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The Battle of Spion Kop was fought during the campaign to relieve Ladysmith, South Africa, after the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State had gotten a jump on the British Empire and besieged a British army in the town. It was the single bloodiest episode in the campaign, as well as a harbinger of the bitter and desperate fighting still to come in the Second Boer War. Spion Kop, just northeast of Ladysmith, was the largest hill in the region, being over 1,400 feet high, and it lay almost exactly at the center of the Boer line. If the British could capture this position and bring...

It is 1884 and London is gripped by fear after Fenian bombs explode on the underground railway and more are threatened. Detective Inspector Best is sent to Paris where these Irish Americans are plotting their next 'outrage' and obtaining arms for an uprising.

'Intriguing, meticulously researched description of nineteenth-century London; it is difficult to miss the chilling parallels between the Irish bombings in the 1880s and the London terrorist attack of 2005. A solid and very readable addition to the Inspector Best series.' Booklist (American Library Association)

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All proceeds from this book will be given to a fund for Moms Who Lost Children/Good Grief. This is a site established by author Becky Lock in 2005 for mothers who have lost children, as she has. These moms come together for two weekends a year, and Lock has tried to make these weekends the most special time in their lives. They have given their best back to God, and these journeys are all part of her journey to Christ and a tribute to her moms and their love. Lock plans to use these funds to help give that love back to them.

"Topical, astonishing and provocative . . . a masterful collection." --Shelf Awareness for Readers (starred review)

" Lock's stories] are gems, rich in imagination and language . . . For all their convolutions of space and time, these stories are remarkably easy to follow and savor." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Mr. Hyde finally reveals his secrets to an ambitious journalist, unleashing unforeseen horrors. An ancient Egyptian mummy is revived in 1935 New York to consult on his Hollywood biopic. A Brooklynite suddenly dematerializes and passes...

Hilda is blind, lives alone, and is visited by a carer once a week. Camelia is a young offender looking for her next mark.
A surprising relationship sparks into life between the two very different women, both of them searching for connection and purpose.
Lock s insightful play traces the lines between friendship and family, different cultures, and two generations of women."

The book contains 23 walks, all starting at an Elizabeth Line station. Along the way you'll explore the very best that London and the south-east has to offer, from fascinating urban landscapes and must-see historic sites to serene countryside and meandering waterways.

When Phoebe Threapleton is found dead on a four-poster bed in Bainbridge's department store with six long-stemmed white roses next to her, Inspector Best is baffled...

How does the death in Newcastle of this young woman fit in with the other missing-girl cases in the area, and was Phoebe really as snow-white as her reputation, and the roses, might imply?

Best's initial investigations point him towards the shadowy world of spiritualism, but this proves as difficult to penetrate as the potential motives of the dozens of suspects - from Phoebe's maid to the Bainbridges...

A book dedicated to my 6 year old son David. He is learning to read and asked me to write him a book, so I did. I hope he enjoys it and other kids also. It's a my first book for kids, easy to read with plenty of fun pictures. A fun reading book with simple words to help kids between the ages of 2 to 7 learn to read and enjoy it.

"A Fugitive in Walden Woods manages that special magic of making Thoreau's time in Walden Woods seem fresh and surprising and necessary right now. Norman Lock tells the story of Samuel Long, an escaped slave who encounters Thoreau, with insight and some welcome humor. This is a patient and perceptive novel, a pleasure to read even as it grapples with issues that affect the United States to this day."--Victor LaValle, author of The Ballad of Black Tom and The Changeling

"Portraying the traumatic psychological aftershock not of war but of slavery provides a...