Trevor holds an MA in Creative Writing (Crime Fiction) from UEA. His first novel, The Man on the Street, won the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger, the Crimefest Specsavers Best Crime Debut Award and was shortlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. It was followed by two more critically-acclaimed books in the Jimmy Mullen trilogy, One Way Street and Dead End Street. His next book, You Can Run, a standalone thriller set in a remote Northumberland village, was also long-listed for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. His latest book, The Silent Killer, is the first in a police procedural series featuring Detective Chief Inspector Jack Parker, who is in the first stages of Early Onset Dementia. Trevor is one of the founding members of the Northern Crime Syndicate.