AN AUTHOR from Llandough has published his second book.

Rob Falconer has completed his second collection of mainly detective short stories which is available as a paperback or as a Kindle e-book.

His first book was published in 2015 and was entitled The Return of Inspector Pirat: His First Book.

According to Mr Falconer, it was largely written as a result of insomnia.

He said: "Often unable to get to sleep, I started thinking up puzzles to pass the time.

"These were later developed into a series of detective short stories, which were published by CreateSpace on Amazon in both paperback and Kindle formats in early 2015."

The Return of Inspector Pirat: His First Book is a series of apparently-unrelated detective short stories, but with a link that may not become apparent until the final chapter.

Mr Falconer added: "And if you think the title is a little strange, you might have to read the book to understand what it means."

It has gathered a number of very good reviews, as has his second book entitled Pirat’s Early Cases which is now available on Amazon.

"It has a similar format to the first, but without the surprising ending", said Mr Falconer.

More details are on Mr Falconer's website at robertfalconer.co.uk.