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M. C. Dutton

I am thrilled you have come to take a look because I am very proud of the novels I have written so far and I have so much more to write.

Welcome to my website

I love writing and I love people. I have met many diverse characters in my life. I have met the awesomely heroic, the sad, mad and serious bad. I equate writing a novel to having a baby. You incubate the story line; you write it, mould it, nurture and love it. When ready and fully formed you put it out into the universe and hope everyone loves it as much as you do. My latest novel which has a publishing date of 28 th October 2022 and called Walk on the Wild Side is the fourth in the Singhing Detective Series which I love writing. There will be another one to add to the series. I also have a love story I have written and a series of short stories which are yet to be published. I believe that if an author loves their work and are excited by the ideas and the story lines, then it comes out in the writing. Love, Maureen x

Books

The Singhing Detective Series

  • The Singhing Detective by M.C. Dutton, book cover

    The Singhing Detective

    1 Oct 2011

  • The Godfathers of London by M.C. Dutton, book cover

    The Godfathers of London

    1 Dec 2013

  • Sugar and Spice by M.C. Dutton, book cover

    Sugar and Spice

    2 May 2017

  • A Walk on the Wild Side by M.C. Dutton, book cover

    A Walk on the Wild Side

    28 Oct 2022

  • They Hunt in Packs by M.C. Dutton, book cover

    They Hunt in Packs

    28 Aug 2026

Other books

  • The Devil's Tears by M.C. Dutton, book cover

    The Devil's Tears

    1 Nov 2008

  • Silent Night by M.C. Dutton, book cover

    Silent Night

    31 Jan 2010

  • TALES FROM THE TRAIN by M.C. Dutton, book cover

    TALES FROM THE TRAIN

    28 Jan 2025

Recent Reviews

Dont you just love a good book. 

This book will capture you from start to finish, and then you will be wanting to read other books by M C Dutton!!

The short stories have twists and turns which will make you laugh. (I read the book on a train, and then looked at the people around me wondering what story they had to tell). Give this book a go you won't regret it.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing this book in exchange for an honest review.

This is a great book to read when you only have a short time to read. Each short story is unique and often has a twist. My favourites were "Fairy Tales" and "Family Life".

Very enjoyable book.

Absolutely LOVED Tales from the Train, so much so, got husband to also read and he agreed.

Let's face it we all have a history, skeletons in the attic, a tale to tell??? Likewise we love people watchding too, wondering about their lives.  Do they live alone? Is she a crazy cat woman? Are they happy/sad?

Well Tales from the Train is a compilation of short stories involving the passengers of a delayed train, some with shocking revelations, some with awful secrets, and yet some stor…

TALES FROM THE TRAIN

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Recent Writing

 

 

 

 

It was 5 years ago that I first saw Jimmy.  He had been sentenced by the local Magistrates Court to a 6 month referral order.  A Referral Order is the lowest rung on the ladder of criminality.  You have to plead guilty, it has to be your first offence and you have to be under 18 years old.

 

Jimmy was sitting before me with his father and we were discussing the contract he would have to undertake for 6 months.  His father us…

HOME

  • No home life
  • No structure
  • No caring
  • No love
  • No role models
  • No incentives
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Your useless, you did nothing at school, you won’t get a job.  You’re a good for nothing that brings nothing into the house.  Your friends are all trouble makers and you are just plain lazy.  You’re an ungrateful boy.  I didn’t want children, you were an accident but I brought you up and this is how you repay me by sittin…

                                   

I am a woman alone.  My children are grown up and have families of their own and I am retired.

 

My life is wonderful, exciting and I am experiencing areas of life I would never indulge in, or have the nerve to indulge in.  How am I doing this?  I write.

 

I am the gorgeous and fiesty Clemmie whose figure just holds her dress in th…

GANG CULTURE DISAFFECTED YOUTH

August 31, 2022