Dad, husband, son, brother - I write thrillers, I read, I watch films and I walk a lot. I also have a deep love for trashy horror from the 70s and 80s (paperbacks and films). My latest novel, TO SEE TOO MUCH, is out now! https://mybook.to/ToSeeTooMuch https://bsky.app/profile/markewest.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/markewest.bsky.social/post/3mmy5q5lp622aMy fifth Substack newsletter is live today and free to read (and subscribe). Some news, a gratuitious pic of Lee Majors and Margaux Hemingway (from one of my favourite films) and a general catch-up! Find out more at this link - https://fridaynightbooks.substack.com/p/newsletter-the-fifth-issue-may-202629 May 2026 08:49 +0000at://did:plc:6sm7opwtfndbcmlqtpumzjri/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmy5q5lp622ahttps://bsky.app/profile/markewest.bsky.social/post/3mfbucrdzjs27Today marks the fourth birthday of DON'T GO BACK, my debut thriller from @thebookfolks.bsky.social I've written a piece on how it came about, which you can find on my Substack (for free) here. fridaynightbooks.substack.com/p/dont-go-back Tell all your friends!20 Feb 2026 10:06 +0000at://did:plc:6sm7opwtfndbcmlqtpumzjri/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfbucrdzjs27https://bsky.app/profile/markewest.bsky.social/post/3md3vuap7v22nMy 8th thriller is coming soon and I now have a Substack newsletter (monthly and free) for my writing. If you want to read, subscribe, re-stack or tell all your friends about it, I'd be very grateful! Have a lovely Friday, everyone! https://fridaynightbooks.substack.com/p/the-first-issue23 Jan 2026 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:6sm7opwtfndbcmlqtpumzjri/app.bsky.feed.post/3md3vuap7v22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/markewest.bsky.social/post/3makzpepf4s2fBriefly coming out of hiatus, my blog today celebrates the 17th (!!!) annual Westies awards - my favourite reads of the year! https://markwestwriter.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-seventeenth-annual-westies-review.html22 Dec 2025 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:6sm7opwtfndbcmlqtpumzjri/app.bsky.feed.post/3makzpepf4s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/markewest.bsky.social/post/3ltegqlyfos2eIdeal for a holiday read! SEASIDE PSYCHOLOGICAL is my box-set from @thebookfolks.bsky.social - three #PsychologicalThriller novels, all set in the British coastal town of Seagrave. Just £1.99p/$1.99 on #Kindle! mybook.to/SeasidePsych Tell all your friends! @joffebooks.bsky.social07 Jul 2025 09:07 +0000at://did:plc:6sm7opwtfndbcmlqtpumzjri/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltegqlyfos2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/markewest.bsky.social/post/3lrkseo353c2bt's summer 1985 and Dan is 16, on holiday with his recently divorced mum, Jude. The last thing either expects is to get involved in a murder mystery.... mybook.to/StillWatersRun @thebookfolks.bsky.social #thriller #novel #80s @joffebooks.bsky.social y.social14 Jun 2025 11:01 +0000at://did:plc:6sm7opwtfndbcmlqtpumzjri/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrkseo353c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/markewest.bsky.social/post/3lrauc2jsac27It's summer 1985 and Dan is 16, on holiday with his recently divorced mum, Jude. The last thing either expects is to get involved in a murder mystery.... mybook.to/StillWatersRun @thebookfolks.bsky.social #thriller #novel #80s @joffebooks.bsky.social10 Jun 2025 12:09 +0000at://did:plc:6sm7opwtfndbcmlqtpumzjri/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrauc2jsac27https://bsky.app/profile/markewest.bsky.social/post/3lqwuyrlpos2jHappy anniversary to my gorgeous wife, Alison. Our first date was on the 6th of June 1992 and we got married 6th of June 1998. 