Five rich women have diied in June and July in Torbay (known as the English Riviera), one each summer for the last five years. Is there a holiday murderer on the loose? Now, as the sixth midsummer approaches and the area starts to fill up with its annual influx of a quarter of a million visitors, are the wealthy ladies of Torquay once again in danger? What are the chances of finding the killer before the next murder occus?The local CID are struggling to find a way through the huge ...

John is forced to give up his course St John´s College, Cambridge by the death of his father and he is thrown out of Riversmeet by Alison Stacey. He sets out to exact his revenge. But he needs to get money and power. He is helped in this, firstly by Sammie Joslin with his carpentry, and secondly by Sarah Grant, who wishes to build a housing development.

Continuing his adventures in The Secret of the Cathars, Philip Sinclair returns to the Languedoc, after a week away, to find that his fiancée, the beautiful archaeologist, Jackie Blontard, has gone missing. His desperate search to discover her whereabouts leads him to put his own life in danger. However that is only the beginning.When the two of them are finally reunited, as a result of his search, they are plunged even deeper into a maelstrom of conflicting events where t...

The woman began to bounce up and down like a horse-rider trotting, gasping with pleasure. The man beneath her was jerking in violent spasms. There came an animal howl of hurt which brought their movements to a juddering halt. Caroline knew she had to get away.The ferry´s engines had stopped. The only port they could reach is Dubrovnik. But the Yugoslav Civil War is happening and Dubrovnik is under siege. Will the JNA open fire?She was struck across the face. A vice-like gri...

Philips Sinclair is given a letter from his recently deceased grandmother which tells him he is the direct descendent of Phillipe de Saint Claire, one of the four perfecti who escaped from the castle of Montsegur with the treasure of the Cathars strapped to their backs.The recently discovered journal of Phillipe reveals how he walled up the treasure in a shallow cave in the lowest cellar in the remote castle of le Bezu in the Languedoc region of France.The archaeologist Jac...

In the third book of the Languedoc trilogy, tension has arisen betweenPhilip and Jackie. She is in Paris concentrating all her time and energy on her new TV series.She tells him he will have to live his life on his own for the next three months at least. Is this the way it will always be in the future?So Philip is left in Rennes-le-Chateau working on the half-ruined castle they are buying. However, if she has no time for him at present, there are two other women who, for th...

When Sebastian Bishop turned into Calle Costera he immediately saw the two Guardia Civil cars parked outside his villa. That meant somebody had already told the police about his contact with the Condesa. They would be waiting to arrest him. When they found that his DNA matched that on and in her body, and on the sash of her dressing-gown that had been used to strangle her, they would undoubtedly charge him with her murder.How had he got into this disastrous position in such a short...

Tricked into marriage with the wrong woman, John strugglrs with his private life. Meanwhile the property development business is growing fast and demands much of his time. On his "honeymoon" in New York, he discovers a new method of building which he is determined to bring back to England. On his hurried return, he attempts to sort out his father-in-laws gambling problems - an attemot which leads to tragedy. Contains sexually descriptive material.

John´s future appears to have stabilised with Rosemary and his son, David, living with him at Riversmeet. However, Alison wants to get him thrown out of the Stacey Trust. He is becoming involved with Lady Sylvia Colville, wife of the owner of Burleigh Park Estate, and this leads to problems. The block of luxury flats at St James becomes a profitable development when a Saudi princess decides to take the top two floors. He has problems at the Worcester development and recruits Alan Kandrisek...

John steps back from the brink of suicide. He starts the fight for his survival and that of his company. Marian comes back into his life to help. He prevents Rosemary from re-marrying and is forced to rescue Alison, his wife, following the death of her new lover in Spain. Meanwhile his friendship with Cynthia and her mother is developing. But the expansion of his business interests is prevented by his call-up to do national service. This leads to his physical disablement.

As a result of the injuries he received when he was attacked during his army training, John is discharged from national service. Despite his damaged body, he is determined to develop the timber framing system as quickly as possible. Alison´s behaviour also increases his desire to divorce her. The housing development at Stacey Park wins an award and, as a result of his speech at the ceremony, further, even larger development opportunities arise. Helped by Marian´s money, he also purchases a...

Martin Ferris wakes up on a clifftop on an island off the Cornish coast. It is a stormy autumn evening. He discovers he is marooned, apparently alone on the island. How did he get to be here?He begins to realise that he is in a most dangerous situation. He comes across a young woman who seems to know who he is, although he has never met her before. There is also an army Major, ex-Sandhurst and the Guards, who is apparently expecting him to turn up at the castle on the island. And a...