Hi there !
Welcome to the website of SW Publishing.
It was set up to help me self publish a trilogy of crime thrillers set in and around The Derbyshire Dales and Chesterfield.
The first novel "An Accidental Death" was published in November 2021.
The second novel "The Burden of Evidence" will be published on 26th September 2023.
The third novel The Anger Of Men will be published in the summer of 2025.
The author served with the police as a Detective in the Derbyshire Dales and brings to his novels a realism and authenticty to the characters and police procedures detailed in his novels. In his later service Steve specialised in National and International Fraud as well as Money Laundering investigations.
After leaving the Police Steve qualified as a teacher and taught Law and Criminology.
An Accidental Death
The untimely death of a local businessman and well respected member of the judiciary has far reaching consequences for not only his friends and family but also an International Organised Crime Group. Consequences that impacts directly on a closely knit team of Detectives based in the quiet and picturesque Derbyshire Dales.
In the first instalment of the "Derbyshire Dales" Trilogy we are introduced to the team of Detectives based in Matlock and their personal and work lives that we are to journey through in the three novels of the trilogy. The somewhat gritty police procedural crime thriller takes us through an emotional character driven journey through policing a rural community whilst also dealing with violent criminals embedded within the local community.
An overdose…a drowning…a vicious rape… but can the evidence of each be trusted?
Twelve months after a series of murders in and around Bakewell, policing in the Derbyshire Dales has returned to the normal everyday grind of gathering evidence of property crimes and local drug dealing until the chance sighting of a local criminal leads Detective Mulvey and her colleagues in the Derbyshire Police into a spiral of historical murders and personal danger.
The explosive new thriller from Steve Winnard carries on from the fast paced and bloody murders in the Derbyshire Dales dealt with by Detectives Cath Mulvey, Dave Baker and John Dicks in his first novel “An Accidental Death”. This time the Detectives must solve a number of historical murders whilst also dealing with a group of violent ruthless criminals as well as corruption within their own Force.
The Derbyshire Dales… where cops deal with every day jobs, and every day people.....until every day is not as it seems.
The Anger Of Men
An angry man…a murder…a cover up.
In the third novel of the ‘Derbyshire Dales Trilogy’ the focus moves from Bakewell and Matlock to the town of Wirksworth. A town with a secret that has stayed hidden for over 20 years. As the secret unravels it leads to a series of murders that threatens to overwhelm Dicks, Mulvey, and Baker, and they are forced to turn for help from a new generation of Detectives…as well as confront their own personal futures.
As in the first two novels, An Accidental Death and The Burden Of Evidence, The Anger Of Men takes the reader through a gritty, fast paced, exciting, and character driven journey of policing in the picturesque Derbyshire Dales.
The Derbyshire Dales…where cops deal with everyday jobs and everyday people…until every day is not as it seems.
For all online sales please contact the author via
e-mail - chuwey@hotmail.co.uk or by MSM stating which novels and how many you wish to purchase.
Prices
One Novel - £15
Two Novels - £28
Three Novels - £40
(Plus P and P)
5 Star *****
Just finished reading " An Accidental Death" and thoroughly enjoyed reading it couldnt wait to get onto the next chapter to see how the many twists and turns evolve. I spent the 1st 27 years of my life living in Winster and attended school in Darley Dale so many of the locations were well known to me. However when I lived in Winster dont think anyone as bad as the "traynors" lived on Leacroft Road. Well done and look forward to your next novel.
5 Star *****
Being "ex job" I mostly avoid reading police fiction, and certainly avoid most police telly stuff. But in this case I decided to give the book a try.
I'm so glad that I did too. It's an excellent read, very fast paced, with interesting characters & an exciting series of adventures. The author is "ex job" too , which can easily be seen in the books content. I will definitely look for this new author, should he write any more books! MF
5 Star *****
Hi Steve I've just finished your book. I started it xmas day and haven't been able to put it down. I highly recommend it and look forward to your next one. BD
5 Star *****
I didn’t put it down, twists and turns, great characters and plot.
Looking forward to the next one. Buy it! JC
5 Star *****
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. It kept my interest from start to finish. A very good story with plenty of action, made even more enjoyable for me as I knew all the places mentioned. I've no hesitation recommending this book and I hope there will be more to come from this author. JH
