Hello. I’m Tim Vicary and this website is about my books. There are three crime novels about a barrister called Sarah Newby, and her admirer, detective Terry Bateson. They face a series of shocking, difficult and sometimes violent cases, both in the courts and out of them. You can read these e-books - A Game of Proof, A Fatal Verdict, and Bold Counsel - on the Amazon Kindle, where you can sample the first few chapters FREE.
There are also four historical novels. The Blood Upon the Rose is about a young aristocratic Irish girl who falls in love with an IRA volunteer in 1920, during the war for Irish independence.Cat and Mouse is about a militant suffragette and her sister, who are involved in the fight for women’s rights in 1914, just before the First World War – the same period as the TV programme Downton Abbey. The third book, The Monmouth Summer is about a young Protestant girl and her father who are involved in the rebellion of 1685 against the Catholic King James II. The fourth, Nobody’s Slave, is an adventure story (based on real events) about two teenage boys, on African and one English, who are caught up in the Elizabethan slave trade in 1568. You can sample the first few chapters of these books FREE on your Kindle too.
I also write shorter books for foreign students of English. In 2010, my short book Titanic won first prize in its category from the Extensive Reading Foundation, and in 2011 my book The Everest Story was also a winner. You can read more about these shorter books in the Thrillers and True Stories pages on this site. In these books, I try to write a good, interesting story in very simple, clear English. I think it works, because many thousands have been sold all over the world. My latest book in this series, Dinosaurs, came out in April 2012.
Hey Tim!
I just wanted to inform you that you’ve been nominated for the LIEBSTER AWARD! For more information, go to my blog at: mckaylinlfelton.wordpress.com/
Congratulations.
Hello Tim,
I tagged you in the Next Big Thing, should you wish to participate. http://kerrydwyer.net/2013/01/14/the-next-big-thing/
I just learned of your books through the Online Winter Book Fair hosted by Black Lilac Kitty Literary Services. I have just added your book Cat and Mouse to my list of books to read.
Thanks Kathryn, nice to hear from you. I hope you enjoy it. Tim
Dear Tim,
I am the librarian at an Emirati school in Dubai and am currently reading The Elephant Man to some of our grade 9 students. They listen in silence – which is quite an achievement! However, I also tell the students that print books have an advantage over information from the internet because editors check the facts before publication. How do I explain that in this “true” book Queen Victoria wasn’t around in 1888? I’m using the 2007 edition of the book which could have had this error removed. Perhaps it can be amended in any future editions.
On second thoughts, Queen Victoria was Queen in 1888, of course – the mistake you are referring to is that Alexandra, who is called Queen in the book, should really have been called ‘Princess’ – she only became Queen when Victoria died in 1901
Hi Margaret. You are quite right, it’s a big mistake, and I did ask the publisher to alter some time agao, without result, unfortunately. I will mention it to them again. I’m glad to hear that your students like the book, anyway. Perhaps you could tell them that even printed books contain errors sometimes.
Dear Tim,
The boys were most impressed when I told them you had bothered to reply to my comment.
As a librarian here I am constantly searching for graded readers which will hold the attention of teenage boys whilst still being culturally appropriate. There is a huge and growing market for such books in this region and I hope that maybe you could find time, and inspiration, to help fill this gap and give my lads more choice in their reading.
Nice to hear from you again Margaret. At the moment I am trying to write a fourth Sarah Newby novel – a full length book like the other ones on this website – but I have written about 20 graded readers already for OUP which you can see on my other website http://www.timvicary.com so maybe your boys could look there to see if they find anything interesting. My latest one is called Space – I’m not sure it’s on that site yet.
Tim
I’ve added Space to my bext book order. Thanks.
Margaret
Excellent!
Hi, i think that i saw you visited my web site thus i came to “return the favor”.
I am attempting to find things to improve
my website!I suppose its ok to use a few of your ideas!
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You’re welcome, Arlie.