Poor Jack had to cope with his mum every day. He didn’t understand what was happening to her or why she was so stressed. On one tragic day, she thoughtlessly changed all that for him. He would never see her again.Help for Jack appears quickly, in the form of two lovers from the railway police: the amorous DI Crosier and the ever-willing Sergeant Claire Cardin. They can’t offer Jack a home, but their uneasy solution to Jack’s problem is short lived as further tragedies soon strike.

DI Crosier has much more than the serial killer on his mind. Someone dear to his heart is missing. His priority now is to find her. It seems as if all his plans to catch the serial killer are going wrong. His boss from Manchester Railway Police Department is proving himself to be worse than useless and, to top it all, his old chum from The Met pulls rank. But Crosier his having none of it: to hell with the consequences. Only the lovely sergeant, Clare Cardin, understands Crosier and seems ...

A wry look at Thai life by, Edwin Tipple. In his many extended visits to Thailand, he never ceases to be amazed by ordinary Thai people: the way they organize things - like the way they travel - their kindness and outlook on life. All, except one, of the twelve short tales in this book are amusing experiences you're unlikely find in any travel guide.

Unknown to DI Crosier, a serial killer is on the rampage slowly eliminating those he doesn't like. But why?Crosier's eventual attempt to trick the killer only puts more pressure on his family life.aprox 33,000 words

My Other Thai Eye is a collection of my personal observations about Thailand, gained though several visits to the country. But reviewers of the first book in the series wanted more: more wry stories; more about getting around and more about 'the other side of Thailand'. So in My Other Thai Eye you'll find additional information about the 2014 military coup, prostitution, corruption - including the incredible rich pledging scheme - and the political situation made simple.

Based on a tru event: England's worst train wreck in 1952, killing 112 and injuring 340.The ministry investigation posthumously blamed the experienced train crew, of the overnight sleeper, but never established what went so wrong on the footplate.Lorna survived the carnage, but seven years on she still suffers from terrible nightmares. Can DI Crosier help without wrecking his marriage?33,000 words

The bestselling author of THE THORN BIRDS returns with a novel of laughter, passion and more than a little magic …1960, Sydney's Kings Cross. Harriet Purcell leaves her conventional, respectable home and respectable, passionless boyfriend and moves into a rooming house owned by Mrs. Delvecchio Schwartz.There, Harriet finds a life she relishes – excitement, adventure and passion. Mrs. Delvecchio Schwartz makes a living from telling fortunes, and is mother to 4-year-old Flo. ...

A young, disabled girl is lost on a winter's night in Leith, unable to help herself or find her way home. Someone is combing the streets, frantically searching for her. Within hours of her disappearance, a body is washed up on Beamer Rock, a tiny island in the Forth being used as part of the foundations for the new Queensferry Bridge. No sooner has Detective Inspector Alice Rice managed to discover the identity of that body than another one is washed up on the edge of the estuary, in Belha...

Detective Inspector Charlie Priest believes in doing things by the book. It's just that, in the heat of the chase, he sometimes turns over two page at once. His unorthodox but Priest does get results. When he's not putting crooks behind bars, he's watching out for his team of young constables, only too aware that for them, as much as for him, the knockabout humour of the cop-shop is in stark contrast to the dangers they face on the beat.Sheep stealing and shoplifting are everyday cr...

In her debut memoir Narrow Margins Marie Browne saved her family from financial ruin by moving her long-suffering husband, three children and a dog on to a houseboat called Happy Go Lucky in search of a less stressful, alternative way of life.Now in Narrow Minds the family find themselves sucked back into normality, they're pretty much back where they started, horrible house, no boat and the kids are beginning to threaten mutiny.Facing perky postmen, ice skating cows, psych...

'Few writers blend the ancient and supernatural with the modern and criminal better than Rickman.' - GuardianDiocesan Exorcist: a job viewed by the Church of England with such extreme suspicion that they changed the name. It's Deliverance Consultant now. Still, it seems, no job for a woman. But when the Bishop offers it to Merrily Watkins - parish priest and single mum - she's in no position to refuse.It starts badly for Merrily and gets no easier....

There’s nothing Detective Inspector Charlie Priest hates more than a case involving children.When Georgina, the eight-year-old daughter of a local businessman, goes missing, Charlie and his colleagues soon start to fear the worst. And there’s something about the distraught father that doesn’t add up.Life is further complicated when it seems a killer is targeting clergymen. The murderer’s unusual calling card is Charlie’s only clue…Who is the Mushroom Man?