John Barber

John Barber had careers in Advertising, International Banking and the Wine Industry before becoming Town Centre Manager but now concentrates on writing. This page links to all his novels and published articles from the Site Map (left).

 

His novels do not fall into a recognized genre but would fit within the crime/mystery/detective/rural England/cozy/black comedy sections of a fiction list. They are set in fictional English towns where sexual intrigue and political in-fighting is rife beneath a pleasant, small town veneer of respectability.

 

John has lived for the last thirty five years in small English towns. The theme running through all his works is the decline of the traditional High Street and the loss of community that used to be so commonplace there. He has an irreverent humour which runs throughout the novels and some may feel awkward with the sexual references.

A Little Local Affair by John Barber

A Little Local Affair

 

Murder, sex, politics and fraud in a small English town ... more

Return to Fordhamton by John Barber

Return to Fordhamton

 

A black comedy of sex and a missing Bank trainee ..more

The Last Resort by John Barber

The Last Resort

 

Murder at the theatre and mayhem at the Arts Festival..more

Anthologies

Insults - Old, new, borrowed, blue

Insults - old, new, borrowed, blue.

 

Over 750 insults, most new to anthologies.

Quote Sport Unquote

Quote Sport Unquote

 

Quotes from and about all major sports and sports people

The 1980's Quiz Book

The 1980’s Quiz Book

 

Over 340 questions on news from the 1980’s.

General Interest

Childhood eczema by John Barber

Childhood Eczema

 

Advice to parents on coping with eczema. One father’s guide on a cure.

Christopher Marlowe - the man who wrote Shakespeare

Christopher Marlowe -

the man who wrote Shakespeare

 

Marlowe was not murdered in a Deptford tavern but wrote Shakespeare in exile.

The tunnels of Hertford by John Barber

The tunnels of Hertford

 

Is there a secret labyrinth of tunnels beneath the county town? The story investigated.

The Camden Town Murder by John Barber

The Camden Town Murder

 

The 1907 murder mystery now solved. Now in paperback and eBook.

Novels

True Crime

Notes from the Stage Managers Box by John Barber

Notes from the Stage Manager’s Box

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This is an account of the author’s time with the National Westminster Bank Theatre Club ... tales of production disasters and staging a show from auditions to  ... More.

Colours of the Underground

Colours of the

Underground

 

A dead body on waste land, UFOs, corruption .. more

The cricket club murders

The Cricket Club Murders

 

A vampire slayer loose in the town of Rutherford ... more

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