Sons and Mothers

The year was 1939 and soldiers were about to go to war. Constance Cummings, a sixteen-year-old beautiful but naïve young girl, was taken in by a conniving and duplicitous junior army officer who was already married with a family using a false identity.

With the false promise of later marriage and following a wager with his colleagues he lured the girl into a seedy room where he raped her.

She found herself to be pregnant and in 1940 she had a baby with an unknown father. Even though she had been duped and raped this was considered to be a disgrace and the child, a boy, was taken from her without her even being aware of his sex.

Meanwhile, some miles away the offender’s real wife gave birth to a son.

This is a story of their lives from that point on. Will Constance ever meet up with her son? Will the offender’s real wife ever realise what a dreadful man she had married? Will the two half-brothers ever meet and become friends?

The Competition

Eight unlikely chefs thrust together, a washed-up TV presenter, a large cash prize and an unforgiving Northumberland landscape. Add to this a previously forgotten ghost from the past and what could possibly go wrong?

Introducing a new and daring competition that everyone is just dying to be part of. A brutal and often darkly comic tale about why chefs should never be left to their own devices. Scores will be settled, friendships formed (and lost) and all in the pursuit of fifty thousand pounds.

Will anyone live to tell the tale? Hunting and foraging for food along with plummeting temperatures and the risk of exposure, there can be only one winner.

The De Molay Complex

The story begins with the main hero, Ben Arnold, when he is 11 years old. You see this young child on an almost suicidal mission. And after he loses his parents he is sent to the learning rooms, deep at the bottom of the De Molay complex; this is where all De Molay orphans are sent. There you see the other seven main characters within the Omega Squadron. The story then jumps forward 20 years. The now Hollywood heartthrob and chief director of the De Molay, U.S. Chapter, Ben Arnold, hears about the gruesome murders taking place in New York. And with his Omega unit, sets about stopping the monster. Army girl, Staff Sergeant Edwards, is on a mission in Mexico. And on her return, you then learn about the gateways all around America, which she uses in Florida. When she arrives back in New York, within minutes she stumbles upon a near-death situation for Ben Arnold within the gateway exit, where she goes on and saves his life. Later, a huge battle ensues at Lake Titicaca, on land and underwater between Ancient aliens, the U.S. Army, and an ancient religious order.

The Healed

A woman wakes up with her arms and legs tied, realizing almost immediately she is lying on train tracks. And to make matters worse, she has no memory of who she is or how she got there.

As she tries to live her life, still unsure whether she should start fresh or keep looking for information about herself, she can’t shake the feeling that there is something different about her. And, slowly, some memories start coming back to her, but they only bring more questions rather than answers.

The Jinn Knight

Robert Knight is a member of a powerful supernatural race known as the Jinn. Viewed as a threat by the rest of the supernatural world, the Jinn have been hunted into near extinction. When he and the last remaining members of his family are forced to flee for their lives, Robert decides that the time has come to try and overturn the millennia of hatred against his people and secure his family’s survival by establishing a spirit of friendship and trust. But with fanatical zealots hunting him at every turn, will Robert be able to convince anyone that the ancient crusade against his people is a war that should be left in the past?

The Jinn Knight is a story of chivalry, honour and integrity as one man fights for survival and acceptance within the supernatural community. Supernatural races, both more and less widely known, strive to bring about a better future, or to complete a centuries long quest for genocide.

The Mendelssohn Connection

Berlin, 2005: Will MacIntosh – the Canadian protagonist of James Macnutt’s previous, acclaimed, novel On Five Dollars a Day – is now a seasoned lawyer of almost 40 years who has allowed himself a three-month sabbatical in Europe. He intends to indulge his abiding fascination with European history and culture, and perhaps even connect with his own family history. Will’s interests are viewed with bemusement by his travelling companion Isaac Menshive, an old university friend who now practises surgery in New York and who views the trip as a welcome excuse to let rip. However, when they learn that Isaac has become the beneficiary of a staggeringly wealthy trust, the two of them determine to discover its origins, all the while aware that they are being followed across Eastern Europe by shadowy figures whose motives they can only guess at...

