Africa in my Heart

Africa in my Heart encompasses tragedy, bereavements and recovery as well as protection for the environment and endangered species. It is a murder mystery but at its heart are two love stories: love of a place and romantic love. Beginning with a horrific tragedy, Jessica’s story unfolds against a background of the fight against poaching and her search for her own identity and place in the world. As a result of trying to track down the murderers, Jessica becomes involved with anti-poaching organisations. She and Lawrence become especially involved when they hear there is to be a raid on their friends’ safari park. They go on a mission to save the elephants and rhinos together with the police and anti-poaching organisations. Even as they draw closer together Jessica and Lawrence find themselves in great danger. Can they learn the truth about the murders and save the rhinos and elephants from poachers? How do they themselves escape from mortal danger?

Aftershock

When the ground beneath you starts to shake, there will follow an aftershock…

A normal day dawns, but for two people, lives have taken an unplanned and unwanted path.

Anna can’t remember anything about the night before and struggles to piece together what happened. Mark remembers everything but wishes he didn’t. He even wishes that it hadn’t happened at all.

What follows is the inevitable course of revelation, horror, guilt and shame inflicted on two individuals by the actions of others.

This hard-hitting debut novel highlights the ongoing vulnerability of women and explores the devastating impact of misplaced trust and loyalty.

An Easy Death for Some

Gina, in search of new employment opportunities, stumbles upon an intriguing job listing in her local newspaper. The role, based at Manor Lodge, promises a blend of housekeeping, office work, and childcare, and even offers accommodation for the right candidate. Owned by the successful and enigmatic couple, Gerald and Hilary Thomas, Manor Lodge seems like the ideal place for Gina to start afresh.

But is Gina truly the right fit for this seemingly perfect position? As she delves deeper into her new role, unsettling questions arise. Trust becomes a luxury she can’t afford, especially when she uncovers a disturbing pattern: people connected to Manor Lodge are mysteriously dying.

Caught in a web of secrets and lies, Gina must unravel the truth before it’s too late. Is she destined to be the next victim, or can she expose the dark underbelly of Manor Lodge in time to save herself?

An Ideal Daughter

Annie Grant loved her family, her violin, and her study. Once, a long time ago, she had also loved Liam.

When Annie opened the door that evening, she expected the supermarket delivery. Instead, it was Liam on the doorstep, begging for help. Annie, still a schoolgirl, was drawn into a situation that threatened not only Liam’s life, but the lives of many others, including her own.

The Covid-19 pandemic was raging as Annie fought to keep Liam, her family and herself out of danger. It would take every bit of her remarkable intellect and her incredible ingenuity to achieve this. All the while, she had another struggle on her hands – to maintain her focus and achieve the ambition that involvement with Liam was threatening to derail.

If it all went wrong a lot of people were going to die and not just from Covid-19.

Au Revoir, Mate!

My name is Dougay Roberre. My passport reads: Douglas Roberts. I don’t think either is real. At age three, my parents fled France to go into witness protection. I grew up in Sydney, Australia, among the sun, the sand, and the surf. As I neared forty, I had a yearning to discover my French roots, selling my Bondi Beach apartment and buying an attic apartment in Nice on the Cote d’Azur. I can speak French, though not read nor write it. I can use my fists – as a teenager I was taught to box. Without academic qualifications, I take whatever employment comes my way. I am a man for hire. I looked to where the car had stopped. On the footpath was a dark form – a non geometric shape. Curiosity aroused, I crossed to it. It was a person. I turned the body over and she moaned, “Don’t phone the police. Don’t phone the police.”

Avenging Angels

The clock is ticking in this fast-paced novel, in which a man who has lost everything journeys his way down a path of deceit, with deadly consequences.

While trying to come to terms with his tragic loss, evil forces are at work, which make him realise that all is not how it may seem.

The man is Mike Feather, a builder and family man, he could be any of us, which leads you to ask yourself the questions: how far would you go for your family or a friend in need? Who do you trust with your life or more importantly, with your family?

We put our faith in a system that is there to protect us from the wickedness of evil people, but what we expect and what we get are seldom the same thing.

The story encourages the reader to re-evaluate their belief of whether the end justifies the means, as ethical lines are crossed, and whether taking the law into your own hands is ever justifiable.

Everyone has their breaking point, and when you’ve nothing left to lose, but your whole world to gain, what would you do?

