Out of Hours

A series of events takes us away from our quiet Welsh seaside town, Barry Island, to several countries across Europe. Aided by London’s notorious East End gangster, Bootsie Burns, and Isobelle Omerta, who runs her West End escort agency to help us recover our stolen diamonds back from Romanian criminals on the Isle of Dogs with brutal consequences.

A chance meeting in Milan with Jacques Couture’s friend, Oralik Kalashnikov, both ex French Foreign Legionnaires, Oralik proposes a daring heist on the Musée du Louvre. But there are obstacles to overcome first. Testing times call for drastic measures and our gang is going to be tested to their limits as situations start to spiral out of control crossing paths with a Russian mafia boss.

Myself, Bernie, Mick nor Melody with her narcissistic behaviours which are becoming progressively more pronounced couldn’t  have prepared ourselves or foretold how these events would unfold over the coming year to the extent that we would have to go too to gain what most of us love the most, money. In these series of enduring events that will emotionally detach each of us from our civilised society with each of our lives becoming more infested, more barbaric, more bizarre with each unexpected turn of events and the extreme lengths that we will have to go to hold onto our freedom, our sanity, our morals, ethics and principles that will strain, drain, frighten, sicken and at times demoralise our very souls as they will yours.

Orvil: Trial and Error

Orvil sits alone in a diner to celebrate his 21^st birthday. He feels lonely and abandoned...his new girlfriend just dumped him and his mother recently died. He has no idea who his father is. He hates his first name, lives in a rundown trailer, had sacrificed his studies at City College to care for his ailing parent, and drives trucks just to scrape by. Totally lost since his mother’s death, his free time revolves around eating junk food and chugging beers in front of the tube. As he’s feeling sorry for himself, he perceives a gunman entering the diner and firing his AR-15 at everyone in sight. This experience forever changes Orvil’s life. Powerful and insightful, humourous and tragic, through trial and error, Orvil Smith’s story takes us on a tour of modern America from the rural to the urban, from the poor to the rich, and from the righteous to the corrupt.

Operation Vivienne

Harry Maxwell is a 47-year-old career detective who is reaching the end of his service when he is seconded to Papua New Guinea. After a few months in the highlands of that country, dealing with tribal murders, rapes and robberies, he is transferred to Port Moresby with other ex-pats to devise and deliver detective training. However, almost immediately, he is sent back to the highlands to investigate PNG’s first armed robbery and additionally, possible police corruption and rumours of heroin production.

The investigation is fast-moving but complicated by the impending arrival of his girlfriend from the UK. Ably assisted by national detectives, the action moves to remote jungle areas of the country as well as desert islands in the South Pacific, where he is chased by criminal gangs that might be headed by a Nazi from World War II. It escalates to a new level, moving to Orpheus Island, then Sydney, and reaches an apparent nemesis in Hong Kong.

Harry seems to court trouble.

Operation Take Down

Shawnna, a veteran Navy Seal determined young lady who stops at nothing to complete her mission of capturing a notorious terrorist for a 10-million-dollar reward. Teaming up with Shawnna are two of her best friends, Doretha Hollaway along with Evelyn Staford join in this mission. First, they must learn the Muslim religion before going abroad. Infiltrating Iraq becomes a daunting task while trying to blend in without being caught. Having prior tactical skills Shawnna has taught her friends how to defend themselves. Things do not appear as Evelyn had thought as she has a change of heart during the mission. Doretha continues to focus on getting back home alive. High in the mountains Shawnna, Doretha and Evelyn must try to survive in order to find out Maurad’s next move. Terrorist Maraud Yogasolfa sets his plan in motion with his destructive evil ways, wanting to attack and destroy America, not knowing he is up for a battle because someone must live, and someone must die.

One of Us

Police officer Ava’s world is turned upside down when she is forced to face her feelings for Kate at a school reunion. Simultaneously, one murder after another pulls her back home to assist in solving a case involving her team members.

Ava experiences an internal struggle as she attempts to rekindle a lifelong yearning for a relationship with Kate. Whilst her profession requires her attention as Forensic Psychologist to find a killer.

One gruesome murder after the other forces her to find the commonality, and the only link she can identify… is Kate.

Will she be able to win over the heart she thought was lost to her forever? Will her work bring the relationship to an end before it has even started? And will she survive long enough to even have a chance at love?

