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David is the author of the Gang Girl series, The Road to Madhapur, Threepence on the Carpet and the upcoming The Doctor Who Knew Too Much thriller series.
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Threepence on the Carpet hits the air with this exciting radio commercial now playing on iHeart Radio and radio networks worldwide!
‘Some lives don’t fall apart all at once. It happens slowly until one moment changes everything …’
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Two lucky readies of the Say What NZ magazine book club will win free copies of Threepence on the Carpet.
I appreciate Jo Belgrave’s insightful review in the upcoming issue of the Say What NZ magazine.
Download thePDF: https://davidwhittet.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Issue-146-bookclub.pdf
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Threepence on the Carpet featured on the Radio FM Book Club this morning. Karen McMillan gives a beautifully succinct introduction to my book!
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A Kiwi musician. London in the swinging sixties. A hippy girlfriend. How did it all go so wrong?
Tommy Trevelian shot to fame as a singer-songwriter during his eagerly anticipated overseas experience in London at the heart of the 1960s counterculture. His protest songs were a rallying call for demonstrations in Trafalgar Square and fuelled the Aldermaston marches. Life was a kaleidoscope of love, truth and passion until it all came crashing down in a haze of smoking incense and bitter betrayal.
Fast forward to the 1980s, and Tommy is back in New Zealand, ready to throw it all in. Folk music has fallen out of favour. Kiwis were into rugby and wanted cheerleaders with happy jingles, not protest songs. He’s on the verge of despair when he receives an unexpected inheritance from a long-lost uncle. Could this be the lifeline he needs, or a Pandora’s box about to implode?
Tommy Trevelian in David Whittet’s new book, Threepence on the Carpet Threepence on the Carpet is available from all good book sellers and Amazon.
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Medical school didn’t teach Dr Dominic Dreyfus how to deal with gang lords, nor did his time as an army doctor in the New Zealand Defence Force prepare him for the violent threats that forced him to flee his homeland …
I’m beyond excited to announce that I’m working on a new thriller series, The Doctor with Knew Too Much. Inspired by completing a course on writing thrillers by Lee Child, I conceived the idea of an ex-army doctor whose life is constantly under threat and he’s perpetually on the run—the Jack Reacher of the medical world.
So how did a humble GP in a remote, rural practice end up on a notorious gangster’s hit list? Find out when the first book, No Time to Heal, hits bookshops this summer!
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I recorded this reading from The Road to Madhapur for the New Zealand Society of Authors series NZ Writers Read. This programme began during the pandemic and allows New Zealand authors to showcase their work.
This video introduces us to Theo, an idealistic Kiwi doctor who wants to change the world. Along the way, I reveal some of the inspiration behind the story with some breathtaking images of family medicine and village life in India and Uganda.
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There’s nothing quite like the thrill of completing a project and preparing to launch it into the world! It’s even more exciting when the work is a long-cherished dream that’s been in the making for many years.
The idea for Threepence on the Carpet began during my childhood, while watching a puppet show at the beach during a seaside holiday. While the other children roared with laughter at Punch and Judy’s wild antics, I was captivated by the puppeteer’s flamboyant facade. After the show, when he emerged from the puppet booth to take his bow, he invariably had tears streaming down his face. Who was this mercurial character? Why did he look so sad when he put the puppets away? What was he like when he wasn’t performing?
My imagination ran wild, and I imagined the puppeteer as a musician, down on his luck and trying to scrape a living from entertaining the children. This germ of an idea would eventually grow into the long-awaited project.
Writing Threepence on the Carpet has been an absolute blast, especially reliving my childhood memories of the swinging sixties. The Aldermaston marches, the ‘Ban the Bomb’ movement, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, the scandals, The Beatles—this was the decade that shook Britain and the rest of the world.
With the final round of copy editing complete, I can’t wait to share Tommy’s extraordinary journey with my readers!