What I remember most about that day is that, at the time, nothing about it felt remarkable, or like anything was changing. While it was looked upon as the start of an adventure it was only meant to be a short trip. Little more than a holiday, really.
Evan Armstrong’s life is perfect. The successful small business owner with a home by the beach is about to take six months off and follow his gorgeous young wife, Anna, overseas as she looks to start her career. But, while Anna blossoms, Evan falters. An uncertain future and a colourful past weigh heavily on him. With the pressures and temptations of a new life abroad, can their love survive?
An Episode Abroad explores the ups and downs of life, love and relationships. Of growing up, growing apart and the fight to stay together. Written by David Lloyd Thomas, it is the third book in the contemporary fiction series The Intemperance Diaries.
A threatening letter is sent to a Cornish news website, warning that a dead body has been hidden at a remote clifftop location.
When Detective Inspector Zennor races to the scene, she discovers that the victim is still alive – but barely. Journalist Jason Blake has been beaten and left to die in the elements of the wild Atlantic coast. The man has a checkered past… could it be that an old score is being settled?
The news comes just as DI Zennor, Cartwright, and Boswell are ready to make a breakthrough in the human trafficking case – forcing them to divert their time and attention elsewhere. DI Zennor is frustrated, Cartwright is almost mutinous… but neither one will back down.
The furious attack on the coast seems motivated by revenge, so the culprit is bound to strike again…
And when they do someone will almost certainly die.
As Zennor and the team delve into their new case, they face a host of possible suspects who have axes to grind with the victim.
As they try to identify their prime suspect, Cartwright’s secret entanglements drag him back to the trafficking case at the worst possible time.
Will his costly mistakes cause a colleague to lose their life?
In The Silent Plea DI Verity Zennor must fight hard to catch a killer-in-waiting, keep her team together, and dig deeper into the trafficking case before the NCA makes things worse for everyone.
And as Cartwright’s personal affairs spiral, Zennor begins to see another side of Inspector Bligh – one she is starting to like…
HEAT “Beyond Mindslip” makes climate change seem no more than a warm summer’s day.
In 2019, Betelgeuse turned supernova. The radiation, coupled with coronal mass ejections, caused every creature on Earth to change in a drastic manner. MINDSLIP, “Evolution’s Nemesis” deals with the story from the explosion and through the dramatic discoveries made by the scientists who were part of the Mindslip Catastrophe Committee. HEAT “Beyond Mindslip” takes up the tale. They can be read as stand-alone novels.
Solar flares and radiation have shut down the ISS and moonbase. How will NASA and Roscosmos counter the existential threat of extreme rising temperatures? When Betelgeuse exploded thirteen years previously, no one anticipated the long-term effect upon Earth’s climate. Some considered evacuation to be the only solution, but evacuate to where?
Beth Arnold was a key player in the MINDSLIP crisis, now, older and wiser, she is trying to overcome astronomical odds to save herself and her family. Small nations are scrambling to secure a future for their populations, while the superpowers collude to protect their interests. How far will they go?
Time is running out and only four solutions still exist. How can Earth’s resources be channelled into saving the world. Is it even possible?
During the middle of a storm, a local radio DJ is savagely murdered in his Essex mansion. When the clouds and rain clear the following morning, DS Tomek Bowen and his team discover a crime scene reminiscent of something from the history books.
The evidence suggests this was a random killing. But as Tomek peels back the layers of the victim’s life, he realises there’s more to the DJ than meets the eye.
Meanwhile, at home, Tomek is forced to battle a difficult teenager who, for some reason, is becoming more and more combative. All because she met Zeus, the man who’s going to save the world. But only if she does everything he tells her, regardless of who she hurts along the way.
The latest three-book series by Solomon Carter featuring a new team headed by DI Verity Zennor.
When a young body washes ashore on a tranquil North Cornwall beach, the mysterious mark found on their neck mirrors two previous victims found along the coast.
DI Verity Zennor and her team face a chilling puzzle – the victims appear to come from Eastern Europe, but the meaning of the grisly mark remains elusive.
Who killed these young victims?
And why were their bodies thrown into the sea?
As Zennor delves into the darkness, a fresh crime scene soon comes her way—a woman named Susan Quant is found dead on remote farmland, her body left as food for animals.
Zennor discovers that Quant was well-loved by those who knew her – but she soon unearths Quant’s shadowy past, and a raft of unusual enemies.
Just who is the enigmatic ‘Black Books’ – the man who was seen with Quant in the weeks before her murder – and what secrets was she hiding from those who knew her best?
With an imposing NCA team breathing down her neck and a deputy on the verge of mutiny, DI Zennor must tread carefully to solve these crimes. But time is not on her side and the stakes couldn’t be higher—countless lives are in the balance… her team is at risk and even Zennor’s family is in danger from those who lurk in the shadows.
DI Zennor must work tirelessly to uncover the secrets of the dead on North Cornwall’s Silent Shore or more victims will pay the price.
In a thrilling conclusion, DI Zennor will discover that the darkest secrets are those we cannot see… until it’s too late.
Another wonderful and humorous instalment in the Guesthouse on the Green series as Mammy and Moira travel Vietnam.
I love the series and can't wait for book four!
A quick but emotional read - reading about the cruelty to the dog was heartbreaking but this was a lovely tale of the love and healing that animals can bring to our lives.
I would have given five stars but for the missed typos - a few t...
I get the impression that this could be a nice story but I've had to give up after forcing myself to go as far as 15% of the way through. If this novel has ever been near a remotely professional editor then the author was conned.
Chapte...
Another very enjoyable story but with a few niggles, hence the four stars rather than five. Maybe it's because I was tired but the editing issues grated on me more than in the first story and, do people really generally believe that 'ear...
