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Pretty Wonder
£8.99A captivating debut fantasy from musician and psychic Jenna Leigh-Raine, in which a young girl and her cat embark on a modern adventure of life and wonder to heal generations of lost ghosts and lovely spirits just looking for their love. Go back now and remember how you once explored and got lost in corners and saw beyond the walls. When only child Olivia moves to an old house, she soon discovers decades of stories trapped still and creaking in her home in Holland Park, London. Strange occurrences and restless spirits seem to guide her, but what could it all mean? It turns out that her destiny lies far beyond her wildest imagination. Guided by an ability to communicate between two worlds, and with her trustworthy cat Cherokee by her side, Olivia will find ways to help lost and lonely ghosts find love and peace and keep scary things from harming her family. Any home comes with stone, brick or wood and wallpaper fully ingrained, full of memories. Laughter, sadness, and pain. This year, in 1978, a young family with one daughter Olivia and her beloved cat Cherokee would move to a house in Holland Park, London. Opening the doors, it will need lots of life, love, and attention. The daughter will soon find an ability to communicate between two worlds and unravel decades of stories trapped still and creaking. She will find ways to heal generations of lost shadows, ghosts and lovely spirits just looking for their love. Olivia will also help her family find peace and healing from their own struggle. Helping to find their support for one another and bring confidence and love back, as it was when they first met. Olivia can’t do all this alone and there’s a lot to do. But with her trustworthy cat Cherokee by her side and a very clever all-seeing owl, they will find ways, and keep scary things far from harming them. JENN A LEIGH-RAINE was born in Lightwater, Surrey, England and grew up in Ipanema, a neighbourhood located in the city of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. In the mid-eighties, Jenna’s travels took her to Los Angeles, which became her second home. Music from an early stage became her “light force and passion,” and in her teens she became aware of her ability to “hear spirits,” eventually going on to have both a very long and exciting career in both music and as a professional psychic medium.
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Snake Town
£8.99A mother and daughter’s devious plan to fleece their unsuspecting tenants unravels with deadly consequences. Ludmilla Shatalova, a Ukrainian émigré and her 21yr old daughter, Rosie’s devious plan to fleece their unsuspecting tenants – a secretive accountant and an affable night watchman – appears to be foolproof. By making sure the two men never meet and skilfully swopping their possessions twice a day, they can rent them the same flat and take a double rent. But each man has a secret. And events at the basement flat in the run-down seaside resort begin to unravel in spectacular fashion. Bognor Dogs is playwright Toby Wilsher’s brilliant, fantastical debut novel. Packed with wit, invention and the unlikely combination of a deadly snake, stray dog, two million in cash, a psychopathic drug dealer, and one very lucky postman. TOBY WILSHER lives in West Sussex on the south coast of England, where his debut novel Snake Town is set. After working as a cleaner in a psychiatric hospital, and manning the tills at a record shop, he embarked on a Performing Arts Degree at Middlesex Polytechnic before founding the Trestle Theatre Company in 1981. Over the next twenty-three years, he was an actor, writer, maker, designer and director for Trestle, seeing his work performed in 31 countries. Since 2004 he has worked as a freelance director, writer and corporate trainer.
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The Boss
£8.99A platonic couple’s seemingly mundane life is thrown into chaos when they find out they have been having an affair with the same man. An amoral boss. A naive pregnant woman. A closet gay. A confession. A crime. And a bunch of problems that have only one solution – a solution with a heavy price. The question is: who is going to pay? When his flatmate and lifelong friend, Mandy, suddenly breaks the monotony of a weekday evening by announcing that she has been having a secret affair with her married boss and is now carrying his baby, Jack is both shocked and supportive. But the wheels of confession are in motion. Jack reveals that he is gay, and has also been having an affair, which turns out to be with the same man. To make matters worse, the local police have arrived to question Mandy over the smuggling of a consignment of jeans. As their secret lives begin to unravel and the truth sinks in, the penny drops: they have the same problem. A problem that only has one solution – the boss must pay. PAUL ‘POPS’ WESTLAKE was born and raised in Plymouth, Devon where he still lives today. He served in the Royal Navy for 11 years, and has worked as a road sweeper, bookmaker, and security guard. The Boss is his debut novella. His previous work includes By Pure Chance and The Walters Boys.
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The Devil You Know
£9.00THE DEVIL YOU KNOW Disenchanted and timid forty-something Lizzie Holland, living in the same town where she was born married with no children, quits her mundane job and trains in a new career as a self-employed nail beautician. This sets in motion a chain of terror and tragedy that will leave Lizzie Holland changed forever. THE DEPTHS OF MURDER When the bound and gagged body of a young woman washes up on the surface of a reservoir, Lizzie Holland, now a Detective Inspector in the force’s Major Investigation Team, must confront her demons and prove she has got what it takes to solve a brutal murder right on her doorstep. SAMANTHA TURNER lives in the North West of England. She is an author, poet, and emotional explorer. The Devil You Know is her first novel. She is currently working on the next DI Lizzie Holland Crime Thriller.
