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WHAT'S NEXT?
I published Samara Book 13 in the Aidan Grifford Sailing Adventure Series on 19 September 2025 and have now moved on to the 5th book in the Meredith Grifford Detective Series, The Body in the Forest. I aim to publish in January/February 2026.
I have ideas for more adventures for the main protagonists in both series, so lots more sailing adventures with Aidan Grifford and investigations with Meredith Loxton to look forward to.
Stay tuned and watch this space and my author's page on Facebook for updates!
WRITING NOW ...
THE BODY IN THE FOREST
by J.M. Hartwig
Book 5 - Meredith Loxton Detective Series
Detective Inspector Meredith Loxton is summoned to the ruined workings of the old Magnet Mine in Tasmania’s remote Tarkine when a group of fossickers discovers a decapitated head in the nearby forest.
From the moment Meredith arrives at the scene, she knows the case will be challenging. Discovering the victim’s identity leads her to another cold case with a similar MO. The evidence is scant and the prime suspect has solid alibis, yet Meredith knows that killers never completely cover their tracks.
The unexpected arrival of an FBI agent with information about two cold case murders in America blows her investigation wide open. She needs to find and follow a trail that has long gone cold, but with her usual tenacious determination, she follows new leads that take her investigation deep into the disturbed mind of a serial killer who is determined not to be caught.
Estimated Publishing Date:
February 2026
WRITING NEXT...
SEABIRD
by J.M. Hartwig
Book 14 - Aidan Grifford Sailing Adventure Series
Aidan Grifford faces his toughest challenge.
It’s not losing his wife Lauren or one of his children. It’s not a tough and dangerous race with his boat Raider. It’s not another life-threatening situation.
Aidan’s near-death experience in the 2023 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, when he was pulled from the sea clinically dead and miraculously resuscitated, has changed his life forever.
He has physically recovered from the ordeal, but his memory of his life before he drowned has gone, and he remembers nothing except his wife’s name and that he is a sailor.
Battling severe depression, Aidan is consumed by anger and frustration, and is desperate to regain his memory. Unable to live with the man he has become, he abandons his family and retreats to the only place he finds peace – the sea, and sailing on his boat, Seabird – and sets out on a long and painful journey to find the man he used to be.
Estimated Publishing Date:
June / July 2026
UPCOMING NOVELS - CONCEPT STAGE...
STOLEN
by J.M. Hartwig
Book 6
Meredith Loxton Detective Series
OSAKA
by J.M. Hartwig
Book 15
Aidan Grifford Sailing Adventure Series