Before turning to writing crime novels, Lee enjoyed a long and dynamic career in the music industry. From playing in bands as a teenager to running an indie record label and record shop during the punk rock era, Lee has always been close to the action. He also launched a music collector’s magazine, building it from the ground up to reach a circulation of 14,000 copies a month. Over the years, he’s crossed paths with almost every major ‘pop star’ and fulfilled a lifelong dream by managing The Troggs, one of his all-time favourite bands. In 1988, he wrote a best-selling book on Sex Pistols, which sold over 60,000 copies and was even translated into Japanese. His passion for storytelling began early, with Sherlock Holmes sparking his imagination at just eight years old—and by eleven, he’d already helped the police solve a local crime. Lee lives in Cambridge and approaches writing as a thrilling new adventure. As a Gemini, he jokes that his “twin personalities” are at work in his novels—one on the straight and narrow, the other creatively devious—crafting twists and turns his readers love.