For those who are interested in a little bit of background...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

"A-P"

Peter (‘A-P’) Handley (here wearing his 2020 'COVID-protest' beard) was born in the West Midlands in 1950, felt like a prisoner at school, and went away to study chemistry at UMIST in Manchester. On discovering that chemistry was just ‘poisonous cookery with occasional explosions’ and after hearing Glen Campbell sing Wichita Lineman, he felt a calling to the great wide world, quit university and ran away to sea.

After 11 years in the Merchant Navy and with a fund of stories at the back of his mind, Peter came ashore and held down a number of jobs in the emerging computer industry. But family life and demanding jobs just kept getting in the way of his writing career.

Peter’s "Secret History" novels all have an underlying theme – for instance, the struggle to grab a stake in the nuclear arms race in Bunkeya and Pedro Miguel, chemical pollution in Kola, chemical warfare in Tabarin, or treaty-defying biological agent production and a long list of international cover-ups in his latest novel, Kantubek.

Peter now lives in West Sussex with his lovely wife, not far from his wonderful grandchildren and is torn between which of two secret histories he should tackle next. And in case you're wondering, "A-P" says the Danny Rook stories ARE NOT autobiographical.

(May 2024) Now the family have set up an Instagram account for me. So, what I'd like to know is... just when am I going to have time to write the 6th book?

FINALLY, MY GRATEFUL THANKS GO TO:

A whole host of people who have helped me to get Danny Rook on the map. When I realise who I've left out, I promise to go back and put it right, but for the meantime, and in surname order, special thanks must go to: