David Burnell

David is passionate about Cornwall – not just the wild, majestic cliffs but also the intricate history. His cottage gave him links with many locals and settings for many stories. No surprise that his lifelong love of logic led on to a series of (so far) eleven Cornish Conundrums, each a tale of crime today but with a long backstory. Merging old and new is a special challenge, as are creating the various links between protagonist George Gilbert and the local police.

David writes: “I only started writing stories after many years of front-line research in the water industry - what a joy to be into fiction. Laying down and processing logic comes easily but individual profiles are novel. My hero, George, is a fortyish female mathematician now based in Tintagel, who battles for projects around Cornwall. She and her friends come across all sorts of crime, even murder. Usually a real historical episode from the locality undergirds the present-day turmoil; occasionally the background grows an extension of its own. The vivid Cornish locations are as real as I can make them – not just the regular honey-pots – but the events and their resolution are all made up.”

For an illustrated background on each "Cornish Conundrum" or "Tales of Peril and Predicament" see his author website, www.davidburnell.info. This also includes answers to Frequently Asked Questions.