Get to know the real life characters and places behind the war stories told by VM KNOX.

From left to right.

Lt Col Ivan Lyon who led the highly successful Operation Jaywick to Singapore in 1943.

Commander Rupert Long – Head of Naval Intelligence and the Combined Operation Intelligence Centre – based in Melbourne 1942.

Commander Eric Nave – Australian Code Breaker who helped to set up the Secret Intelligence Bureau.

Map of Sydney Harbour showing the various ships moored in the harbour on the night of 31st May 1942 – the night the Japanese midget subs entered Sydney Harbour.

Mrs Violet McKenzie, Australia’s first female Electrical Engineer.  She saw the need for female Morse Code operators and established the Women’s Emergency Signalling Corps at 10 Clarence Street, Sydney.  By the end of WWII she had trained over 12,000 military personnel in Morse Code and other methods of communication.  She was awarded an OBE for her wartime service.

Darwin Harbour 1941

I am delighted to announce that the WWII Clement Wisdom Series will be stocked at the Australian War Memorial Store in Canberra when it is relaunched in 2025.

Hear a reading from my latest Clement Wisdom book entitled “Code Name Sorrow” on London Men’s Radio Station Feb 26 at both 4am GMT and 4pm GMT or on London Women’s Radio Station, Feb 26 at 5am GMT and 5pm GMT. Thanks to Hazel and apologies for my reading attempts..check out my Clement Wisdom Series here:

https://mybook.to/m0Nz6S

Thanks to Karen Clark of Publishers Weekly’s Booklife Prize who interviewed me recently about my historical WWII and cold War Espionage books.

This week marks the anniversary of the release of NEITHER DESPISE NOR FEAR, the first book in this series This story is loosely based on the life of a real person recruited into MI5 at an early age. Set during the Cold War, it won a silver medal in Global Book Awards, Espionage category. Thanks to the hundreds of people who have already read it, and for those who haven’t yet entered the world of Alistair Quinn – take a peek here.

https://mybook.to/NeitherDespiseNorFear

Book 5 in the Clement Wisdom Series Code Name Sorrow out now.
https://mybook.to/iTi2

So thrilled! My 4th book “West Wind Clear” in my Clement Wisdom Series was awarded the Gold Medal in category by Global Book Awards. I loved writing this book and learned so much from researching the Japanese Naval codes and other aspects of the Intelligence War in the Pacific in 1941-42 in the process. And I discovered some amazing real life heros.

Click here to read more about it: https://mybook.to/WestWindClear

Some reviewers believe Alistair Quinn was too young to do the things he did in my latest novel ‘Neither Despise Nor Fear’. But here is the living proof. This is the man upon whose life the story was based and who was recruited into MI5 at 16! Click here to read for yourself.
https://mybook.to/NeitherDespiseNorFear

The reviews are in and Neither Despise Nor Fear is another suspenseful, page turning espionage story from VM KNOX,

You can check out all the reviews for yourself by clicking the link below

On May 19 I was due to give a book talk at Downham Market Library in Norfolk, UK. However due to a close family member becoming seriously ill the trip was cancelled. NOW thanks to technology and the wonderful Fran Valentine pictured below and who is the head librarian there, the talk will GO AHEAD virtually. I’m so looking forward to seeing some devoted readers who have become friends as well as many other lovely people who’ve read my Clement Wisdom series.

Thanks to Lynne who also was instrumental in making this talk happen. Hopefully the technology will not let us down and the library event to be held on Friday May 19 at 2pm will be a great success.

Please check with Downham Market Library for further details – it would be wonderful to see you there if you can make it.

A huge thank you to my wonderful readers.

Neither Despise Nor Fear out now https://mybook.to/NeitherDespiseNorFear

Release Day! What a thrill! And my thanks to the many who pro-ordered. Available on Kindle and in paperback. And out today!

Wonderful day yesterday at the Pulp cafe and bookshop in Nichols Nth Canberra. Thanks to all who came and to those who purchased books. We almost ran out of stock! Thanks also to Bec and Glen for inviting me to sign books in their amazing bookshop and café.

A huge thank you to readers in Australia and Canada. My first book In Spite of All Terror in my Clement Wisdom WW2 espionage series is #1 Best Seller on Amazon Australia AND Amazon Canada.

I recently received a review from BookLife Prize for West Wind Clear, my fourth book in the Clement Wisdom Series.

 Plot: West Wind Clear is the fourth title in the Clement Wisdom series, which centres on the titular character, who was once a married vicar in East Sussex before being recruited as an intelligence operative. Knox brilliantly blends history with espionage and compassionate characterization.

Prose: Knox’s prose offers a winning blend of voice-driven warmth and historical detail. 

Originality: While subtle in its execution, Knox brings a quiet and unique power to the page.

Character/Execution: Readers will benefit from having read the previous titles in the series, but Clement will nevertheless leave an impact on first-time readers as, in this instalment, Knox whisks her protagonist away to far-flung war-time regions. 

West Wind Clear is the fourth book in the Clement Wisdom Series available from all online booksellers and in selected bookstores.

My thanks to Rebecca and her team at The Pulp Book Cafe (O’Hanlon Place, Nicholls) in North Canberra for stocking the four books in my Clement Wisdom WW2 espionage novels and for inviting me to their wonderful cafe book shop to meet their readers and sign books on Saturday November 12.

See you there.

Thanks to Hazel Butterfield for her interview with me about my 4th book in the Clement Wisdom series entitled “West Wind Clear.” you can now listen to the interview online.

Thanks to all the amazing readers who have posted such wonderful reviews of my fourth book West Wind Clear in my Clement Wisdom Series. Here is just one of them.

Thanks to all at Darwin Book Shop for a fantastic morning. And to the many people who bought my books.

Sending a huge thank you to Celtic life magazine magazine for the editorial and ad about my Clement Wisdom series. Set in WW2 the series follows one man’s journey from a rural English village to the clandestine world of espionage and special operations.

A big thank you to Brianna at the Southern Highlands News for the article about my latest book “West Wind Clear”

Wonderful night at Bendooley estate to officially launch my fourth book in the Clement Wisdom series, “West Wind Clear”. Thanks to all who attended.

Thank you to everyone who has already purchased a copy of West Wind Clear. We made it to #1 Amazon UK in the Japanese category!

In Spite of All Terror is the first in a series of crime thrillers that mix historical fact, crime fiction and superb characterisations. They will keep you hungry for the next piece of this wartime puzzle. Amazon UK has all three of the Clement Wisdom Series books available as a set on Kindle!

Interview on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire