The story is a fantastical adventure, originally devised by children. Women and men, adept at home baking, are disappearing all over the country. When Mrs Cherry (from their corner shop) vanishes, Emily and Sam decide to investigate. Their curiosity leads them to a fairground: here they are separated. Sam meets the Mad Puppeteer and reaches the North Pole, with Mrs Cherry, on the ghost train; Emily seeks the help of Mr Wong and his hot-air balloon. After several adventures they come face to face with the awesome Gobbler, and a final confrontation in his factory. Along the way, they learn...
The story is a fantastical adventure, originally devised by children. Women and men, adept at home baking, are disappearing all over the country. When...
An ancient vampire returns to the place of his Un-dead birth; he seeks a quiet life where his simple needs can be met. He sets about the restoration of the old Victorian vicarage, but soon loses control of events - not so much through his own actions as by the desires and needs of the villagers. As the village priest says "Our spiritual body expresses the personality we have developed in our earthly body"; and so the vampire acts as a catalyst. His destiny becomes entwined with those he touches and moves towards its fateful conclusion, trailing clouds of horror as it does.
An ancient vampire returns to the place of his Un-dead birth; he seeks a quiet life where his simple needs can be met. He sets about the restoration o...
Born into a world of many races, the Black Dwarf must come to terms with his own nature if he and his companions - Gavellan the wizard, Laleef the Light Elf and Twan of the Council of Grim - are to succeed in their quest for the Runestone of Mimir and defeat the Witch of Shroud, Minerva Spindleshanks. This novel was inspired by my own sons' interest in the myths of the Norsemen, and remains true to the spirit and characters of these legends. Here is portrayed an uncompromising struggle between the cold and dark of Nifleheim and the fire and flame of Muspelheim.
Born into a world of many races, the Black Dwarf must come to terms with his own nature if he and his companions - Gavellan the wizard, Laleef the Lig...
Andrew Mansell, perturbed by the suicide of a colleague, questions the nature of his marriage and its inevitable compromises. As the gulf widens between him and his wife, he takes what he sees as an irrevocable decision. He has reckoned, however, without the power of his family and friends to impose their will and the price he will pay. As their ranks close about him, Andrew must question the value of freedom.
Andrew Mansell, perturbed by the suicide of a colleague, questions the nature of his marriage and its inevitable compromises. As the gulf widens betwe...
In 1963, two groups of young people, inspired by such ideals as Kennedy's -Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country-, train as teachers and nurses. As they make their way along their own 'road to freedom', the events of those years affect their determination to create a better educated, culturally aware, politically conscious, morally alert and more tolerant country. The students experience the changes that shape events: Nelson Mandela in South Africa, Martin Luther King in the United States, politicians, religious leaders and cultural icons throughout...
In 1963, two groups of young people, inspired by such ideals as Kennedy's -Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your c...
Bingham shared the feeling of exhaustion he saw in the youth's face as he relived the day his mum ran away, and that was what Bingham wanted. Soon, he hoped, memories would be stirred, old loyalties and disloyalties restored: the passing of time and the slip of the tongue. Slowly, a picture of this woman was forming in his imagination. Bingham wasn't one to be hurried. 'There will be time ... to prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet'. Eliot's phrase came back to him as he sat in the family's kitchen pondering and watching the son of Helen Sanders.
Bingham shared the feeling of exhaustion he saw in the youth's face as he relived the day his mum ran away, and that was what Bingham wanted. Soon, he...
The couple had moved to Spain when they retired and were 'odd' in as much as they never came home. They seemed quite content in each other's company, 'always locked in each other's arms', as one of their children said to the newspapers... They were expecting friends round, but when the guests arrived at the villa there was no one to be seen. The place was completely empty, but a meal had been prepared. Various salads were waiting in the kitchen and a rabbit casserole was simmering on the stove...
The couple had moved to Spain when they retired and were 'odd' in as much as they never came home. They seemed quite content in each other's company, ...
Robert Courtney had been missing for several months along with a quarter of a million pounds from some Treasury budget. There had been the usual splash in the papers, the usual rush and tear of reporters in the village and then all had gone quiet. The police seemed unable to find the young man, which had puzzled Bingham and annoyed his friend, Simon Brockie, the retired Detective Chief Inspector, who had seemed disinclined to discuss the matter.
Robert Courtney had been missing for several months along with a quarter of a million pounds from some Treasury budget. There had been the usual splas...
A series of hauntings in a Norfolk town, apparently unrelated, attract little attention until the first death occurs. Even then, it is difficult to link the death, which has not been witnessed by any of the townspeople, to the hauntings in any sensible way. Life goes on until further deaths occur, once again unwitnessed. No one is ready to commit themselves to a point of view and, therefore, a plan of action, because no one wants to be seen to believe in ghosts. Eventually, after the publican’s psychic supper has created terror in the medium, two ghost hunters (who prefer to call...
A series of hauntings in a Norfolk town, apparently unrelated, attract little attention until the first death occurs. Even then, it is difficult to li...
