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A Shadowing of Angels unfolds in the murky and dangerous world of covert intelligence collection and the ‘Circuit’; the name given to London-based private military companies. Set in contemporary times, this adrenaline-filled novel highlights the Western world’s struggle against the Islamic State,...

Fifteen year old Isa Muirison loves her life working for the floating shops of Orkney at the turn of the 20th century. But her happy family life is thrown into turmoil by her father’s decision to emigrate to Canada, her sister’s illness, and her own love for Davie, a penniless whisky runner. Despite...

There are many reasons for not buying this book. Here are some of them: 1. You are a sensible, mature adult. 2. You have better things on which to spend your money. 3. You are a brain surgeon. 4. You are an admirer of Donald Trump. 5. You never lose your socks. 6. You have never had a sexual relationship...

In just a few generations Mankind will have the means and the necessity to emerge from its cosy planetary isolation and confront other intelligent life forms in the Universe. Are we ready? Against a backdrop of relentless global warming and deepening social conflict on Earth, an expedition sets out...

Tom collaborated with his blind dog on Stay Put? Make a Move?, so his 6th book breaks all the rules. The dog suffers from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. (They needed to keep track with numbered paragraphs. Blame the dog.) Stay Put? covers more than just their lives and their locales; this...

One hot day in 1984, intuitive designer Pulse attends two job interviews. The first is with a busy mainstream company. The second is with an apparently deserted practice located in an old London house owned by Patrick Lloyd-Lewis whose wife, Freia has recently died in unexplained circumstances.   Realising...

*“I always look forward to the next book by Norman Russell.... One to read slowly, and savour like a fine wine.” – MyShelf’s review of the ‘Oxford’ series * Frank Renfield, Baron Renfield of Renfield Hall, will go to any lengths to preserve his noble heritage. Along with his fiercely...

Diana and Ed have everything – youth, happiness and success – until the birth of a brain-damaged daughter devastates their world. While Diana finds it hard to connect and rejects the baby, Ed, unable to understand his wife’s coldness, loves and cares for the child. When Diana is offered a job...

The Kendal Limestone Way is the name given by the author to a 63 mile (101km) long linear walk starting from the market town of Skipton in North Yorkshire and ending in the south Lake District town of Kendal. The walk can broadly be divided into three sections. The greater part of the walk is through...

London, 1665. For 12 year old orphan Letty Denton life has never been anything but a struggle. Brought up in an orphanage, she knows nothing of her family. Her only links are a doll and a letter written by her mother before her death. The only bright spot in the orphanage’s harsh regime is her love...

Walter Bain is the self-appointed dictator of the tenement at 13 Oldberry Road in Glasgow’s cosmopolitan west end. For years, Walter has striven to impose his family values – stairs must be regularly washed, noise kept down, and wheelie bins moved back and forth at the correct times. When Walter...

During a hilarious National Service and with university to follow, Tim Topps wonders what he can fruitfully sell to his contemporaries who will be going up to college, probably with wives and certainly with wartime memories. Disenchanted by his original idea about laundrettes, he decides upon insurance,...

The Bunny Run is the heavily anticipated sequel to the light historical fiction that was released last October, The Paper Caper. With offices in both towns, Tim Topps has for many years driven twice-weekly between Cambridge and Oxford and knows the road like the back of his (gloved) hand – but now,...

A Voice From The Past is a story of family relationships, love and betrayal, lies and deceptions, secrets and misunderstandings. Full of mystery and intrigue, the plot takes us from the seaside in the north of Ireland to English suburbia. With some surprising twists and turns, the novel follows the...