Welcome to the official site for Peter Helton, writer and painter.

RAINSTONE FALL, the third in Helton's successful series of private eye novels has now hit the shelves.

Rainstone Fall is available in Britain published by Constable, (buy now) and in the US published by Soho Press, New York (buy now).

Publishers Weekly: "Helton's gripping third mystery ... Helton takes what could have been a cliché in lesser hands, the wounded good guy who must break the law to uphold justice, and makes him credible. Also vividly portrayed are Honeysett's associates, fellow painter Annis Jordan and reformed safecracker Tim Bigwood, with whom he shares an old barn that doubles as an art studio and their detective agency headquarters. Shabby genteel Bath during the soggy autumn season serves as a memorable setting. "

SLIM CHANCE, the second in the series is still available through Constable & Robinsonin the UK (buy now) and in America (buy now), published in New York by Carroll & Graf.

Publishers Weekly: "Readers will look forward to further installments in this offbeat series."

Praise for Headcase:

"Skillful plotting, wry humour and deftly drawn characters..."
Library Journal, New York

"Helton turns a neat phrase, has a great ear for dialogue and tosses in just the right amount of erudite wit..."
Publishers Weekly

"...wry and intriguing...wonderfully caustic" 
Booklist, Chicago

"Readers who remember with fondness Jonathan Gash's early Lovejoy books should adore this good-humored debut mystery... be entertained by one bemused aside after another and a hightly unorthodox love triangle."
Denver Post