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The Spy Who Couldn't Count
Spies like Jyp are hard to find.
Inflicting Christian names like Jefferson Youll on a young lad already saddled with a surname like Patbottom is a sufficient handicap for anyone, but if you have the misfortune to be educated at Watlington County Grammar and end up as thick as a plank, life gets very tricky indeed.
Settling for Jyp and braving a succession of dead-end jobs, he finds sanctuary in a Government statistics department dealing with figures. To escape the amorous attention of his ever-helpful colleague, Jyp dives into another office, where he is mistaken for a trained spy killer and recruited by one of Britain’s security departments.
The Suicide Game
“The Suicide Game is dark, twisted, no-holds-barred fun.” - Jason Starr, author of Bust, Slide, and The Max
Everyone’s playing an angle in the City of Angels.
The Suicide Game tells the stories of a black hitman who doubles as a university professor, a Catholic priest who longs to be a gangster, a would-be author from Kansas, a gay phone sex operator who claims he’s straight, a group of rich twenty-somethings playing a deadly game of life and death, a ruthless Mafia boss, and a sleazy Hollywood movie director.
As each of their stories intersect, bodies start piling up - and the action comes nonstop in this tense, white-knuckle thriller by Andy Rausch.
The Unravelling of Thomas Malone
Angela Murphy has just started as a detective on the mean streets of Glasgow, when the mutilated corpse of a young prostitute is discovered in a squalid apartment.
Called to investigate the grisly murder, Angela is both shocked and surprised. To her boss, Frank Martin, there's something horribly familiar about the scene. He has seen it before.
With limited resources and lacking experience, Angela is desperate to prove herself. But is it really the work of a copycat killer, and will Angela's enthusiasm and determination be enough to bring the killer to justice before another life is lost?
The Circus
The year is 1985, and O' Hare's Travelling Circus is touring the country.
Their spectacular acts mesmerize audiences everywhere, with entertaining clowns, high-flying acrobats, a muscular strongman and a dare-devil motorcycle stuntman, to name a few.
They also have Psychic Sheila - resident fortune-teller and agony aunt - who stumbles through life one disastrous romantic interlude at a time. Of course, no close-knit group would be complete without its fair share of secrets, and who better to uncover them than Sheila, with her sixth sense and natural nose for a good mystery.
But for some members of the clan, time is running out... and the race to uncover the biggest secret of all is on.
The Never-Dying Man
After finding Sauvern's Sword, the companions set off to help a friend rescue his child from kidnappers. Instead, they stray into Erian and find preparations for war. They are drafted into the Erian army but are recognized by an old enemy, who arrests some of them and takes them to Frelli, the capital of Erian, where they are put in jail.
The Master of Erian frees them and offers them work. Meanwhile, Carthinal has to face some unpleasant truths about himself. Is his desire to further his magical career more important than his friends and country? After they discover terrible truths about the Master and his magical research, they will need to escape in order to tell the leaders of Grosmer about the plans for war.
The Turning
He had escaped the horrors of the last few months. Started a new life, with his new family.
His life was returning to normal, his scars healing.
Until they found him.
His loved ones were taken to their world, to their horrors. Now, Jake must follow, hoping it’s not too late.
But will he reach them in time... before they are turned against him?
Unseasoned Adventurer
After six years in the Wizard Council, Thordric's confidence in his magic has grown.
But when High Wizard Vey - Thordric's superior and closest friend - goes missing, he faces his greatest challenge yet. Trying to find a way to save him and also maintain order in the Council, Thordric ventures to the four countries surrounding Dinia to seek out other forms of magic.
But his quest is far from easy, and dangers he never even knew existed soon spring onto his path.
This is a standalone novel, and can be enjoyed even if you haven't read other books in the series.
The Silent Neighbours
The Reaper Virus has raged across the globe, leaving over one billion people dead.
After an EMP brought Earth’s technological age to its knees, the superpowers have entered a race to rearm, leading to new tensions between the East and West.
Tensions that those responsible for the virus hope to exploit to deadly effect.
Unwillingly thrown into the fight once again, Adam and Sam find themselves in a deadly fight against evil. Against the one responsible for The Reaper.
The fate of the human race on Earth is about to be decided once and for all.
What Girls Are Good For
"Dramatic, engrossing, and spirited, What Girls Are Good For takes the reader straight to the heart of an unsung American hero--a feminist icon whose voice rings loud and true. This is a must-read for anyone who loves an underdog and celebrates justice; the perfect accompaniment for our present times." - Olivia Hawker, international bestselling author of The Ragged Edge of Night
Nellie Bly has the story of a lifetime. But will she survive to tell it?
Enraged by an article entitled ‘What Girls Are Good For’, Elizabeth Cochrane pens an angry letter to the Pittsburgh Dispatch, never imagining a Victorian newspaper would hire a woman reporter.
What Hunts Me
In the attic of the Watchers' large Edwardian house in San Francisco, a box is discovered.
Within the box are 100-year-old stories of ghost killers of the old. And among them, a diary, dated in 1915 and written by a young man named George Sinclair.
Strange drawings and writings in the diary tell of something sinister, and the final entry is loud and clear: George is a ghost killer, and he is being hunted. Modern-day George Sinclair knows that this discovery could be the key to his unknown heritage.
George and his friend travel to Pennsylvania to investigate. The more they learn, the clearer it becomes that something terrible happened in 1915, and it directly involved George’s great-grandfather.
And now, it is happening again.
Willard Notch
On the surface, Willard Notch is another quiet New Hampshire town.
But in the underbelly, something dark has awakened. The arrival of a sinister stranger ignites a terrifying series of events that spills blood, and baffles the experts.
