Remi reckons she’s the unluckiest person in the world – perhaps she’s right. Publicly humiliated on National TV, living with her eccentric old Gran and suffering from acute hypochondria – she’s forced take on the worst jobs possible – working with animals and old people.
Sarah sees and hears ghosts. For her it is a normal and mostly ignored part of her daily life. She doesn’t like to talk about it. Only a few close friends know. Sarah hates publicity and won’t hold séances. Ghostly Echoes – 1
Derek travels from child to confused adult, from reporter for the local paper to any job available, doing everything he thinks he should, but doing it his way.
What are the elements that dictate chance? Is there room for conjecture about what superior force directs our fate? Could there be some unknown element, among the mysterious fog that envelops the mountains of Scotland, that determines the fate of these three boys?
Picked and Mixed contains two previously unpublished collections of short stories. It is an eclectic mix of styles and genres, from funny to sad, from bizarre to strange, from weird to wonderful.
A detailed perception of wartime in Liverpool and later as an apprentice and aircraft engineer at Speke Airport, this well researched story takes you deep into the minutiae of life in the forties and fifties.
Following the paths of honest men is not easy for either Ahmed or Hamid. Their choices have an impact far beyond the boundaries of their villages.
Finding the body of a young girl in the woods whilst musing on the frailties of human relationships (particularly those with his mistress and his wife) fails to make Peter’s life less complicated.
It is 1914. As war engulfs the British Empire, Royal Navy gunner, George Royal awaits his next ship in his home port where his best friend has fallen in love with beautiful Carrie, a woman with secrets.
When a group of former British colonialists retire to a sleepy Portuguese village, all hell breaks loose. They take over ‘Millionaire Hill’ and unleash the loose morals and naughty behavior which would have earned them nothing but scorn back home.
‘Derek’s In Trouble’ – As funny as ever and as unlucky as always, Derek is going through another unexpected crisis in his life.
Derek has not had much success getting his first great novel started – in fact, the research it requires has nearly cost him his marriage and ruined several pairs of his wife’s tights.
