Many of you may know me as "Cashier Number Three!" And over the last twenty years or so around 25 million shoppers every month heard me summoning them from the queue in banks, shops and post offices everywhere.
My career has taken some interesting twists and turns - from cars to queues- cellular phones to celebrity chefs.
But I needed something more which is why I turned to a life of crime.
A reader commented that my first business book, You're Next, read like a thriller. That got me thinking. Could I write an entertaining, compelling series of novels set against the background of my career? Oh sure, there would have to be lies, fraud and murder, along with some delicious scandal and just a touch of romantic intrigue - in short, all the elements you'd expect in a compelling, page-turning thriller.
So here, from my base, on the western edge of Dartmoor, in delightful Devon, I'm plotting the career of Jake Elderfield. I hope you can join me on the journey.