33 years as a couple, 27 married. I'm a lucky man. (plus we got Dude out of it all too!)06 Jun 2025 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:6sm7opwtfndbcmlqtpumzjri/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqwuyrlpos2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/markewest.bsky.social/post/3lqce66yvc225@itsjustpixie.bsky.social Hey you! Belated happy birthday! Hope you and Toni are both doing well.29 May 2025 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:6sm7opwtfndbcmlqtpumzjri/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqce66yvc225https://bsky.app/profile/markewest.bsky.social/post/3lq5yw5ce6224Back to work after the Bank Holiday weekend and I'm channeling this ladybird...27 May 2025 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:6sm7opwtfndbcmlqtpumzjri/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq5yw5ce6224https://bsky.app/profile/markewest.bsky.social/post/3lq2zt2oyr225And, just like that (it appears), I'm the dad of a 20 year old! Happy birthday to the wonderful, funny, caring, absolute delight to be with that is my Dude. I couldn't be prouder of the great person he's turned out to be & look back on our adventures with a huge sense of pride!26 May 2025 11:06 +0000at://did:plc:6sm7opwtfndbcmlqtpumzjri/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq2zt2oyr225https://bsky.app/profile/markewest.bsky.social/post/3lpqsvfrf6c2lA small seaside community is filled with dark secrets, which begin to unravel when a young woman goes missing... TO SEE TOO MUCH is available for 99p/99c on #KindleUnlimited amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DMWKS9T8/ amazon.com/dp/B0DMWKS9T8/ #thrillerbooks @thebookfolks.bsky.social22 May 2025 09:36 +0000at://did:plc:6sm7opwtfndbcmlqtpumzjri/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpqsvfrf6c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/markewest.bsky.social/post/3lonm73ig5k27I wonder how those self-confessed "far right and proud of it" people are coping today, as they do their patriotic duty to celebrate VE Day and suddenly think "Hold on, wait a minute..."08 May 2025 09:33 +0000at://did:plc:6sm7opwtfndbcmlqtpumzjri/app.bsky.feed.post/3lonm73ig5k27https://bsky.app/profile/markewest.bsky.social/post/3lobapga6js25This box set of gripping psychological thrillers - DON'T GO BACK, STILL WATERS RUN & WE WERE SEEN - is the perfect Bank Holiday read. FREE on Kindle Unlimited, the novels are available separately on Kindle & in paperback. mybook.to/SeasidePsych @thebookfolks.bsky.social @joffebooks.bsky.social03 May 2025 11:35 +0000at://did:plc:6sm7opwtfndbcmlqtpumzjri/app.bsky.feed.post/3lobapga6js25https://bsky.app/profile/markewest.bsky.social/post/3lnd2ivtd722tHappy, happy birthday to my brother-from-another-mother and oldest friend in all the world (this years marks 49 years of friendship!) @curlymiaggi.bsky.social Top pic is our first school photo, at Rothwell Juniors in 1977 - the bottom is us two & Alison, at our place, in March this year.21 Apr 2025 11:24 +0000at://did:plc:6sm7opwtfndbcmlqtpumzjri/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnd2ivtd722thttps://bsky.app/profile/markewest.bsky.social/post/3lmx7m4rfnc2zI loved ghost stories when I was a kid (and still do), but look at the glorious covers on these paperback anthologies from Fontana. "Horror" is the 1982 edition, "Ghost" is from 1975.16 Apr 2025 18:24 +0000at://did:plc:6sm7opwtfndbcmlqtpumzjri/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmx7m4rfnc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/markewest.bsky.social/post/3lmuqhdaxik2yA small seaside community is filled with dark secrets, which begin to unravel when a young woman goes missing... TO SEE TOO MUCH is available for 99p/99c on #KindleUnlimited amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DMWKS9T8/ amazon.com/dp/B0DMWKS9T8/ #thrillerbooks @thebookfolks.bsky.social15 Apr 2025 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:6sm7opwtfndbcmlqtpumzjri/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmuqhdaxik2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/markewest.bsky.social/post/3lma33m62fc2kSad