Nick Sweet

Biography

Nick’s crime novel, The Long Siesta (Grey Cells Press, the crime imprint of Holland House, September, 2015), was praised by a number of top crime authors, including Nicholas Blincoe, Caro Ramsay, Paul Johnston and Howard Linskey. Critic Barry Forshaw also wrote a positive review of the novel in Crime Time and followed up by giving Nick and his book a mention in Brit Noir, a guide to the best contemporary British crime writing and film.

Nick is British, but is currently living with his family in Fuengirola, Spain. Originally from Bristol, he studied at the universities of Cardiff and London, and lived for a long time in the English capital, where he ended up teaching English Literature and English Language in an FE college. He has moved around a fair bit, and has also lived and taught in Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Brighton, Barcelona, Bilbao and the city of Malaga. His experience of life in different places has helped his writing, and his books are set against a range of backdrops.

Books

Flowers at Midnight
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 65,260. Language: English. Published: December 5, 2022 by Next Chapter. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
Leader of the opposition, Sir Alex Bolton, is being blackmailed. After dancer Bella takes pictures of him with a spy camera, people in high places plan to make sure that nothing prevents Sir Alex from becoming Britain’s next prime minister.
Ways of the West
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 33,160. Language: English. Published: May 11, 2022 by Next Chapter. Categories: Fiction » Western, Fiction » Historical » General
After three desperadoes ride into the town of Monkford and hold a congregation at gunpoint, a shootout ensues. With the Minister’s wife dead and one of the criminals wounded, they make their escape to the town of Fiveways in search of a doctor.
Young Hearts
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 80,760. Language: English. Published: May 1, 2022 by Next Chapter. Categories: Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Romance » Erotic
Right after the outbreak of the First World War, Michael falls in love with Phoebe after dancing with her at the college ball. What he doesn't know is that Phoebe is already in love with another man, James.
Switch
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 34,420. Language: English. Published: May 1, 2022 by Next Chapter. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
After stealing a famous Rembrandt painting, Terry learns that his daughter Angie has been kidnapped... and the canvas is the ransom.
Only The Lonely
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 30,830. Language: English. Published: April 29, 2022 by Next Chapter. Categories: Fiction » Erotica » General, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Political
Young film student Joanne is walking through the streets of London, making a hand-held documentary film, when she accidentally catches two men forcing a third into a car on film.
One Flesh
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 62,450. Language: English. Published: April 29, 2022 by Next Chapter. Categories: Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
Brothers Owein and Selwyn live in a small Welsh mining village in the early 1980s. Owein falls in love with the beautiful Rhiannon, but doesn't realize she's only in it to get to his brother, whom she secretly adores.
Bad In Bardino
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 61,440. Language: English. Published: January 5, 2022 by Next Chapter. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » International crime, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
After private investigator Art Blakey is hired to find Gisela - the sister of femme fatale Inge Schwartz - dead bodies start to accumulate at an alarming pace.