An article published in The Gazette Newspaper promoted the thriller book The Cuckoo Howls of a Blackpool man, whose long-cherished dream of getting a book published was never taken seriously. This book holds a set of criminal mysteries inside, set in the 1950s in New York.

The Cuckoo Howls is a mystery book which introduces the character of Jasper Rainey who is a policeman. After being promoted as a detective, he finds himself in the unravelling of another twisted and ever-intriguing mystery as an only man for the job.

The author John Stevens was born in London in 1969. After a few professions and extensively travelling, he finally started working on his childhood love i.e. writing stories.