Bad Things

Even good people do bad things…

Ten years ago, eighteen-year-old Ariana Callum disappeared on the eve of her high school graduation in one of the most gruesome crimes Miami has ever seen. Everyone thinks they know what happened to her that night, but her best friend, Delphine Quin, knows more than she’s willing to admit. After all, she was at Ariana’s house moments before she disappeared…

Today, Delphine is the embodiment of the perfect woman who has it all: a loving husband, a beautiful home and a company on the verge of going public. All traces of her friendship with Ariana have been erased, as if their lives never intersected at all. That is until Ariana shows up in Miami one day, very much alive. Terrified that Ariana’s reappearance will jeopardise her perfect life, Delphine reaches out to her high school sweetheart, Ryan Martinez, the key to her alibi for the night of Ariana’s disappearance. But Ryan harbours a dark secret of his own and he’ll do anything to ensure it never comes to light.

Will the secrets they’ve kept buried for ten years finally surface and destroy their perfect lives?

Bad Things is a dark, character-driven thriller which will strike a chord with fans of Gillian Flynn’s Sharp Objects, Megan Miranda’s All the Missing Girls and Jessica Knoll’s Luckiest Girl Alive.

“Old secrets and obsessions plague three former friends... a dramatic crime story.” 

– Kirkus Reviews

“Deliciously tense and relentlessly intriguing, this story gripped me from the beginning and didn't let go.” 

– Alexi Lawless, Bestselling Author of the Complicated Creatures series

Beyond the Blue Girl

Katie Brown is a troubled girl from Edinburgh. She suffers horrific abuse from her evil father. She decides one day to leave home for a better life in London but things don't go smoothly for her and she spirals downwards into a life of stripping and drug abuse. After meeting a rich and handsome photographer, Katie feels her life is starting to look brighter but the charming man has other plans for her that involve his psychopathic friend, the Wallpaper Man. She is introduced to the dark world of high society and has her eyes opened to the sick and twisted activities of the elite!

Beyond the Cane

James Royston had sent his twelve-year-old son, Fredrick, to a private boarding school where he learned he was being excessively caned by one of the masters.
As private investigators, he and his partner Fred Baker wanted to know why, so set about uncovering what skulduggery was going on. They set out to learn who the master was and his background. Anthony Oliver, a ruthless businessman who had purchased the school only to make money was the villain around what the school was about. In the process of investigation, blackmail, attempted murder, illegal gun-running and skeletons in cupboards were discovered. Criminal exploits including military service were exposed, and family reputations ruined. It was a good case to solve, to sell to a newspaper and a good story for the reader to enjoy.
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Black and White Make Grey

When Brendon arrived from Jamaica on the THS Windrush, all the streets were not paved in gold, but in snow. It took a few years to finally have his whole family with him including his youngest daughter Delphine, who succeeded against all odds, becoming deputy-head girl in school and representing her county in badminton. She met her first love, William, who was not only white but was also married with a daughter. Later they had a son, who they called Jack.

William’s work often took him away from home, spending lonely nights in hotel rooms. He found other ways to help his boredom. Tragedy struck in a horrific way. Families were split and the umbilical cord between mother and son was tested beyond belief. Will religion be the saviour?

Black Heat

The world comes crashing down when one of Detective Joe Johnson’s enemies orders his family to be killed. Detective Joe Johnson must rely on his partner, Vernon Brown and his hoodlum friends to spoil the murderous plot and face his own demons as he enters into this mystery of Black Heat. This story is a page turner from the beginning to end. An action-packed story with comedy, romance, and suspense that will have you anticipating the killer’s next move.

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Bonecreake: The Strange Tale of Maudy Jiller

December 1878. North Sea gales batter the wash estuary of England’s east coast, covering the desolate marshes and riverbanks under a near impenetrable blanket of snow and ice. Isolated and alone, the impoverished fishing community of Bonecreake faces hardship like never before.

But when the warmth of spring thaws the freezing conditions of a prolonged winter, a terrible secret is revealed: four children of Bonecreake are missing.

Investigating their disappearance falls on the youthful shoulders of Constable Hollins. With both the inhabitants of Bonecreake and his superiors demanding answers, is the inexperienced Constable Hollins capable of solving the macabre puzzle of the children’s disappearance?

What part does the widowed mother, Maudy Jiller, have to play in an investigation exposing the hypocrisy at the heart of the social and moral values of Victorian England?

As disturbing as it is engaging, Bonecreake: The Strange Tale of Maudy Jiller is every parent’s fear, and every mother’s nightmare.