Cash Laramie has been in plenty of tight spots, but being buried alive has to be the worst It all started innocently enough, as a favor for his boss, accompanying a rich woman in her search for her brother. The trail leads to The Bells, a strange hotel run by a brother and sister team, which just happens to be adjacent to the funeral parlor and cemetery ... His friend Miles is nearby, intent on escorting a suspected murderer to Cheyenne for trial. Yet Miles discovers that his charge might be innocent, after all, and lingers to ask questions. And those inquiries mean upsetting some people,...

Where there is light, there is shadow... This cross-genre thriller is set in present-day Malta and has echoes from pre-history and also the eighteenth century Knights of Malta. Malta may be an island of sun and sand, but there's a dark side to it too. It all started when some fishermen pulled a corpse out of the sea... Or maybe it was five years ago, in the cave of Ghar Dalam? Spellman, an American black magician, has designs on a handpicked bunch of Maltese politicians, bending their will to his master's. A few sacrifices, that's all it takes. And he's helped by Zondadari, a rather nasty...

A Sister Rose crime thriller When she was a cop, she made their life hell. Now she's a nun, God help them Before taking her vows, Sister Rose was Maggie Weaver, a Newcastle policewoman. While uncovering a serial killer, she suffered severe trauma, and after being nursed back to health she becomes a nun. In her new calling she is sent to London to run a hostel for the homeless. Here, she does good works, and also combats prejudice and crime. As she attempts to save a homeless woman from a local gang boss, events crystallise, taking her back to Newcastle, the scene of her nightmares, to play...

NOURISH A BLIND LIFE Collected short stories - Volume 2 21 stories - horror, ghost, science fiction, and fantasy She was custodian of a dilapidated house - or was she its captive? Maybe even unpleasant nasty little planets aren't Godforsaken. Sister Rose was a nun with a difference - she used to be a policewoman - but now she's encountering something strange, beyond her knowledge of crime and God. What if you had the power to share thoughts with only one other person - and he died? You don't know what being alone is until this happens. Stories about time, grief, hope, love, betrayal and...

We are all history. And these stories reflect that. The human condition through history is fascinating. Much stays the same, no matter where you are or when. In these tales we travel to wartime France in 1943 and 1944 to witness betrayal and heroism. The effects of this war can also be seen from the perspective of 1995, looking back to 1943 and a loving family. Another conflict was the English Civil War, and here we meet some protagonists in 1645. Some conflict occurs behind the headlines, however, and can only come to light when secret documents are released. Here are two missions, in Turkey...