Union Blues

A nature lover, Willow embraces life to its fullest potential. After all, she is living her life as two people. When her identical twin sister, Molly, sadly dies a short time after birth, she carries with her the memory of sharing the same beginnings of life.

When Willow becomes a mother, the voice of Molly begins to drown out all sense of reality as post-natal depression takes over her every thought.

Gabriel is a third-year medical student when he begins a relationship with Willow. Coming from a very different background, he hides his own secret, one which will have far-reaching and serious consequences.

As the story unfolds, it is revealed that his parents’ own troubled past is the driving force behind the unfolding events.

Unity

Vengeance is Mine

In Nursery Rhymes, D.C.I. Keir Dickson put two young brothers behind bars for eight years. In They Never Saw It Coming, the government devised a two-year plan to reduce the congested English prisons. A priest by the name of Fr. Shaun O’Brien takes on the task of rehabilitating the two brothers, or so it appeared. The real purpose of taking on these two brothers was to wreak vengeance on the police and British army. D.C.I Keir Dickson foils the plan but the priest is injured, losing his hand in the process.

The story now continues with Shaun O’Brien escaping from the hospital bed, hellbent on revenge for the death of his two twin brothers, shot by British soldiers while trying to run a roadblock in Ireland, and for the torture to which he was submitted.

D.C.I. Keir Dickson and his team now have the task of finding O’Brien, and finally bringing him to justice for good.

Warsecret

There are good secrets, bad secrets, and mysteries. Two dramatic incidents happen on the same day. First, a hacker attack is carried out in England, then the old Farm Hall tapes are stolen from the National Government Communications Head Quarters (NGCHQ) – England’s most secure archive. Achilles, the main protagonist of Warsecret, sees a sinister and dangerous connection between the two events. As the top negotiator of Organisation Number One (ONO) and director of the Global Agency for Informed Consent (GAIG), he must find out why and how they are linked. A series of suspenseful and dramatic actions take place in Berlin, Cambridge, London, and New York. During this sensational adventure, Achilles relies on the help of his young, stoic assistant, Lucillo, and the advice of two enlightened colonels, James Neill and Dag Olsen. The final act plays out at a global negotiation about nuclear weapons and the quantum computer, where the deep-rooted danger of scientific inventions of this type will become apparent. As will the terrifying system of secrecy that screens them from scrutiny.

Wednesday's Bananas

1974 was by no stretch of the imagination, the most tranquil year of Ireland’s history and 46 year old Robbie McDolan would be wise to realise how lucky he was to be employed aboard the German registered freighter under the command of Captain Hank on their way south across the warming Atlantic on their way to the Republic of Colombia to load a full cargo of some 300,000 boxes of bananas, half of which were to be destined for the Republic of Ireland. Captain Hank expected this to be a quiet voyage, ending in him going on leave for a well-earned rest, once back in Europe. But would the Columbian drug barons of Medellin have other ideas?

What a Wicked Web We Weave

What a Wicked Web We Weave is a novel full of mystery, intrigue, murder, revenge, fraud and betrayal amongst many other things. It has several twists and turns as you get enthralled into each chapter and it will leave the reader in suspense and at the edge of their seat, right up to the end.

After spending ten years working for the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), Tony Lodge finally lands the job of his dreams in the fraud department. He gets thrown in at the deep end when they receive an anonymous phone call, asking them to investigate one of their managers. Being the new kid on the block, it was easier for the department to put him on the case, as it was thought to be a hoax.

As Tony gets deeper and deeper into the investigation, things start to unfold and point him in the direction of someone a lot closer to home than he imagined. Tony tracks back in time to when the office the senior manager in question moved to when it opened a few years before. This is when the investigation starts to throw open suspicious deaths and an episode of mystery.

I hope you enjoy reading my first novel, What a Wicked Web We Weave, as much as I enjoyed writing it.

