Phil Hughes spent his adult life travelling throughout Europe and the Mediterranean working as a contract technical writer and editor. Having strived for others for thirty-odd years, he decided to break away from his comfort zone and attempt a career doing what he loves best, writing fiction. After deciding on a future in fiction, Phil returned to Dublin, where he now lives with his partner and their border terriers, Ruby and Maisy.

Phil chose Mediterranean Noir as a genre because he lived in the organized crime hotspot of Naples for many years. During that time, he met many people in many situations, who provided the material for his books. The events and the people represented that age-old paradox of pathos begetting humour, and so lent themselves well to a genre that comprises both tears and laughter. Many of the events that are related in Phil’s works were witnessed by him first hand. He has changed the timelines and the names of those involved to protect the innocent and the guilty alike.