Far from the prying eyes of adults, a trio of young adventurers embark on a secret journey of discovery through ancient, hidden, caves exposed by a...
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Neil Griffin
Neil Griffin is a husband, father and grandfather who lives in the North East of England. As a teacher he has found himself in settings from mainstream comprehensives to high security prisons. As a musician and entertainer he performed with his band "The Fabulous Wildon Brothers" on stages from the "Blood tub" workingmen's club, Stockton upon Tees to the Royal Albert Hall in London. As a local politician he has served as a member of Arts Council England and as Mayor of Durham City. A role which brought, vegetarian, Neil to the attention of the nation's media when the fur on the mayoral robes was replaced with fake fur and he became nicknamed the "Veggie Burgher" by the UK's national press. After the success of Martha's Vineyard, his first novel, Neil has given up teaching to write full time. His latest novel, Cuthbert’s Bones’, was released on July 23rd 2020.
Neil Griffin is a husband, father and grandfather who lives in the North East of England. As a teacher he has found himself in settings from mainstream comprehensives to high security prisons. As a musician and entertainer he performed with his band "The Fabulous Wildon Brothers" on stages from the "Blood tub" workingmen's club, Stockton upon Tees to the Royal Albert Hall in London. As a local politician he has served as a member of Arts...
Books
Cuthbert’s Bones- A Durham mystery
Far from the prying eyes of adults, a trio of young adventurers embark on a secret journey of discovery through ancient, hidden, caves exposed by a freak tide. Here they unearth the solution to a mystery that has endured for centuries and find themselves in mortal danger. In the shadow of Britain’s favourite building, Durham Cathedral, and...
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Martha’s Vineyard: A Greek mystery.
An “out of the blue” inheritance from an aunt he didn’t even know existed takes aspiring novelist and English teacher, Bob Hazzard to the idyllic resort of Xenothenia on Greece’s Mani Peninsula, where he resolves to put down roots, set up a writers’ retreat and write the perfect holiday novel. Leaving behind his life in Fletcherford in northern...
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The Church Across the Street: A 1960’s childhood.
Amazon reviews
“a very special read,”
“thoroughly enjoyable, and very funny indeed,”
“this novel had me staying up very late and wanting more, so off to bed early the second night to finish it,”
“I loved this book, it took me back to many times in my childhood,”
“poignant, sad, triumphant and funny”
”full of social comment, and written with large...
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