When A Man Becomes A Monster

A compelling plot and an immersive read with fascinating, engaging characters brought to life by their motivations and believable banter throughout. Harvey and James are two strong lead characters that you will want to invest in. Follow them as detectives as they race against time to try to understand, unravel the clues, and apprehend Jason Mitchells. Who knows what true horrors they may face along the way and how they will affect them?

A story full of unexpected twists and turns, cleverly thought out with a satisfying and rewarding conclusion, that asks questions that need to be answered by the reader. What is the truth? Are there no heroes? Who is the man who becomes a monster? Search your soul for the answers.

This book is a must-read for all detective and thriller enthusiasts. The atmosphere and tone of this book are set from the start and do not disappoint throughout.

Who is Mango Chutney?

The year 2001: at a Swedish summer resort, a young female journalist enters an exhibition with Tibetan relics. The visit triggers what appears to be an epileptic seizure. A monk present discovers a hidden language in her outbursts. Some messages are enigmatic, others down to Earth to prove authenticity. The two are Eva-Anna and Tashi.
Some 32 years earlier in the Indian Himalayas: a Tibetan is on a secret mission under the alias of a monk. He too suffers from a seizure. A Western woman who wants to become a Buddhist monk likewise finds a meaning in the alleged epilepsy. They are Dorje and Jill.
Rumours of the incidents reach a shady part of our world where too many economic strings are held by some faceless individuals.
To them the idea of access to realms beyond the normal is tempting, to say the least. Or devastating. The same goes for an eccentric Tibetan lama who tries to undermine the rules of evolution.
Caught by situations so contrary to common sense and science, where do Eva-Anna, Tashi, Dorje and Jill put their loyalties? It’s about love, greed and a rip in the illusion of time and space.

Wicked Innocence

A psychopathic seventeen-year-old Logan begins to question his actions after his mother is brutally murdered. In his hunt to find the man responsible, he uncovers his family’s dark secret, one that could explain his penchant for murder.

Willingly Captured

Bianca knew one thing: she would do whatever it took to stay alive. Trying to control her own life she fell into a controlling relationship, not wanting to stay in this miserable life she made a run for it. And that’s when her life went from bad to worse. Her motto, “A girl has to do what a girl has to do”, was tested to extreme lengths when she had to choose to kill another innocent to save her own life. Feeling trapped although not wanting to leave, Bianca found love with her abuser as he tested her loyalty and willingness to survive.  

Yesterday, Today and Forever

Summer and her younger sister Mandy are driving back to Auckland and are involved in a car accident; Mandy is found dead and Summer is paralysed.
Mathew is married with one son. He falls in love with Robbin who is an exotic dancer and escort at The Pink Pussy Cat in the red light district of Auckland. 

Parul, Sutra, Dennis and the twins Donald and Michael attend a BBQ and meet Mathew, his wife Liz Fletcher and his wheelchair-bound girlfriend Summer. 

The detectives join a Scottish country dance club to try to find out where Mathew goes at night after dancing with his wife. The twins reconnect with Tilly, Badger and Bella who are all grown up now. Parul finds she is pregnant. Mathew is found battered to death in a park by his now pregnant girlfriend Robbin. Robbin is charged with Mathew’s murder. It’s up to the detectives to prove she is innocent.

Zero Recall

Imagine what it would be like if every single fragment of your memory is erased and all you know is that someone is trying to kill you.

When Jason Harper wakes up in hospital, he has no knowledge of who or what he is and, more importantly, who had tried to kill him and caused the bloodbath at his house. It seems that a bullet fragment lodged in the brain does that to you.

He has been informed of his name and that he is a psychiatrist by a disturbingly attractive detective sitting by his bedside. He assumes that he must have had patients, but knowledge of family and friends, colleagues, his past and his future is a total blank. He has nothing other than grim determination to help him piece together the puzzle that is his former life.

A suspenseful, frightening road of unravelling his past and the people populating it, enfolds with many unsuspecting twists and turns. Some information comes as a shock and it is only when he delves into the darker side of his past that he is able to make some sense of the present.

Harper will be profoundly tested on his ability to stay alive as well as his mental capacity to emotionally deal with his past.