99 pence 5 star thriller to use as a stocking filler

Give the perfect Christmas gift of a thrilling read for just 99 cents! Yes "Murder in Maspalomas" is for sale this Christmas week at just 99 cents. Give the reader in your life a Christmas thrill with a story that starts in freezing Ireland but ends up in the balmy Canary Islands. A book that drives onwards and dispenses with the fluffy bits to keep the pages turning your gift will transfix your recipient. Make a reader happy this Christmas and buy a copy of "Murder in Maspalomas" an Amazon and Kindle bestseller.

Winter Chill and how to escape it

Today as we experience freezing conditions in Dublin, Ireland my mind escapes to the Canary Islands and the wonderful holiday we took there in Ireland's last cold snap. Within 6 hours we were transported from deep winter to balmy summer climate of the Gran Canaria. For the next fortnight, it was where's the suncream, pass me my book and can you get me another ice-cream?

Well if you have the time and a few hundred euro you can visit your travel agent or book online to stay in a hotel or go self -catering in apartments all over the island. However, if time and money don't allow you to escape right now then settle in for a few hours of relaxing reading with my crime novel Murder in Maspalomas available on Kindle, Amazon and Smashwords right now!

To get a flavour of the book please click on the tab "Look Inside Book" and discover one of its characters, Maureen, hard at work tracking down our hunted couple hiding out in Maspalomas.

For a Christmas read or a present for a crime reader you know this novel is the perfect stocking filler.

Of course you can buy it online at any of the sites and links below:

Kindle have it

Amazon.com have it in paperback

Amazon.co.uk have it too! in paperback

Smashwords have it and the formats available are epub, mobi (Kindle),  pdf,  lrf,  pdb, txt , Online Reader, original document.

• OverDrive
• Kobo 
• Barnes & Noble

V by Very Blog Awards Ireland 2017 - Murder in Maspalomas now makes the shortlist!!

Delighted and stunned to find this Murder on Maspalomas website has made the shortlist of Irish blogs for 2017 in the  Corporate Blog > Books & Literature section. There is one further round to reach, the Finalist round so fingers crossed we can make it through. 

The books a cracking tale of an ordinary couple being hunted down by a deadly Dublin drugs gang. Who says crime doesn't pay!

To purchase a copy:
For UK readers £2.32 Buy your copy now by clicking here.
For US readers $2.99  Buy your copy by clicking here

Murder in Maspalomas - a 2017 new crime novel proves a hit on Kindle

The release of "Murder in Maspalomas" in June 2017 is proving Mark Rice to be a writer to look out for. Comparisons with Tana French are justified in that the story kicks off in Dublin Ireland and involved a Dublin drugs gang that our middle aged couple falls foul of. They flee the country and unfortunately for them, the gang follow them in hot pursuit. A deadly game of hide and seek then unfolds over a three day period. Several unexpected twists of plot occur before the story reaches a satisfying end.

Kindle Book Reviews - five 5 Star Reviews in Kindle, 3 UK and 2 USA  with more being added daily!

This week the book entered the Top 500 Irish crime novels in Kindle
For UK readers £2.32 Buy your copy now by clicking here.
For US readers $2.99  Buy your copy by clicking here

Introducing Sheila Forsey and her novel "Mending Lace"

Happy September All. I thought it would be a great idea to start the month by introducing a neighbour of mine who has just published her first novel. She lives just down the road from me and on my regular 6.5 k run route.Let me introduce my good neighbour and talented writer Sheila Forsey. Sheila's debut novel, Mending Lace, was just released on Amazon yesterday. And it has already received its first 5 star review.

Mending Lace: A thrilling mystery of family secrets and second chances.

A story of love, loss and redemption, Mending Lace is a wonderfully woven story of people coming to terms with who they are, what they want, and all they have learned along the way. 

I'm sure you're thinking there must be something in the County Wexford water that causes such a clutch of writers to live in close proximity. Carmel Harrington is also located  nearby. Maybe it's the quiet sunny countryside that gets the imagination going or better still the the closeness of Morriscastle's white sandy beach where you can dip your toe in the warm Irish sea or could it be the interesting local characters that you meet in the counties towns and villages. 

Oh forget all that. I'll put you out of your misery - its really the long dark winter nights which run on for nearly six bloody months!! 

Sure what else have you to do but sit writing by the log fire? 

 Bye the bye Murder in Maspalomas is located in the Canary Islands where they enjoy 300 days of sun so escape now to a book that delivers crime with a splash of sunshine.

Murder in Maspalomas available now!

V by Very Blog Awards Ireland 2017 - Murder in Maspalomas makes the longlist!!

Delighted to announce that this website has been included in the longlist for the  V by Very Blog Awards Ireland 2017 . There are another two rounds of judging before the Finalists are announced.