Fifty Legends of British Sport

Published 25th September

Bowsie and Wowsie love the good things in life, especially good food. Political journalist Jane Bonnd isn’t so bad either. She’s silly enough to think she’s the owner and they’re the pets, when it’s so obviously the other way round.

Lucky for her she’s got them to watch her back when events catch up with her. Which they do when she tangles with a bunch of crazy populist guys running MEGA (Making England Great Again), who are determined to redraw the world map.

Not to say the dogs know everything, mind. Getting the hots for a top spy does make for tricky times. Even they don’t know how that’s going to work out, any more than she does, as it happens…

ISBN: 9781852002244

Size: 212x135mm 

Binding: Paperback 

Length: 233pp

*Paperback published on 4th September

Murder at Westgate Bay (Third in the Alan Clarke crime series)

Now permanently relocated to the Kent coast after the successful outcomes of his two previous murder cases, DCI Alan Clarke is just settling in to his new environment, together with his wife and baby son, when he is called to solve the cold-blooded and premeditated murder of Dr Ian Jones at Westgate Bay.

The doctor had been sedated and poisoned, dying in agony. DCI Clarke soon has a list of suspects, ranging from the doctor’s estranged wife and her lover, his gambling brother, his housekeeper and her sister. Added to these, Doctor Jones’s love child Holly comes into the frame. . . and then there is a second murder by poison.

Whilst the similarity of the two murders seems more than coincidence, DCI Alan Clarke cannot work out a connection, until a single piece of apparently innocuous evidence comes to light. But is it too late to prevent further murder and loss of life?

Size: 217x140mm

Binding: Paperback (ISBN 9781852002237) and Hardback (ISBN 9781852002091)

Length: 224pp

Published May 14, 2026

Murder At Canterbury Cathedral (Fifth in the Alan Clarke crime series)

On Christmas Eve, a body is found lying in the snow outside the gates of Canterbury Cathedral. At first, it appears to be a tragic accident, but when forensic evidence reveals a fatal blow to the back of the head, the truth emerges: Jon West has been murdered – and DCI Alan Clarke has a crime to solve during the festive period.

The son of prominent MP Charles West, Jon was notorious for his reckless partying and serial womanising – and often saved from scandal by his responsible twin brother, Isaac. Nevertheless, Jon’s charm left a trail of damaged relationships and bitter enemies. He had affairs with sisters Eve and Lucy, the latter now married to Isaac, placing both women—and Isaac himself—under suspicion. Eve’s volatile boyfriend Mark, who openly threatened Jon shortly before his death, quickly joins the growing list of suspects.

As Alan and his team dig deeper, they uncover more unsettling connections. A troubled taxi driver, Dan Williams, seems unnervingly invested in the case; and when Alan discovers that Dan’s daughter died five years earlier, with her body found close to where Jon was killed, the investigation takes a darker turn. And then Jon’s closest friend Jack also has a motive, having been twice betrayed by Jon stealing his girlfriends.

Alan must unravel the truth from the lies beneath the snow to find out who was out to commit murder on that cold December night.

ISBN: 9781852002220

Size: 217x140mm

Binding: Hardback

Length: TBC

There seems to be a mystery about what happened to Uncle Freddy in the desert during the Second World War. Did it happen? How did it happen? And what were the connections with Stuttgart which came to a sudden halt in the Great War? There is certainly a Lonie in the family, named after a German friend of Uncle Freddy’s grandmother – and dachshunds, too.

The story behind these questions is told through memories delving back to the latter part of the 19th century. Memories which stem from, and return to, the gathering following Uncle Freddy’s funeral, in the room where his young eyes, captured in a photograph, seem to look out and reach through time into the present.

In the short story Grove Mansions, the author remembers her time living in a flat within a grand old house approaching the end of its days. Her life and the tenants within the house, including the ever-present Mr Barker, the caretaker, are recalled with a perception that leaves a lasting impression.

ISBN: 9781852002213

Size: 217x140mm 

Binding: paperback 

Length: 120pp

From the far west of Cornwall comes the story of Joel Andrewartha, the legendary Cornish wrestler born in 1781. His father, Richard, is a tin-miner/farmer, although his mother came from a more affluent background.

We follow the Andrewartha family as they struggle to make a living from their farm at Kenneggy, their hopes and fortunes tied to the land, mines and sea of Mount’s Bay, and as Joel finds love and solace with his childhood sweetheart, Caroline.

Richard Nettell beautifully captures the real people and places of this far-flung corner of late 18th- and early 19th-century Cornwall, writing about his own distant relatives and showing his impressive knowledge of West Country customs, speech and folklore, including that of mining, farming and wrecking.

