I.P.D. Watts is a Leicestershire-born thriller author. His debut novel, A Matter of Time: He Lost Twenty Years in a Moment (2nd edition August 2026), follows Peter Collins, who vanished from New York six days before 9/11 and returns unaged twenty years later. A second standalone, See Me Hear Me, is due autumn 2026.
Who is I.P.D. Watts?
I.P.D. Watts is a Leicestershire-born thriller author (Ian Peter David Watts), not the literary critic Ian Watt. His debut, A Matter of Time: He Lost Twenty Years in a Moment, is out in a 2nd edition in August 2026. See Me Hear Me, a second standalone, is due autumn 2026.
What is A Matter of Time about?
A Matter of Time: He Lost Twenty Years in a Moment is a time-travel thriller. Peter Collins vanished from his office garage in New York City six days before 9/11. He returns unaged on 5 September 2021, with no explanation of where he has been for the last 20 years.
Is A Matter of Time based on real events?
No. A Matter of Time: He Lost Twenty Years in a Moment is fiction. It uses the real date of 11 September 2001 as the historical hinge of a conspiracy and time-travel plot. Peter Collins and the agencies are invented. The 2nd edition is published by Divian Press in August 2026.
What order should I read I.P.D. Watts' books in?
Any order. I.P.D. Watts writes standalone thrillers, not a numbered series. Start with A Matter of Time: He Lost Twenty Years in a Moment (August 2026) for time travel, 9/11, and conspiracy. Start with See Me Hear Me (autumn 2026) for a locked-in syndrome, race-against-time medical thriller.