, it seemed time for a change.<\/span><\/p>\n

A publisher suggested that I should write about a detective who works in a real rather than a fictitious location, perhaps somewhere local, somewhere I know well.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, this book contains twenty cases about a private investigator, Merlin Protheroe \u2026 and the setting is Penarth, where I live. <\/span><\/p>\n

Readers from the area should find plenty of places they recognise in the stories.<\/span><\/p>\n

The cover features a photograph of Penarth Pier, to some extent because I have been upset a few times by finding crime novels with a similar picture on the cover, only to find that the books are about a detective in England! At least the photograph is honest this time!<\/span><\/p>\n

The book is now out on Amazon in paperback<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CW114YCZ<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

and Kindle<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CVXP3PGJ<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

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I have now published my eleven<\/span>th collection of puzzling detective short stories, \u2018Inspector Pratt <\/span>Goes Up to Eleven.<\/span>\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

It is out on Amazon in paperback<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/<\/u><\/span>dp\/B0CDDNM1TM<\/u><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

and Kindle<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/<\/u><\/span>dp\/<\/u><\/span>B0CDCM3HWG<\/u><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The twenty stories <\/span>include an apparent murder by a herd of cows, a dead Father Christmas, a burnt-out body in a van, and some mysteriously vanishing bodies.<\/p>\n

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My tenth collection of puzzling detective short stories, \u2018Inspector Pratt at Number Ten,\u2019 is now out on Amazon in paperback<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0BQK6PMXW<\/a><\/p>\n

and Kindle<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0BQJS4YTH<\/a><\/p>\n

This time, Detective Inspector John Pratt gets star billing in the title of the book!\u00a0 But the content and style are just the same as in the previous Pirat books.<\/p>\n

The twenty-plus stories include an apparent demonstration of time travel, a man vanishing in a house surrounded by police, the mystery of a ghostly hairy hand, and an autobiography in which the author confesses to murder.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I have been much delayed in publishing this book, trying to sort out publishers, but this is finally out, just in time for Christmas \u2026 although not early enough for me to splash out all my royalties on Christmas presents!<\/p>\n

But I have had such a long wait to publish this, I already have over half the stories for the next book ready for proofreading, so that book may be out sooner than one expects!<\/p>\n

So, here is my tenth collection, out now!<\/p>\n

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My ninth collection of puzzling detective short stories, imaginatively titled \u2018Inspector Pirat\u2019s Ninth,\u2019 is now out on Amazon in paperback<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B09HNRDQ1B<\/a><\/p>\n

and Kindle<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B09JN6GJ2R<\/a><\/p>\n

The twenty stories include the murder of a masked singer on a television show, a death on a canal barge, and a witch who seems to turn children into pumpkins.\u00a0 They include my usual occasional references to other detective writers\u2019 books \u2026<\/p>\n

So, here it is!<\/p>\n

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O.K., I know I only published a book the previous month, and I don\u2019t want it to seem that I\u2019m churning these books out, but it has nothing to do with the Coronavirus and lockdown. In fact, I have been writing it for many years.<\/p>\n

This book has been on my mind for decades, and to some extent reflects my own feelings. I originally thought of it for television, especially as it\u2019s quite episodic, but it\u2019s finally emerged as a book.<\/p>\n

I hate these self-penned blurbs that say things like \u201cThis book will change your life,\u201d or \u201cThe funniest book you will read this year, or indeed any year.\u201d I shall just say that it\u2019s meant to be funny \u2026<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the story of someone who doesn\u2019t want to just drift idly though life as others seem happy to, without achieving anything memorable. He wants to secure a place in history, as have Brunel, Dickens, Elgar and Shakespeare.<\/p>\n

To become immortal \u2026<\/p>\n

It is now available on Amazon in paperback (@\u00a34.00)<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B08WSC59LK<\/a><\/p>\n

and Kindle (@ \u00a31.77)<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B08WPZPS9K<\/a><\/p>\n

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My eighth collection of puzzling detective short stories, \u2018Inspector Pirat\u2019s Pieces of Eight,\u2019 is now out on Amazon in paperback<\/p>\n

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WARNING : THIS IS NOT A PIRATE BOOK!<\/div>\n
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The twenty stories include a murder mystery set on the Disorient Express, the murder of an internet troll, and a mysterious case of dognapping. They include my usual references to other detective writers\u2019 books and \u201cinverted jokes\u201d \u2026<\/div>\n
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I would have thought that this would have appeared much earlier because of the lockdown, but I get most of my ideas on holiday, so this is a little late.<\/div>\n
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And, as usual, formatting and proofing took a long time.<\/div>\n
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So, here it is!<\/div>\n
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My latest Inspector Pirat book, \u2018Inspector Pirat\u2019s Seventh Heaven,\u2019 is now out on Amazon in paperback<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/1671837037<\/a><\/p>\n

and Kindle<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B088HHZY25<\/a><\/p>\n

This is the seventh collection of puzzling detective short stories featuring Inspector Pirat (as anglicised as Detective Inspector John Pratt).<\/p>\n

