Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database. A.J. Matthews was born at an early age... …in an English village next to the windy North Sea. A precocious talent for writing developed and by the time he was nine he was already producing stories for the entertainment of his friends. After an indifferent career in high school, college and university, he went on to work in the tourist industry, the British Inland Revenue and local government. After the fun of bureaucracy palled he left and established his own courier business. A.J. still lives a stones’ throw from the North Sea and is in a happy relationship with a lovely lady. He enjoys reading, cooking, history, and travel and has visited the USA, Canada, France and Hungary. On occasion he also travels back to the French-Indian War of the 18th Century, taking part in living history re-enactment events as a grenadier of the 78th Frazer’s Highlanders. His current releases: Mr. Grey and the Hotel Ghosts Mr.Grey and the Spirit from the Sky The Lady in White Collector 3: Cauldron