Fiction

A.D. 383. Emperor Magnus Maximus orders the northern legions of Britannia to withdraw. The lumbering retreat is fraught with danger, as local tribes and warlords seek to capitalise on the power vacuum left by the Romans.

This is the story of Atticus, the 15-year old son of a cohort Tribune from the 6th legion. Trapped behind the walls of a...

Roman influence and power in Britannia is diminishing but with it the northern tribes are becoming emboldened. Noblemen who once gave their allegiance to Rome are flexing their muscles and seeking a return to the old ways. But, while they bicker and negotiate over who should be king, another force is in the ascendency. The Arch Druid, known...

Britannia 383 CE: General Magnus Maximus is crowned emperor by his own legions. Taking advantage of the unpopularity of the Western Emperor Gration, he strips Britannia of its legions and moves to Gaul where he seizes power and plots his next move. In this, the third story in the Atticus series, our young tribune finds himself posted to Italia...

The tiny Scottish fishing town of Hillmyre is isolated and dying. It’s the perfect hideaway for the jaded and cynical academic Dr John Watson.

All Watson wants is to write his novel but when the bodies appear and his help is sought all hopes of a quiet life start to unravel. Will it be the making or breaking of him?

Follow Watson’s adventures in...

All sorts of things wash up on the beach at Hillmyre, including corpses and vials of unknown chemicals. Things start to get complicated when the bodies disappear. The police get involved, and someone from a secretive Government agency arrives to keep things quiet.

But this is Hillmyre, a small, inquisitive Scottish coastal town where they have...

Chapel of Shadows is a gripping, psychological thriller that follows the journey of Tom Shearer, a seasoned detective on the verge of retirement, as he uncovers a chilling conspiracy.

When Shearer is relegated to investigating cold cases due to failing health, he stumbles across a disturbing pattern: a series of victims linked to the same...

England, 1460. A kingdom fractured. A family. A war that will change everything.

Blood Blizzard follows the Redshaws—a small, tight-knit Yorkshire family—caught in the brutal crosscurrents of the Wars of the Roses. As the House of York rises and the road to the Battle of Towton is paved with blood and betrayal, eldest son William Redshaw joins...

People think assassins don’t have feelings. They do, only they’re a bit different and are expressed in ways that may not be familiar. They bicker, they get distracted, they want the last word and they often don’t understand what the fuss is about.

Guy believed he’d found the answer to overcoming that bleak dysfunctional fatalism. Bottling up...

This four-book series of short murder mysteries, follows the adventures and lives of four detectives.

Set in in the mid-1970s a small Norfolk seaside town provides the setting. Each book provides a complete story and each story focuses on the detection of at least one crime.

Great for readers who like a short story with a satisfactory conclusion....

Rome is reeling from the after-effects of a civil war. The troops that marched through Italia have left a wave of destruction. A vindictive message, left on the wall of a family estate, galvanizes Ursa’s father into tracking down the perpetrators and seeking answers. Before undertaking his quest, the sickly former centurion, informs his son,...

Feisty Samantha (Sam) Wilson, isn’t allowing the closure of the village library to go unchallenged; it’s just another blow to a community already in slow decay. When aspiring author, Dominic Ross, moves into the Old School House things begin to change. Sam thinks he’d make a great match for her childhood friend and single mum, Anne. Dominic has...

The Virion script project is spinning out of control. As key personnel disappear the finger of suspicion points to the Estonian mafia, and someone inside British Intelligence. Anna Faulkner, plucked from a mundane job in cyber-security, is briefed to locate the agoraphobic computer geek, Tom Morris. Is Morris the victim of a mistaken identity or...