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The Drysdale Confession
£10.99Lawyer Robert Vere learns the truth about an old crime and finds himself fighting not only for justice, but for his own life. London in the Sixties. A violent bank robbery. The getaway driver sentenced to death by hanging. His accomplices escape with the money, vanishing entirely. A sealed letter from the condemned man handed to a young solicitor with instructions not to open until after his execution. Did he name his accomplices? Years later Robert Vere, a vigilant lawyer, together with his fashion journalist partner Yvonne Clarkson, find themselves privy to the contents of the letter, unwittingly triggering a chain of events that bring them to the attention of a ruthless master criminal who will stop at nothing to protect his identity and empire. Even Vere is not prepared for the twists and turns in store – as unexpected as they are bloody. As the bodies pile up, Vere finds the killer’s reach getting closer to everything – and everyone – he loves. Soon he is fighting not only for justice, but for his own life. PETER WARRILOW was raised in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, and began his working career in engineering, before moving into banking and then sales management in the motor trade. He represented his local amateur boxing club at welterweight and was a keen competitive rower, completing the annual Lincoln to Boston rowing marathon eight times. He is currently working on his third Robert Vere novel.
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The Gates of Aurelia
£8.99In the occupied Aurelian colony of Lepans, Philip Creda has managed to escape his village after the murder of his father and mother and capture of his two sisters and finds himself up against an invading empire called Rana, an army that plans to to destroy all Aurelian life in whatever form it takes. In the occupied Aurelian colony of Lepans, Philip Creda has managed to escape his village after the murder of his father and mother and capture of his two sisters, and is now in hiding with a small band of allies. It is a time of persecution. The conquering forces of Rana want nothing more than to destroy all Aurelian life in whatever form it takes. Hope appears to be as far away as the distant space stations – the gates of Aurelia – that shine like beacons above the planet. And then, after finding out where his sisters are, Philip, with the help of two missionaries, embarks on a rescue mission; a song in the night of a long lost language guiding them to others seeking to take flight. So begins a race against time to the port where a transport ship posing as a trading ship awaits to take them back to the home world Aurelia. But the rescuers cannot wait for long, and not all will be able to escape. H J TAYLOR SALMON Lives in Stratford-upon-Avon, England with his wife and two daughters. His love of creating worlds in his imagination has led to this debut novel. He is currently working on a second Aurelia story. Henry is also a music teacher, musician, and piano technician.
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The Guard Cat
£9.50A wonderful gothic adventure about imagination, courage and friendship and the struggle of good and evil. In a small English village, cut off from the outside world during a snowstorm and blackout a few days before Christmas, something wicked is threatening life as they know it.. A trio of unlikely heroes ~ members of an elite organisation known as The Order of the Silver Shield ~ come to the rescue of the endangered inhabitants. Standing in their way is a dreadful life draining entity called The Unbeing and the cunning Dr Von Hawkfire. Will The Order of the Silver Shield be a match for the diabolic duo, or will darkness prevail? DUNCAN SAUNDERS is a former teacher and professional wrestler whose first novel, Dinosaurs, Aliens and The Shop That Sells Everything (Ghostly Publishing) featured on the Amazon best sellers list for Children’s Sci-Fi. He lives in the shadow of the Uffington White Horse in Oxfordshire. His literary influences include Roald Dahl, J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and G.P Taylor.
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The Rivers That Run Through Us
£12.50The Rivers That Run Through Us is a sometimes funny, often surreal and mostly shockingly crude and violent story of what could have been, and what may yet be, if only we are brave or foolish enough to stray from familiar paths. After a desperate escape from an evil monster leaves a woman drowned in a river, her two young sons search for redemption and their estranged older brothers in and around the disappearing world of East London’s Isle of Dogs in a twisting adventure beyond dreams and reality. Henry, Jack, Paul, Ray and John Killerman lead messed up lives, each one dealing with the struggle of his own; all lost in a labyrinth of troubling preoccupations. The madness progresses to another level when their paths cross with the wildly enigmatic Sunny, unleashing a chain of events that defy belief. PHILLIP MICHAEL SHIRLEY is the author of The Soul of Boxing (longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year), Blood & Thunder: The Unofficial Biography of Jonah Lomu, and the universally praised Where is the Winning Post?: The biography of Mikie Heaton-Ellis, which was published in 1998. He lives in London.
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The Secret Garden – Generations
£12.00Colin Craven and Mary Lennox are no longer children. Immerse yourself in their love story, set against the beautiful backdrop of the Secret Garden, and meet their descendants from the first to third generation. Travel backwards and forwards through time, and come face to face with their extensive family, as the story’s themes of anger, violence, jealousy, love, reconciliation and hope become intertwined in their lives. What will the twists of fate result in? Who is the mysterious girl in the North West Wing? And what deep-seated tragedy spread its influence throughout the entire family? Go through the doors of Misselthwaite Manor and the Secret Garden for yourself, and see it come alive though the eyes of those that live there. Meet a family damaged by secrets, flawed by weaknesses, broken by the past, yet held together by the redemptive power of love. Come back into the Secret Garden on a fast-paced journey that will warm your soul! SARAH ROOKES was born and brought up in Cornwall, but is now living in Hampshire with her husband and family. Her great loves are music and reading – she plays the piano and enjoys composing, and listening to a wide range of music. She loves reading crime fiction and Royal Family non-fiction books. She has worked in a variety of administrative roles for well over twenty years, and stepped into the world of writing during the first Covid lockdown of 2020. The Secret Garden – Generations is her debut novel, which was written during that time, and she is now busy planning the next steps in her career, and putting final editorial touches to her second novel.