Phil Holmes

Phil Holmes was born in Hampshire, England, and ‘emigrated’ to the northern spa town Harrogate in the county of North Yorkshire where he has lived for many years. Since school, he has worked as a painter and decorator, a double glazing salesman and the managing director of a manufacturing company, to mention just a few. He then went on to run his own office supplies business which he sold in late 2019.

These days Phil, who is addicted to golf, spends as much time as he dares on the golf course, works in the accountancy and bookkeeping business he owns with his wife, watches lots of sport, all the while working on writing novels.

Phil’s loves include music, playing golf and watching sport. His dislikes include injustice, bad weather (especially on golf days) and has a life-long hatred of cheese!

A few years ago he began to work on an idea for a series of stories featuring a police detective named DCI Rosie Marks, who leads a team of officers fighting County Lines and related crimes in North Yorkshire under the project name ‘Operation Caterpillar’.

The Rosie Marks series begins with the introductory novella, 'County Lines'. The first novel in the series, 'Above and Beyond', was released in April 2025. The second, 'A Hanging Offence', was released in September 2025. Next in the series, 'Shallow Graves' was released in February 2026. The final novel in the first Rosie Marks series, 'Unfinished Business', will be released in the summer of 2026.

Phil lives in Harrogate with his wife. He has three children and four grandchildren.