Born and bred in the West Midlands, UK, Martin writes suspenseful thrillers under the pen name of Peter Martin.

His debut novel, Against Her Will is the story of a young woman's fight to lead a normal life after a horrific attack. His second novel, Missing Dead or Alive is about a teenager who goes missing and how it affects the lives of his family members. His third novel, A Sense of Discovery - released in July 2016 - is about one man's search for his birth parents whom he never knew about until his adoptive mother's death.