Enoch`s Hammer
How far can you go to protect your livelihood in the face of rampant profit driven progress? Follow the dramatic story of George Mellor and the frame-breakers of Yorkshire as they battle to preserve their way of life. Will they succeed in halting the ruthless forces opposing them?
Justice, rebellion, and the quest for truth Dive into the tumultuous world of 1812 Yorkshire in “Enoch’s Hammer”. Experience the drama, the courage, and the heartbreak of the Luddite uprising. Follow the Luddites’ struggle, their personal lives, and the relentless pursuit by authorities.
Set in 1812,`Enoch`s Hammer` follows the story of the so-called Luddites of Yorkshire, from their first major uprising in February 1812 to the mass trial at York in January 1813 – which led to multiple hangings and transportations. It focuses on the three men who were hanged for the murder of industrialist William Horsfall: George Mellor, William Thorpe and Thomas Smith, making an imaginative reconstruction of their personal and private lives. The other major characters are Joseph Radcliffe, the Magistrate of Milnsbridge House, an obsessive persecutor of the Luddites, John Lloyd, a solicitor who brought new and devious techniques to the art of interrogation, and Lieutenant General the Hon. George Maitland who planned the military effort to suppress the Luddite movement, and who co-ordinated the York trials.
The House on Lady Hall Lane
Dream home: life sentence…
When 32 year old Derek Walker sees the lovely young Anita in a town bar, he decides there and then that he is going to marry her. Anita, beautiful but without direction, is easily swayed. When he shows her gorgeous house on Lady Hall Lane, offering it as their marital home, she does not think twice. As time passes, the fault-lines in their relationship begin to open up and Anita faces a stark dilemma.
Rob and Frankie have been together since university, and the chaotic brilliance of student life has moved into the grown-up world of jobs, children and mortgages. When Rob leaves his job as a teacher to become a rep. for a software sales company, the apparent stability of their life begins to teeter. One day, Rob sees a very attractive young woman at the gym, and hears the attendant greeting her by her name. Her name is Anita. Rob`s life will never be the same again.
The Apparition
Anna is terrified by an intruder to her Staithes cottage. But is the intruder real? Or a ghost? Or just a manifestation of her own troubled state of mind?
Set in two time periods, 2010 and 1910 – The Apparition interweaves the stories of two women, Anna, the business woman going through a difficult divorce, and Christina, a young artist of the Staithes group in the period just before the first world war.
The Gallery
A drowning. Natural causes or murder?
Caught up in shattering revelations about her love life, is the lovely Natalie Anderson about to become the victim?
As the tension builds, will Detective Nula Ryan disentangle the evidence and drill down into the truth, preventing a serious miscarriage of justice?
If you like whodunnits, and crime mysteries with well crafted shifts and twists, you will love The Gallery. If you like crime stories with romance, both straight and single sex, you will love The Gallery. Set in a Pennine village in Yorkshire, The Gallery is the first standalone book in the Detective Nula Ryan Crime/Mystery series.
The Irini House
The arrest of a Romanian teenager, Irini, for shoplifting opens a window on a horrifying world of human trafficking and forced prostitution.Terrified as she is, Irini becomes the key to the investigation. Nula Ryan is on the case. Vital evidence is needed to crack down on the trafficking gang. Can Nula pull the case together before disaster strikes? Now single, will Nula’s romantic life take a new course when new recruit Natalie Anderson is put on the case with her? Set in a busy Yorkshire town, The Irini House is the second standalone book in the Detective Nula Ryan Crime/Mystery series. Buy it today to follow Nula’s latest high stakes challenge!
The Playroom
The discovery of a body in an isolated house and of a woman locked in an attic room sets in motion an investigation which will connect with a murder in the same house thirty-eight years previously. DS Nula Ryan and DC Natalie Anderson set out to unravel the mystery of the strange twins Johnny and Becky Shaw, and find themselves delving into matters of child sex abuse, abduction and incest.
How will Nula and Natalie’s living-together partnership deal with he stresses of their working partnership? And will DI Geoff Stone’s personal and family life be destroyed by his torrid affair with the much younger Detective Constable Fiona Brook?
On Woden’s Hill
‘On Woden’s Hill’ is a Young Adult time travel fantasy novel set in Alnmouth, Northumberland. It is the story of three teenagers who become caught up in a ‘time warp’ and find themselves in the village as it was – a busy seaport – in the year 1806. It is based on a true incident: on Christmas Day, 1806, a huge storm diverted the course of the estuary of the River Aln, making it flow on the other side of the hill which looks out over the village. For Robert, Vicky and Lucy this process happens in reverse. An ordinary, slightly boring seaside holiday is transformed into an adventure where they have to adapt and survive in the bustling dangerous seaport of 200 years ago – making both friends and enemies as they go.. A strong bond forms between Robert and a local girl, Anna, who helps them to settle in. They help to protect her from a violent and abusive uncle. This relationship leads to conflict and heartache when returning to their own time becomes a possibility.
