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ⓘ About Mike Nicol
Mike Nicol is a South African author of nonfiction thriller and mystery books. He is also a journalist and a teacher of online courses on non-fiction narrative and creative writing. Though he’s a resident of Cape Town, Mike Nicol has had writer-in-residence positions at Berlin and University of Essen. The author was born, raised in Cape Town and was educated in Johannesburg where he began his career as a journalist. In the 1980’s Nicol went back to Cape Town where he worked on the Magazine Leadership for a couple of years. Towards the end of the decade, Nicol published his first book The Powers That Be and quit his day job from the magazine and began a full-time writing career or what he refers to as the scary life of a freelance writer and journalist.
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Who is Mike Nicol?
Mike Nicol is a South African author of nonfiction thriller and mystery books. He is also a journalist and a teacher of online courses on non-fiction narrative and creative writing. Though he’s a resident of Cape Town, Mike Nicol has had writer-in-residence positions at Berlin and University of Essen.
Which Mike Nicol series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Revenge Trilogy series, the earliest of Mike Nicol's multi-book series: it opens with Payback (2008) and runs to 3 books across 2008–2014, ending with Black Heart (2014). Mike Nicol's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Mike Nicol written?
Mike Nicol has 19 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1978 and 2026. 6 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the PI Fish Pescado and Vicki Kahn series with 3 books — and 13 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Mike Nicol's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Mike Nicol's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Revenge Trilogy (2008–2014, 3 books) and PI Fish Pescado and Vicki Kahn (2013–2018, 3 books).
How are Mike Nicol's books organised into series?
This guide splits Mike Nicol's 19 books into 2 named series and 13 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: PI Fish Pescado and Vicki Kahn (3 books, 2013–2018); Revenge Trilogy (3 books, 2008–2014).