'Men of Snow'
Leon is a successful art dealer in London. Franz is a businessman in Hamburg Germany. Leon's son David is obsessed by what his father went through in the Second World War and pushes him to first search for Franz Brucker and then plan his revenge. The novel looks at the history of the two central characters including Leon's train journey to the Russian Gulag and Franz's experience of the hell of Stalingrad before it moves on nearly forty years and describes a dramatic attempt to discover and then deal with the man who caused Leon so much suffering, an attempt that goes so violently wrong.
'Three Ways of Dying'
The personal life of George Corbett is falling to pieces. A banker and his family are found dead in their Edinburgh home. It is the winter of 2010 one of the worst for many years. The city comes to a standstill except for a sudden upsurge in violence that involves drugs, murder, kidnapping and terrorism. Corbett searches for the link between these separate crimes and uncovers a world more sinister than he ever imagined.
Leon is a successful art dealer in London. Franz is a businessman in Hamburg Germany. Leon's son David is obsessed by what his father went through in the Second World War and pushes him to first search for Franz Brucker and then plan his revenge. The novel looks at the history of the two central characters including Leon's train journey to the Russian Gulag and Franz's experience of the hell of Stalingrad before it moves on nearly forty years and describes a dramatic attempt to discover and then deal with the man who caused Leon so much suffering, an attempt that goes so violently wrong.
'Three Ways of Dying'
The personal life of George Corbett is falling to pieces. A banker and his family are found dead in their Edinburgh home. It is the winter of 2010 one of the worst for many years. The city comes to a standstill except for a sudden upsurge in violence that involves drugs, murder, kidnapping and terrorism. Corbett searches for the link between these separate crimes and uncovers a world more sinister than he ever imagined.
'The Scheme of Angels'
Richard Hill, a sixteen year old boy is found murdered with a hood over his half severed head and hands tied behind his back. His body is discovered in an empty Edinburgh Council housing scheme that is ready to be demolished. Detective Inspector Corbett is in charge of the inquiry. Thomas, Richard’s grandfather is obsessed with finding his grandson’s killers. His need for revenge leads him into a situation where several more murders are committed as somebody else seeks his own, bloody vengeance. Finding at last who killed his grandson is the last thing Thomas Hill ever does.
Richard Hill, a sixteen year old boy is found murdered with a hood over his half severed head and hands tied behind his back. His body is discovered in an empty Edinburgh Council housing scheme that is ready to be demolished. Detective Inspector Corbett is in charge of the inquiry. Thomas, Richard’s grandfather is obsessed with finding his grandson’s killers. His need for revenge leads him into a situation where several more murders are committed as somebody else seeks his own, bloody vengeance. Finding at last who killed his grandson is the last thing Thomas Hill ever does.
'ROAD TO RIBBLEHEAD,'
This about some of the people involved in the building of the last great railway line in Britain. It is based on the historical reality of the navvy settlements of a population of nearly two thousand at a place called Ribblehead in the Yorkshire Dales where a huge viaduct and tunnel had to be constructed. This is a novel in which passion and violence are major themes. Families are destroyed. Jealousy corrupts relationships and all of this is taking place in one of the most desolate, isolated areas in the North of England. 'ROAD TO RIBBLEHEAD,' shows the courage and determination of men who had to work in appalling conditions and the women and children who shared their lives. The books seeks to resurrect their memory and the dramatic circumstances in which they struggled.
This about some of the people involved in the building of the last great railway line in Britain. It is based on the historical reality of the navvy settlements of a population of nearly two thousand at a place called Ribblehead in the Yorkshire Dales where a huge viaduct and tunnel had to be constructed. This is a novel in which passion and violence are major themes. Families are destroyed. Jealousy corrupts relationships and all of this is taking place in one of the most desolate, isolated areas in the North of England. 'ROAD TO RIBBLEHEAD,' shows the courage and determination of men who had to work in appalling conditions and the women and children who shared their lives. The books seeks to resurrect their memory and the dramatic circumstances in which they struggled.