After the London Daily News folded he moved to the United States for a year, where he wrote White Lies, about the wrongful conviction of a black janitor, Clarence Brandley, for the murder of a white girl.
Nakon što su London Daily News ukinute, na godinu dana odlazi u Sjedinjene države gdje je napisao knjigu White Lies, o krivoj osudi crnog domara Clarencea Brandleyja, koji je osuđen za ubojstvo bijele djevojke.