Matthew J. Evans


Crime author Matthew J. Evans writes gripping

police procedural crime novels set in and around

Chichester, the South Downs, and the Sussex coast.

Category: creative writing

  • My Writing Journey – So Far

    My Writing Journey – So Far

    I took the still from my dash camera while driving my Morris Minor. I had just narrowly avoided hitting deer that had unexpectedly run out before me. Journeys can take many unexpected twists and dramatic turns. My writing journey has had its risks, fraught with self-doubt. Am I going the right way? Am I too…

  • Writing is an Addiction

    Writing is an Addiction

    I have an addiction to writing. In the back of my mind, I have to be writing if I’m to call myself a writer. It’s as simple as that. I have recently finished writing Take You Home, the third book in my Detective Inspector Angelis Trilogy. As soon as I wrote the last words to…

  • Being a Sussex Crime Writer

    Being a Sussex Crime Writer

    West Sussex author Matthew J Evans talks about writing his crime novels. I am proud to say that I’m a crime author and have published two novels in the Detective Inspector Angelis series: ‘Chasing Shadows’ and ‘Hide Her Away’. I’m thrilled that both have been well received. They fall within the genre of police procedural…