Cases include an actress being blown up in her own trailer (whilst afloat!), a murder at a health spa, and a mysterious death during a reality television show.<\/p>\n

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My latest – the sixth! – Inspector Pirat book, \u2018The Scrapbook of Inspector Pirat,\u2019 is now out on Amazon in paperback<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/1099153611<\/a><\/p>\n

and Kindle<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B07STHZD8M<\/a><\/p>\n

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Free book!<\/p>\n

A series of hopefully-humorous notes that could be described as a short book or a long pamphlet, this book suggests what one might do when one retires and finds it’s not a new life, just a not-going-to-work life, with lots of time to do all those things you always wanted to do but without the money to do it with.<\/p>\n

And it’s supposed to be funny, not helpful!<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/view\/934785<\/a><\/p>\n

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A series of (fictional) short stories about the pioneers in the development of time travel, from the earliest groundbreaking, but ultimately unsuccessful, attempts, through to today, when anybody, whether legitimately or otherwise, can travel through time, to the past or to the future, as often as they want<\/p>\n

Paperback :- \u00a0https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/179310204X<\/a><\/p>\n

Kindle :- \u00a0https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B07MQQCRWX<\/a><\/p>\n

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My fifth collection of Inspector Pirat stories is now available.<\/p>\n

The books are available on Amazon :<\/p>\n

Paperback (\u00a35.99) :- https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/1724393782<\/a><\/p>\n

Kindle (\u00a31.99) :- https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B07HHG8LM5<\/a><\/p>\n

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There has lately been a lot of interest on various websites (especially Facebook\u2019s \u2018Cardiff Now and Then\u2019 and \u2018Llanishen and Rhiwbina Past and Present\u2019) about what used to be (and to some extent still is) Llanishen village \u2026 and also in our coach company, as so many folk have fond memories of the coach tours we ran.\u00a0 It saddens me that so many of the older members of the village have now passed on without committing their memories of village life to print.<\/p>\n

So I thought it timely to bring out a small book about my memories of living in Llanishen village from the 1950s to the 1980s, and of running the coaches from there.<\/p>\n

\u2018Memoirs of a Coach-Operating Man\u2019 is available on Amazon for \u00a33.99 (paperback) and \u00a31.49 (kindle).<\/p>\n

Paperback :<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/1985262738<\/a><\/p>\n

Kindle :-<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B079VKWNYM<\/a><\/p>\n

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Rob\u2019s fourth Inspector Pirat book is available on Amazon for \u00a36.99 (paperback) and \u00a31.99 (kindle)<\/p>\n

Paperback :<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/1974281523<\/a><\/p>\n

Kindle :-<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0765CJRN3<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cA Taste of Inspector Pirat\u201d is a free sampler.<\/span><\/p>\n

It contains three stories that have been previously published, and one not yet published. So, if you bought the other books, there’s still one story you haven’t read … and it’s free!<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s available on Smashwords for download only, but to a number of different formats including Kindle and PDF.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kindle \/ PDF, et cetera :<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/view\/734198<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Rob\u2019s third Inspector Pirat book is available on Amazon for \u00a36.99 (paperback) and \u00a31.99 (kindle)<\/p>\n

Paperback :<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/1540693996<\/a><\/p>\n

Kindle :<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B06X6JLXMQ<\/a><\/p>\n

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Rob\u2019s second book is available on Amazon for \u00a36.99 (paperback) and \u00a31.99 (kindle)<\/span><\/p>\n

Paperback :<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Pirats-Early-Cases-Rob-Falconer\/dp\/1530449219?ie=UTF8&keywords=ROB-FALCONER&qid=1460575778&ref_=sr_1_3&sr=8-3<\/a><\/p>\n

Kindle :<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Pirats-Early-Cases-Rob-Falconer-ebook\/dp\/B01E7RP15A\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1460619253&sr=8-2&keywords=ROB-FALCONER<\/a><\/p>\n

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Rob\u2019s first book is available on Amazon for \u00a36.99 (paperback) and \u00a31.99 (kindle)<\/p>\n

Paperback :<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/The-Return-Inspector-Pirat-First\/dp\/1511429461\/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1426604542&sr=8-1<\/a><\/p>\n

Kindle :<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Return-Inspector-Pirat-First-Book-ebook\/dp\/B00UTKEKPM\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1426604542&sr=8-1&keywords=rob-falconer<\/a><\/p>\n

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Rob\u2019s first book for children is available on Amazon for \u00a34.80 (paperback) and \u00a31.99 (kindle)<\/p>\n

Paperback :<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Joan-Malone-Alone-which-France\/dp\/1532972571\/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1467381628&sr=8-4&keywords=ROB-FALCONER<\/a><\/p>\n

Kindle :<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Joan-Malone-Alone-Rob-Falconer-ebook\/dp\/B01HSDJO30\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1467381628&sr=8-2&keywords=ROB-FALCONER<\/a><\/p>\n

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