Haydn Jones

Publisher info

Haydn Jones is an author of adult fiction. He lives in the UK and his books are available from his own company, Watermark Publications, on Smashwords, Amazon and Apple.
He has released a number of novels in different genres, including: The Angels of Destiny, The Devil and the Unicorn and The Journal of Harry Somerville.

Under the pen name of Harry Waterman, he has written a gritty murder mystery trilogy which includes: 'Shroud the Truth With Silence,' 'Retribution' and the recently released, 'Bulldogs and Pure Silk.'
Book four in the series, entitled, 'The Baker's Dozen' is due for release in the spring of 2024.
Harry Waterman's books are available as a download, paperback and hardback.

Smashwords Interview

What motivated you to become an indie author?
I enjoy the freedom it offers the writer. The challenges are not to be ignored but the rewards for success are there. The world is now the stage and that is an exciting prospect for any writer. The book industry is changing, because the current model that traditional publishers use is, I believe, flawed. Visionaries like Mark Coker are enabling great books to be available to a global market.
Whether the book is a success or not is decided by the readers and not the publishers.
What is the greatest joy of writing for you?
To get feedback from someone who has engaged with a character in the book. A good review is also uplifting.
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Where to buy in print

The Baker's Dozen
Price: Free! Words: 45,100. Language: English. Published: March 10, 2024 by Haydn Jones. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » International crime
Time is running out for the Metropolitan Police as they track down an elusive and brutal serial killer.
Bulldogs and Pure Silk
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 47,310. Language: British English. Published: August 3, 2021 by Haydn Jones. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Police Procedural
Book 3 Pressure is mounting on the Metropolitan Police Force after an alarming number of young women have been brutally killed and their mutilated bodies left in public places around the city of London.
Retribution
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 44,190. Language: British English. Published: April 13, 2020 by Haydn Jones. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
Book 2 Specialist Investigators, Alan Cornish and Melanie Underwood, are hired by the Metropolitan Police to solve a gruesome double-decapitation in London's West End. Alan Cornish is intrigued by the fact that the young, Russian male was decapitated but also shot in the head, and he is determined to solve the enigma. But what he uncovers is something far more frightening than a double murder.
Shroud the Truth with Silence
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 48,150. Language: British English. Published: December 8, 2018 by Haydn Jones. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Police Procedural
Book 1 in the, PROBE, Murder Investigation Series. Melanie Underwood, a young and ambitious criminal psychologist, is determined to solve a murder that was committed before she was born. But to do that she needs to win over the now aged, cantankerous and capricious, Vera Parsons, who was found slumped over her dead lover and who spent 15 years in a mental institution in complete silence.

Books

The Nine Men (A Novella)
Price: Free! Words: 39,770. Language: American English. Published: January 28, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Supernatural
Part Three of the Angels of Destiny. Undercover and working for GIMA, Robert McPherson is sent to Moscow to find and retrieve an ancient codex, but his task seems utterly impossible.
The Journal of Harry Somerville
Price: Free! Words: 45,860. Language: English. Published: May 11, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
(5.00 from 1 review)
An old man dies on a cold winter's night, sheltering under a viaduct, but his troubled and tormented soul refuses to leave this world until a wicked conspiracy is exposed. A conspiracy detailed in the Journal of Harry Somerville.
The Angels of Destiny (New Edition)
Price: Free! Words: 127,850. Language: English. Published: January 13, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » High tech
(4.67 from 3 reviews)
Astrophysicist, Robert McPherson, has joined a team of the world’s most eminent scientists at a top-secret project, listening to the universe. Based in Houston, Texas, they receive a strange communication from outerspace that they cannot understand. Meanwhile, the team are unaware that a leaked document, exposing the project's daring goals, is about to start a series of deadly events.
The Devil and the Unicorn (2nd Edition 2019)
Price: Free! Words: 72,890. Language: British English. Published: January 13, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Horror » Undead
(4.50 from 2 reviews)
New Revised Edition for 2019 ---'A SPELLBINDING, SPINE-CHILLING STORY THAT MAKES YOU RELUCTANT TO SWITCH OFF THE LIGHT'--- As the Summer Solstice approaches, Alice Pemberton meets a mysterious, old traveller, who tells her a terrifying truth. This is the story of a caring mother, her debaucherous husband and a travelling alchemist who, together, experience the awesome wrath of Satan.