Once Upon a Time in Jamaica - Part 1

This book sheds light on important issues of the time, delving into the brutality of humanity and the consequences of violence in society. Readers will find the issues raised in this book both alarming and thought-provoking. The author examines the dark side of the human race and how some individuals are forever bent on mayhem and destruction.

However, the book also shows that even the most difficult adversity can be overcome with a little cooperation. The author highlights the power of collaboration and the need to root out bad influences before they become too strong to control.

Through powerful storytelling, the book highlights the harsh reality of Shakespeare’s famous words, that the “evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones.” The author provides insights into the merciless actions of those without sympathy for their fellow human beings.

In conclusion, this book urges readers not to sit back and watch as the ears of wheat and tears of humanity grow together until the day of harvest. Instead, the author advocates for immediate action to root out the bad influences in society and promote positive change. This is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the darker side of human nature and how we can work together to overcome it.

On One Normal Night

When life takes a cruel turn and everything you knew becomes the unknown.

Macy Reynolds was an ordinary girl with an ordinary life, until one day that life was shattered by a cruel attack on her.

People’s lives spiral out of control as a number of suspects are interviewed and secrets and lies are unravelled.

But will Macy’s attacker ever be exposed?

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A sociopath managing an aged care facility: What could go wrong?

Precocious and pretty Maxine Gilbert is a clever and talented nine-year-old, adored by a doting father. She is also cruel, sadistic and without remorse, delighting in manipulating others and torturing small animals. When her mother is diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, Maxine is disgusted, not just by her mother’s disability, but by the inconvenience it brings. Watching a nurse care for her mother, Maxine learns that nurses can hurt or heal. Maxine decides to be a nurse when she grows up.

Forty years on, after countless complaints against her nursing in various clinical care settings, Maxine scams a job as Managing Director of an aged care facility, Treetops, and the residents are in for a rough time.

Under Maxine’s management, physical and medical restraint of residents is encouraged, and neglect, poor hygiene, and restrictions of residents’ liberty, nourishment and medical support are exhorted. Frightened, depressed, and malnourished residents are left isolated, locked away, and laying in their own waste. They develop excruciating infections, suffer illness, and even die. Maxine faces rising antagonism from Treetops’ residents, and their friends and family. 

A new carer at Treetops, Seleena, who recently escaped an abusive marriage, cannot stay silent. Along with warning residents, and others, Seleena writes a letter of complaint. After finding a suspicious lump in her breast, could Maxine, who always hated illness and vulnerability in others, finally learn compassion? Or will she continue her ruthless ways?

Old Fart Secret Agent

In the gripping spy novel, the hidden machinations orchestrated by governments and corporate giants come to light decades after the fact. Within these pages lies a captivating tale that chronicles the extraordinary journey of an unsuspecting young man thrust into the treacherous realm of espionage. As the story unfolds, the reader is drawn into a web of intrigue, witnessing how the secretive world of shadows can transform an ordinary individual into an unlikely hero. Amidst the tangled web of deception, the question lingers: What fate awaits this amateur operative entangled in a dangerous game beyond his wildest imagination?

Od Burge

A young detective in a foreign land is desperate to discover how a murderer and a thief can disappear from the face of the earth.A killer has realised his long run of luck in evading detection and capture is in jeopardy. Will he murder again before his luck runs out?

Nusantara

After dropping out of university, getting a job as a storeman, doing drugs and then splitting up with his wife, Jack, in a fit of depression, joins the Australian Army and is sent to East Timor at the height of the troubles. He “volunteers” for a mission in Indonesia, where the United Nations, with help from the US Navy and the Royal Marines, are trying to rescue a group of foreigners, mostly Europeans, being held hostage by the local rebels. Jack completes his mission only to become the victim of misdirected revenge.

Nothing Is as It Seems

Nothing Is as It Seems is a story about the power of love, loss and obsession! Architect Sam Johnson and his family relocate from London to pursue a new job in York. They seem to have the perfect life, but Sam is hiding a dark secret that he can’t escape. Lily Hayes is struggling with the loss of her mother’s death. Searching for peace she travels to Australia to distance herself from her haunting past. Leading separate, normal lives, Sam and Lily are connected by one brutal crime. When Olivia Bloom goes missing, Lily Hayes’ life is turned upside down as she becomes entangled in the missing persons investigation. As their lives intertwine, the characters are drawn into a web of secrets.