Moving across Europe from Berlin to Moscow via Poland and Belarus, The Mendelssohn Connection – the first in a trilogy – combines the structure of a travelogue, centred on the ever-bantering odd couple of Will and Isaac, with an impressively researched thriller, which patiently and methodically reveals a constantly growing, web-like conspiracy that threatens to envelop them completely

The Missing Marathoner

In 2015, Aaron Statham – a very successful marathon runner in the past – goes missing on his wedding day. The police are convinced that the young man has disappeared of his own free will and close the inquiry.

Only his fiancée Lisa doesn’t believe that Aaron is capable of betraying her, she is convinced that something horrible has happened to him. A year later, having exhausted all other means, she turns to the small “H&W private investigation agency”, run by an eccentric 62-year-old Lady Arina Holroyd and her junior partner Luke Weir, to find out the truth.

The case of the missing marathoner is not as straightforward as it seems at first glance, nor how it is dealt with by the police. It turns out to be a much more complex and increasingly dangerous murder investigation. The nearer Arina and Luke get to the bottom of it, the more obstacles they meet on their way.

The killer is clever and heartless, he removes anybody who gets in his way, he doesn’t leave any trace behind. One after another the key witnesses are murdered or disappear without a trace. The killer is exceptionally smart, he covers up his tracks well and, like a shark, he is approaching from the deep gloom ready for the next merciless attack. 

The Vulture’s Kiss

Parul and her aunty Sutra are busy organising Donald and Michael’s weddings. When they are offered a weekend at a lodge just outside National Park on the Volcanic plateau by Sally, their next-door neighbour, both ladies decide to take advantage of the offer as a rest before the weddings. Before Parul leaves, she instructs Dolly Dennis and Parul’s new detective to look after the new agency. Dolly investigates the mystery urinator on Mrs Bagshot’s lawn and steps. While the two ladies are relaxing in the lodge, a murder is committed. There is a snow blizzard and everyone plus the murderer is snowbound in the lodge. Parul and Sutra try to investigate the murder. Parul is attacked and someone tries to strangle Sutra. Eventually, the snow clears. The National Park and Wanganui police try to locate the murderer. They flee over the snow drifts. Back at home, the ladies get on with the weddings, and a mysterious envelope arrives.

To Catch a Mouse

In a world where memory fades and knowledge elude, Louis navigates solely by instinct, his past a blank slate. Meanwhile, Michael stumbles upon a coveted treasure trove of knowledge, its origins shrouded in mystery. The path ahead remains uncertain as they follow the sticky trail of clues.

Amidst this enigmatic journey, a host of characters, burdened by loss and driven by longing, embark on their own quests. Brown Shyn, a relentless seeker of truth, weaves through intricate webs of imagination, piecing together fragments until they coalesce into meaning. Their paths intersect, converging upon Billy, the embodiment of our collective hopes and uncertainties. Will he triumphantly unearth the long-awaited gold, or succumb to the weight of doubt?

Yet amidst the thrill and turmoil, a figure of resilience emerges – Orchid. In a realm where male characters dominate, she yearns to demonstrate that the pursuit of “redemption’s nectar” is the ultimate prize, a cure for the poverty that haunts their minds. As the boundaries between knowledge and peace blur, their destinies intertwine, and the unveiling of truth becomes both their salvation and their downfall.

Lockdown Infinity

Lockdown Infinity seamlessly continues the gripping narrative that began in Lockdown Alpha. In this novel, the story follows a woman consumed by the torment of unrequited love, leading her down a dark path of stalking and heinous crimes amidst the unending COVID-19 pandemic. Desperate to fulfil her obsessive desires, she harnesses metaphysical, mystic, and quantum powers to transform from a mere human into a complex, monstrous entity driven by a relentless killing instinct.

Against the backdrop of the pandemic, the story fearlessly explores LGBTQ issues, including discrimination, insecurity, mental illness, attempted suicide, and the tragic reality of lives lost to suicide. The narrative delves deep into the social, economic, and psychological complexities that arise during lockdown, shedding light on how these challenges can lead to disturbing and abnormal human behaviour, ultimately resulting in a surge of criminal activity.

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.

Peter

Peter is a special boy with an all-consuming passion for aviation, and it is his dream to fly as a career. We follow his journey from school and his exam results through starting work, and eventually obtaining a place as a pilot cadet with an international airline. We share the highs and lows of his training, of being away from his close family for the first time, and the efforts of his elder brother to thwart his chances.