Nick Wastnage

Nick Wastnage is a crime writer, an optimist, and lover of things wild and wonderful. This eclectic mix makes his books different from other crime novels. His life hasn’t been dull, and he’s used his rich life-experiences to write books with unique, compelling plots that twist and turn, where the characters are multi-layered and life-like. He’s written ten books and short stories. At present, he’s in the middle of writing a trilogy, The Harry Fingle Collection, about a crusading journalist, Harry Fingle, dedicated to publishing the truth, regardless of threats to his life. Playing Harry, the first in the trilogy, is available now.

Nick was born in a small, seaside town in Essex, England. After school, he joined The Royal Marines as a Lieutenant, and led a troop of marines in a military operation in Borneo, where he was shot and airlifted from the jungle to a nearby hospital. During his time in the marines, he learnt about leadership, dealing with stress, and dedication to achieving a goal. His most cherished moments were leading and working with his team to achieve their mission.

He spent five years in the marines, and then went into business, where he was able to blend his understanding of human nature, experience of stress, and goal-setting logic –all learnt from the military – with business expectations, and bring about some success.

Over the years, he’s experienced a few death-defying moments, business success and failure, near bankruptcy, and some sporting achievements. He’s enjoyed much personal happiness, and been touched by tragedy. He thrives on adversity – thinking, Where one door closes, another opens.

He’s sanguine about life, and doesn’t see his past as special, just stuff he’s been through. He works hard to use his life experiences and understanding of people to make his books realistic, compelling, and as good as he can get them. Most of all, he wants the reader to enjoy them.

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• For Nothing on May 26, 2011
  
  A fast-moving and entertaining read with masses of action. Nicholas Denmon’s gripping mafia tale kept me riveted until the end. His description of the characters is realistic, three-dimensional and described in a way that makes them easy to visualise and lifelike. It’s full of authentic gangster dialogue and exciting well-described scenes. The skilful and pacy plot twists and turns in unexpected ways. I look forward to the next one.
  
• Clip on July 03, 2011
  
  If you want an unusual and entertaining read, try Clip, by Kenneth Wayne, the compelling story of a man, Charles Journeyman, who watches a sex video and sees himself caste in the major part. Journeyman teaches English in Japan and, although he enjoys his fair share of hedonistic pleasures, was not in the place where the clip was shot and has never played a role of any kind in an adult movie. But the clip goes viral, people recognise him and his life changes dramatically. Kenneth Wayne’s novel is both surreal and believable at the same time, a paradox achieved by the author’s fluent style, authentic descriptions, fast-moving narrative and gritty, realistic dialogue. Essentially a sci-fi thriller, it’s a unique and extraordinary book that is highly enjoyable, well written and worthy of five stars. Kenneth Wayne has pledged to donate all royalties from the book to the Japanese earthquake disaster fund.
  
• An American Branch on Jan. 14, 2012
  
  An American Branch, like Clip, another of Kenneth Wayne’s books, is unusual, entertaining and compelling. Who would have thought that a story about the politics and infighting of the branch of an American university in Japan could be so page turning? But it is, and made so by the well-written, readable and flowing style of the narrative. Charles Journeyman, the author’s protagonist, who also plays the major part in Clip, finds solace from his sexually-tired wife, and the impossible antics of the university’s hierarchy, in the vivacious and erotic mother of one of his pupils. But when he discovers that her motives are not as honest as he’d thought, and her son has his own agenda, Charles’s life starts to fall apart. An enjoyable read: empathetic, life-like and touching. Well done.