The Jaded Kiwi

Two couples, a martial artist, Dr. Mel Johnson, and a theoretical physicist, Henry Louis, meet a classical violinist and an actress in a Ponsonby pub one Friday night. They stumble upon a Maori activist, Wiremen Wilson. and help him escape a Police dragnet only to become engulfed in a series of events beyond their control. There is a false flag kidnapping, the sickest torture scene with a lawnmower ever written and a disturbing rape scene. A cockney criminal mastermind Terry the Turk, and a creative Inspector Grimble stalk each other and in the pursuit of truckloads of marijuana start what becomes the war against drugs in New Zealand. Set in 1976 Auckland, New Zealand over 10 days, this is a love story and a twisted crime mystery with intense action sequences.

The Way of the Bodyguard - knowledge not gossip

It is the oldest and most dangerous profession, with great rewards and the ultimate risk, death. Nick Spill takes us on an action-packed and at times hilarious journey inside the world of bodyguards where he protects the famous, the infamous and the anonymous. Written for those who are curious about what bodyguards do as well as protection professionals present and future, The Way of the Bodyguard reveals the skills and techniques to be a consummate bodyguard while Nick Spill recounts his experiences that soar from the mundane to the volatile and violent. More than a manual or a textbook, the book explores in human terms what it takes to be a winning protector in a dangerous world. The Way of the Bodyguard explores how to be a bodyguard and protect your client and the mental and physical skills Nick Spill describes so deftly, translate to all professions. He provides strategies for success for everyone, whether they want to become an excellent protector or live their life to the fullest. If you are curious about what it is like to be a bodyguard, want to become one or seek to escape into a world of unknown threats and logistical challenges, there is much to learn from the entertaining stories in The Way of the Bodyguard.

Reluctant Q

The quartermaster's tale of survival in the Burma jungle in WWII. A gut-wrenching story of an ordinary Englishman who survived jungle warfare in Burma, told with a sense of humor and accuracy that understates the horrors and degradation he along with all his lost comrades endured. George Spill was conscripted into the British Army at the age of 30. He was sent to India in the Royal Artillery and finished up in the Burma jungle. He fought through some of the most savage battles of World War II. He became the Battery Quartermaster Sergeant and was one of the few who survived against impossible odds from the forgotten 14th Army. A reluctant war hero, this is his uncensored story.

REFLECTIONS ON THE TRANZALPINE: Kiwis, Art, Death, Coffee, Sex

Kiwis, art, death, coffee, burning books and sex. Nick Spill meditates on his return to New Zealand to give a talk at the Auckland Art Gallery. On the TranzAlpine train, he reflects on the Cambridge Five, Nicolas Poussin, Peter Wells, James Bond, Yukio Mishima, Geoff Dyer, Martin Edmund, Patti Smith and Dashiell Hammett, not to mention the murder of Simon Buis, Chekhov’s and his own gun. He tells stories about many famous Kiwi artists, including Rita Angus, Andrew Drummond, Claire Fergusson, Ralph Hotere, Colin McCahon, Raymond McIntyre, and Cliff Whiting. He includes photographs from his original art work of the 1970s and his journey through New Zealand in 2019. As a famous young lady once said before she saw a white rabbit; what is the use of a book without pictures? Join Nick Spill on a trip down the rabbit hole down under.

The Jaded Spy

Captain Cook has been kidnapped from the Auckland Art Gallery on opening night and curator Alexander Newton has to find the priceless painting to save his job. He suspects a Soviet spy whom he had been photographing in Wellington after a sensational spy trial went wrong. Alexander is also dealing with Wiremu Wilson, a Maori Land Activist, whose group claims to have the painting. Alexander falls for Dr. Mel Johnson who teaches self-defense to women and begins to understand his new role as a government spy. Set in 1976, The Jaded Spy is the middle story of the Jaded trilogy and is a window into a vibrant changing New Zealand, with Police and Security Services intrigue, a political party that will do anything to stay in power and destroy its enemies and a love story born of betrayal and loss.

The Jaded Widow

New Zealand’s most diabolical villain, Barbara Turner, plots revenge on the Chinese sinsemilla growing family who killed her husband and lover, while consolidating her title as queen of the Auckland underworld.

Alexander Newman, art curator and part time spy, infiltrates a massive marijuana network under the guise of promoting his planned contemporary Mãori Art exhibition. Alexander confesses to cheating with a lusty librarian to Dr. Mel Johnson, and promises to investigate a massage parlor where the workers are suffering from mysterious injuries.

Inspector Grimble, Auckland’s top cop, closes in on Barbara Turner’s grand schemes, the Chinese harvested crop and Wiremu Wilson’s large marijuana network.

Alexander has to decide how far will he go to expose the parlor, reclaim the heart of Dr. Mel and come face to face with the dangerous Barbara Turner and her psychotic brother.

Readers of The Jaded Kiwi and The Jaded Spy will recognize surviving characters in what critics call “an interwoven twisted tale of spying, policing, art curating, and the marijuana growing underworld, all set in an authentic mid-1970’s backdrop.”

“An action-packed step back into 1970s NZ with spies, drugs, and a raft of characters to either cheer on or hate with a passion.” A best-selling New Zealand crime writer described the “manic action presented in a dry, wry manner that’s really engaging and good fun to read.”