Tootill, Alan

Alan Tootill is the author of the Martin Cole Novels and The Blackpool Novels series. The Martin Cole Novels, centred on the fictional Devon town of Roselake, blend humour and crime mystery. The Blackpool Novels are grittier, a new British noir . Alan spends his year partly in East Devon and partly in Puglia, Italy. Not to mention regular trips to India, where he has travelled extensively over the last twenty years and now regularly attends classical music festivals. He has two grown-up children, and his wife Christine is a writer of mathematics courses and textbooks. Alan's background include...