Sometimes a mystery is just a beginning . . . Roland, a young drummer in a fledgling band, about to break big. His sister, Christine, brutally murdered. A canoeing accident half-a-world away. And the five million dollars that bind them together tighter than the Rolling Stones. Will Roland find the answers he seeks as his journey takes him from the English Lake District into an American wilderness? Or will he, too, never make it home?

I was born in Wiltshire in the 1960s and have worked as a surveyor, coat attendant, barman, pay clerk, outdoor instructor, and project manager. I have loved music ever since I could twiddle the dial on my first radio; my favourite bands are Faithless, Alabama 3, and Lynyrd Skynyrd. My own musical highlights include reaching the dizzy heights of grade 4 on the violin, bumping into Simply Red in a nightclub, and - more recently - singing backing vocals on a catfish website jingle (check out the video!) I love books, stories, music, mountaineering, the outdoors, and movies. I am learning the guitar. Slowly.