Soon, truths of both past and present are uncovered. As the secrets behind the facade of the rural town slowly present themselves and converge in a bubbling cauldron of hate, only one person in town can fully comprehend what is happening around them.
But can she destroy the evil that plagues their home, and put it to rest for good?
Windrush: Blood Price
Jack Windrush and the 113th Foot are commissioned to Sevastopol during the Crimean War.
As the great storm of November 1854 rages, Jack's unit is rescuing survivors from a wrecked ship and finds out that one of the survivors is Helen Maxwell, his former sweetheart.
Soon after, they find themselves opposed by the Plastun Cossacks, and the siege of Sevastopol starts to take its toll. With British casualties mounting, Jack and the 113th need to take drastic measures to survive.
Praise:
★★★★★ - "Excellent plot and character development."
★★★★★ - "The descriptions of life in the Crimean army camps and the areas surrounding Sevastopol are so well written that you feel like you are there. An impressive series."
Within A Name
Ranat Totz has spent most of his life robbing the tombs of the dead for enough tin to buy his next drink.
But after he decides to loot the body of a wealthy priest he finds in an alley, he's arrested and convicted of murdering the man.
Realizing he's got nothing to show for his life, Ranat begins a desperate gamble to solve the crime he didn’t commit, so he can clear the only thing of value he has - his name. And maybe have another drink on the way.
Cradle of the Gods (The Soulstone Prophecy Book 1)
In the world of Allwyn, a war has led to the downfall of humanity. Thousand years later, the survivors live on the fringes of a vast dwarven empire.
Ghile, one of the last humans, is preparing for his Rite of Attrition in a settlement known as the Cradle of the Gods. Meanwhile, Almoriz the Sorcerer and his apprentice Riff arrive in Ghile’s village for their annual visit.
Their meeting sets forth a series of events that changes Ghile's life forever. He is marked as the Stonechosen, and wields powers of the gods themselves.
But Ghile is not alone; others chosen to fulfill the prophecy are also traveling to the Cradle, seeking to destroy him. The time of the Stonechosen has come.
Doug Maxwell (The Storm Trilogy Book 1)
Imagine an athlete so incredible that he dominates two sports - football and baseball - shattering records and lifting his team to championships every year.
Doug Maxwell is a new kind of reluctant hero. A boy from a fractured home, he now has to overcome crushing criticism from the media, opposing players and the public. Deep down, Doug is a kind, giving man, who struggles with his own inner demons and human foibles. But he is not a cheat.
Yet, Doug does have an incredible, supernatural secret. Having been bestowed amazing strength by an event in his childhood, Doug can now work towards fulfilling his greatest wish: to make his father proud.
But as his abilities grow, so do his detractors. After reporter Sue Ohuna notices that something is not quite human about Doug, she risks her career trying to uncover his secret. As stakes get higher, Doug soon needs to make life-changing decisions. But can he fulfill his true destiny?
Earthbound (Chronicles Of The Maca Book 1)
Marooned in 19th century West, Llewellyn meets young frontier woman Anna. The two become friends and comrades, their fates forever intertwined.
They find themselves together in the prairies of 19th century Texas, the bordellos of Civil War-era New Orleans, to Prohibition in the 1920s, the Great Depression, and the vastness of space.
But can they survive hardships through history, the enmity of their southern neighbors and the Civil War, to return to his home planet and exact his revenge?
Family (Reacher Short Stories Book 1)
Rachel and the Smith Brothers are on the run, trying to escape the dangers they left in the city.
But when they stop off for supplies, they suddenly find themselves in a whole new kind of trouble. Rachel realises the true nature of the men she is travelling with, but where exactly does she fit in?
This is a companion short story to the Reacher Series set between The Running Game and Border Lines. This story does not contain any major spoilers to the main series and can be read independently.
Magic! Hissed The Little Demons
Everyone has their demons.
From time to time, they'll sneak up on us or run about underfoot. They'll keep tripping us until we summon the one thing they can't stand: magic. That igniting surge of self-belief that sends them crawling back into the shadows.
An imaginative and accessible collection of poetry, Magic! Hissed The Little Demons explores depression, self-confidence, friendship, and determination, blending the fantastical with the contemporary, and a hint or two of sass.
Thin
The things 17-year-old Erin Post wants are drastically different from the things she needs. A junior in high school, Erin wants nothing more than to be thin.
In reality, she's a depressed girl with a serious eating disorder who needs to stop starving herself. When Erin’s mother insists that she see a psychiatrist, Erin runs away to Chicago. There, she meets Lin and Ari, two homeless teens who show her that’s there’s a lot more to the world than being thin and fitting in.
Soon after making her new friends, Erin is given a choice. She can either help her new friends and risk having to face psychiatric treatment, or continue her path toward thinness.
A 2017 Golden Pen Award Nominee, THIN is a poignant story of self-esteem, courage and redemption.
King of the Norse
Harald Hardrada wants the throne of Norway.
With the mad Byzantine emperor Michael The Fifth deposed, Harald turns his attention to the north. But General Maniakes has something different in mind for him.
Using Hardrada as an instrument of death, he's not the only one who seeks to rule Byzantium. Bishops lie, soldiers fight, assassins stalk the streets and lovers lament. And in the end, they all lose their lives.
Hardrada needs treasure to win his crown, and the new Empress Zoe has it. With few resources and even less time, Harald faces a difficult choice - and the specter of death is never far away.
Praise from readers:
★★★★★ - "Fast-paced and action-packed... Well developed characters with all of the intrigue and failings and triumphs of life. A recommended read."
