Johnny Johnson

Smashwords Interview

When did you first start writing?
I have always been something of a scribbler. Ideas seem to come to me, a mixture of thoughts about all sorts of different things. They were songs once, then during various phases of my working life , they became reports , strategies or plans. Now they have become books, a way to observe the world around me and comment on it through the medium of the written word.
What's the story behind your latest book?
It's not often that one single thing affects everybody in the world. The coronavirus - Covid-19 - has done exactly that and created chaos through death and confusion. In a sceptical world more and more people wonder if this pandemic was somehow artificially created. It seems an insane idea and yet global politics has a kind of madness about it much of the time. So the topic chose itself. In 2020, what else could one possibly write about.
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Series

The Nines stories
The Nines are a new unit in British intelligence. They have been formed specifically to deal with the more unusual types of threats that face the modern world as we enter the third decade of the new millennium. Hijacking democracy , pandemic viruses , theft in cyberspace and more. Each member has been specially selected for their individual skills but there is another recurring theme in the recruitment process. All six have exceptionally high IQ's ranking them in the top ninety ninth percentile of the general population.They are unarmed and defuse situations with a mix of intellect and humour. Always more effective than guns and bullets. And much more entertaining.
The Wuhan Mystery
Price: $4.99 USD.
The Disappearance
Price: $4.99 USD.
Arrival
Price: $4.99 USD.

Books

Arrival
Series: The Nines stories. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 110,290. Language: English. Published: December 7, 2022 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Spies & espionage
A book about the end of the world as we know it. Or, to be more accurate, a brand new beginning. The day when Disclosure stops being a process and becomes an event. Harry Shepperton and his team from MI6 are tasked with telling the public the truth about alien intelligence.
The Disappearance
Series: The Nines stories. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 111,520. Language: English. Published: August 31, 2021 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Spies & espionage, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
Harry goes to the cash machine. It's empty. But that happens,right? Not all over the world at the same time, it doesn’t. The greatest of all cyber crimes threatens global conflict as everybody's money suddenly disappears. The world’s banks are involved but so are two genius teenager hackers in a flat in Moscow. Somebody is guilty but who? Harry Shepperton's team from MI6 investigate.
How to Steal The White House
Series: The Nines stories. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 133,410. Language: English. Published: January 24, 2021 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Spies & espionage, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
Terrorists don't do elections. Way too unpredictable. Unless you can guarantee the result of course. Johnny Marriott's algorithm wasn't designed for politics. It was supposed to do something else.To make him rich. He didn't realise his profiling technology could be used for electioneering. Harry Shepperton's specialist team from MI6 scramble to unravel an Islamist plot to hijack the US Presidency.
The Wuhan Mystery
Series: The Nines stories. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 124,380. Language: English. Published: December 23, 2020 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Spies & espionage, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Courtroom
Whodunnits are usually popular. This one wasn't. It killed six million people. But was there any one single perpetrator? Was anybody responsible? Harry Shepperton's specialist team from MI6 are called in to search for evidence. They find an eye witness but his testimony shocks the world. It seems there really was a guilty party. But who exactly is she and could she do it again?