to hear that Clem Burke, the excellent and manic drummer for Blondie from the start, has passed away. What a great musician and showman he was and so pleased I got to see him play live (and shredding his drumsticks). https://www.facebook.com/Blondie/posts/pfbid02Rp4BEXjUkyPaS7Pu8EEenrhA2hfk3AtCbT3kczYwjsAg399PzQHRHLV3QH5aVbvKl07 Apr 2025 13:32 +0000at://did:plc:6sm7opwtfndbcmlqtpumzjri/app.bsky.feed.post/3lma33m62fc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/markewest.bsky.social/post/3lkr74exg3k2jMy 4th novel from @thebookfolks.bsky.social was STILL WATERS RUN, which combined a lot of my favourite things - a mystery, the 80s and a coming-of-age story. It was on a Bookbub deal earlier this week and has had over 100 ratings since then! Check it out! mybook.to/StillWatersRun19 Mar 2025 22:08 +0000at://did:plc:6sm7opwtfndbcmlqtpumzjri/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkr74exg3k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/markewest.bsky.social/post/3lkdbyi5bbk2rA small seaside community is filled with dark secrets, which begin to unravel when a young woman goes missing... TO SEE TOO MUCH is available for 99p/99c on #KindleUnlimited amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DMWKS9T8/ amazon.com/dp/B0DMWKS9T8/ #thrillerbooks @thebookfolks.bsky.social14 Mar 2025 09:23 +0000at://did:plc:6sm7opwtfndbcmlqtpumzjri/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkdbyi5bbk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/markewest.bsky.social/post/3lk2wbtegf22oSTILL WATERS RUN, my 4th novel from @thebookfolks.bsky.social is on a #Bookbub deal at the moment, free for 4 days. Set in 1985, at a Seagrave holiday camp, a teenager and his divorced mum get caught up in a murder plot. mybook.to/StillWatersRun11 Mar 2025 01:32 +0000at://did:plc:6sm7opwtfndbcmlqtpumzjri/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk2wbtegf22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/markewest.bsky.social/post/3ljx3jh2htk2hDON'T GO BACK, my first novel from @thebookfolks.bsky.social is now on a Kindle Countdown Deal (99p/99c until 15th March) along with my fifth, A KILLER AMONGST US. So, if you fancied giving them a go, now might be a good time! mybook.to/DontGoBack http://mybook.to/AKillerAmongstUs09 Mar 2025 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:6sm7opwtfndbcmlqtpumzjri/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljx3jh2htk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/markewest.bsky.social/post/3ljpptq3mvs25A small seaside community is filled with dark secrets, which begin to unravel when a young woman goes missing... TO SEE TOO MUCH is available for 99p/99c on #KindleUnlimited amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DMWKS9T8/ amazon.com/dp/B0DMWKS9T8/ #thrillerbooks @thebookfolks.bsky.social06 Mar 2025 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:6sm7opwtfndbcmlqtpumzjri/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljpptq3mvs25https://bsky.app/profile/markewest.bsky.social/post/3ljn6fcxgg22sNick's up for the night. We've known each other for 49 years (!!!) this year and I'm not saying we regress when we meet up, but... #childhoodfriends #friendship #brotherfromanothermother @curlymiaggi.bsky.social05 Mar 2025 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:6sm7opwtfndbcmlqtpumzjri/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljn6fcxgg22shttps://bsky.app/profile/markewest.bsky.social/post/3liw5v5e6hc22TO SEE TOO MUCH is available for 99p/99c on #KindleUnlimited A small seaside community is filled with dark secrets, which begin to unravel when a young woman goes missing... amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DMWKS9T8/ amazon.com/dp/B0DMWKS9T8/ #thrillerbooks @thebookfolks.bsky.social24 Feb 2025 10:39 +0000at://did:plc:6sm7opwtfndbcmlqtpumzjri/app.bsky.feed.post/3liw5v5e6hc22