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A Lingering Crime follows Jack Watson as he is arrested for a crime he did not commit and extradited to Florida, a State he has never visited, to stand trial for murder. Upon discovering that the murdered teacher is the man who subjected him to sexual abuse many years ago, Jack sees how he has come...

Albert the Handydog is no ordinary pug...He isn’t anything like those smooth-coated, lap-sitting, fat-scrunching, face-licking members of his breed; no, he is more of a DIY-ing, bubble-bath-soaking, wild-woolly-coated, helpful handydog. He lives with the Bunting family on Leaf Lane, and is best...

Focussing on the political unrest of the 21st century, Hurricane Hill is a fast-paced novel, which examines the bond between soldiers on the battlefield and the effects that going to war has on an individual’s mentality. Hurricane Hill centres on the moral dilemma: Which life is more valuable; that...

The winter has been long. Badger and Crab haven't seen each other for months. It's now early spring and they meet at night on the beach and rekindle their friendship. Yet again disaster looms. Badger and Crab have to forget their own problems and work together to rescue another animal in distress....

A poetry collection that is an exploration of words and meaning, and a celebration of sounds. Life is serious, but not to be lived too seriously. In this collection the familiar is shown in unfamiliar ways. Our vanity and our fragility are exposed with gentle irony, and generosity of spirit....

Georgina is a cabaret artiste and her acts and stories are on many pages throughout the book. She meets and falls in love with Stephen, who is handsome, rich and unhappily married. Their tempestuous affair takes place in London, South of France and Montecarlo. Although tragedy strikes, the story ends on a happy and optimistic note.

Her husband’s died…Though he doesn’t see it that way…So what next for Carrie? Carrie’s no ordinary widow. Husband Dan has died unexpectedly and left behind an extraordinary wish – to be frozen. He believes his life’s simply been ‘suspended’, that he can come back … one day …...

This is a book written by a woman, for a woman. If you long to switch off from your everyday life but just can’t find the time, then this Greek love story may help you. “After the Olive Harvest” is a story of the human condition; of love, separation, reunion, and conflict. It will remind you...

It is the year 2029 and the United Kingdom is no longer united. Scotland and England have become uneasy neighbours, while across the planet unchecked population growth continues to ravage the environment. When a disillusioned scientist releases a genetically engineered virus, the spread of...

Socrates left no philosophical writings himself, but luckily he had a dog called Ted who faithfully learnt and interpreted his sayings. Through Ted and his canine friends, and with reference to famous philosophers, readers learn how dogs interpret the world. In the book, the canine characters...

There is no need to slow down to de-stress yourself – just let go of your emotional baggage so that you can run faster. Emotions and Stress: How to manage them encourages you to deal with your own stress in a way that allows you to keep moving at the same pace. But first you must ask yourself two...

Mr Churchill’s Driver: A Murderer’s Story describes real events, and events that may be real. Did Winston Churchill meet secretly at Holyhead with Irish Prime Minister Eamon de Valera in July 1940? Did they agree to Ireland’s re-unification if it joined the war against Germany, as alleged by...

The book is a light-hearted view of life in a rural Italian village in the 1970s. It is a picture of an Italy that is long gone. Aged 22, Valerie left a comfortable life in Poole, Dorset, to follow her Italian fiancé to his home in northern Italy. In 1977, Piussogno was a sleepy mountain village...

Just when Rebecca believed joy had come into her life, she learns the truth about how her mother died years before. Marriage pulls her back from resentment, only for WWI to threaten her peace again. When she discovers another lie which could fracture her world, she is faced with the choice of ignoring it, or letting the scars of the past guide her.