Rights Information

Foreign language and TV/Film rights are available.

Marketing Information

Proximity is perfect for fans of the Black Mirror TV series, George Orwell's 1984, Peter James, Stephen King, John Marrs, Ray Bradbury and Steve Cavanagh.

The iMe series are fast paced crime thrillers set in an eerily believable near future world. Starring Detective Inspector Clive Lussac - think Roy Grace meets Black Mirror.

Reviews

‘A BUREAUCRAT navigating the pandemic would chew their right arm off for an iMe…Even now, tech is being made the seems like a precursor to the iMe’ New Scientist - May 2020 (for the iMe series)

'A vision of the future that both chills and entertains.’ Jake Kerridge (Sunday Express Magazine)

‘fast-paced and riveting plot that twists and teases with the high stakes and flashes of violence that electrify the genre.’ SciFiNow

‘Tugwell brings to life his exhilarating and provocative debut crime thriller with a twist.’ The Malestrom, 4 of the Best Beach Reads: Summer 2019

‘An ingenious and highly plausible look at crime in a future with 100% surveillance’ Claire McGowan, Best selling author

‘Very topical, terrifying’ Stav Sherez, Award winning author

‘Darkly twisted crime novel in a future that seems to grow closer every day.’ Angela Clarke, Sunday Times bestselling author

Author Biography

Jem Tugwell was born in Berkshire and has a Crime Writing MA from City University, an MBA and a BSc in Computer Science and in a past life, Jem had a successful career in IT and investment management.

Proximity was Jem's debut novel. He has since written No Signal, the second in the iMe series, and Dishonoured, a standalone psychological thriller.

Jem's loves are snowboarding, old cars and bikes. He lives in Surrey with his wife and has two children.