For years I’ve written stories quietly at home — some for myself, some for my family, and some that never made it further than a notebook or a forgotten computer folder. Writing has always been something I’ve done in the background of life here in Saundersfoot, a private pleasure rather than anything I imagined sharing widely. But today, something changed. I pressed Publish . My first children’s mystery adventure, The Boathouse Gang and the Tale of the Jewels at Monkstone Point , is now officially out in the world as an ebook. It still feels slightly unreal to say that. After more than forty years living and working in this village — many of you will know me as Steve Duckworth — I’ve stepped into a new creative chapter under my writing name, David Baxter . The story itself is rooted in the places I know best. Saundersfoot Harbour, the beach, the caves, the narrow paths and hidden corners that have always sparked the imagination. I wanted to capture that sense of possibility — th...
Stories from behind closed doors — where houses were never just houses, and people were never quite what they seemed. Welcome to Coastal Crimes & Stories. After years on doorsteps along the Pembrokeshire coast, I learned it was never really about property — it was about people. Their lives, their secrets, and the moments you don’t expect. True stories and original coastal crime fiction, drawn from real experience.