This is truly a rediscovered gem of a story by an excellent writer, first published just before the outbreak of the Second World War and out of print ever since.

ISBN: 9781852002206

Size: 217x140mm

Binding: hardback

Length: 220

Prime Position: A Novel on the Cornish Housing Crisis

Winner of the Holyer an Gof Publishers’ Awards 2026 - Literary Fiction

This is a story of relationships and life in the Cornish village of Porthallett, set on the south coast of Cornwall, where photographer Kenwyn Tabb finds he is the latest to be evicted to make way for yet another luxurious second home, as the scourge of second and holiday home ownership continues throughout the county.

Kenwyn is a member of a half-hearted group of Cornish patriots calling themselves ‘c4c’, and he becomes further enraged when he discovers his close friend Jackie’s parents are to be thrown off their mobile home retirement site based on the all-dominant Penquiddick Estate land.

The debt-ridden Penquiddick Estate has recently been inherited by the reluctant James Crago, who would really prefer to work on his sculptures than deal with the estate’s financial decline. He finds solace in giving the management job to Mark Shipwright, an estate agent with a taste for profit over people.

When James decides to scrap the traditional village show at Penquiddick for an upmarket literary festival, it is the final straw for locals, and ‘c4c’ decide to sabotage the festival. But as the locals unite to protest at the destruction of their community, the demonstration takes an unexpected turn, spiralling disastrously out of control and risking consequences none of them could have foreseen.

ISBN: 9781852002190

Size: 217x140mm

Binding: hardback

Length: 254

Saving Lives in Scilly: The Doctor, the Lighthouse Keeper and their Families

This is the story of the author’s two paternal great-great-grandfathers, both of whom spent over forty years helping to save lives on the Isles of Scilly: Edwin Lewis Davis as the keeper of St Agnes Lighthouse and John Grenfell Moyle as the islands’ only doctor. It also follows the mariners, miners, preachers and teachers of the Moyle and Davis families as they become part of the great Cornish diaspora. We accompany them over the seven seas aboard speedy clippers, to the Antipodes during the gold rush, to the industrial north of England, to lighthouses along rugged coastlines and to the war zones of the Crimea peninsula and the Western Front. With them we enter Victorian classrooms, workhouses, prisons and lunatic asylums.

The book is richly illustrated with images of people, places and mementoes, including the paintings of John Grenfell Moyle, who became a renowned West Country artist. Quotations from contemporary writers such as Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Wilkie Collins and Mrs Gaskell help to transport readers into the world inhabited by the author’s forebears and their own. She pays particular attention to the lives of great-grandmothers and great-aunts, which have so often been hidden from history.

Saving Lives in Scilly will appeal to readers with an interest in the sea, the West Country, lighthouses, medicine, the lives of women and in social history. In addition, those keen to explore their family’s past will find inspiration in the author’s journey of discovery.

ISBN: 9781852002176

Size: 217x140mm

Binding: hardback

123 Photos

Length: 284pp

Children of Another Time: Cornish Childhood Memories From Truro in World War II

Childhood memories from the early years of the Second World War are bound together in a unique way within Children of Another Time, as Neville Harcourt Paddy takes us back to Hendra, an area in Truro, Cornwall, nestled beneath the city’s iconic viaduct.

With the arrival of war, everything changed, and the people of Truro took on work to help the war effort, whilst opening their already cramped homes to the evacuees.

Against the backdrop of blackouts, rationing and air raid sirens, for the children, life found its way into the cracks of war’s shadow. The woods and countryside surrounding the city became their magical battleground, where they waged their own fight against the despised Nazi regime, echoing the whispers of their parents’ fears overheard at home.

For these children, the war wasn’t just something happening abroad – it was etched into the fabric of their growing up, a strange blend of fear, resilience, and the unyielding spark of childhood imagination.

Through a distinctive blend of ongoing narratives and standalone stories, Neville intertwines the resilience of childhood innocence with the history and beauty of Hendra. Children of Another Time is a nostalgic tribute to a generation who grew up in the midst of war, finding light in the darkest of times.

ISBN: 9781852002169

Size: 217x140mm

Binding: hardback

Length: 298

Sir Lewis Hamilton’s Final Lap With Mercedes: 2024 - An Unofficial Account

This is a definitive unofficial account of seven-time world champion Sir Lewis Hamilton and his final year with the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team before his move to Ferrari.

Carol M. Creasey is already well known by fans of Sir Lewis, following four years writing on the SilverArrows.net website, which is the main unofficial site covering Mercedes F1. In this book she starts with a brief history of Sir Lewis’s career and life, and then records all his races with Mercedes throughout 2024, including his iconic win at the British Grand Prix.

There are details of events within the Formula One paddock and Sir Lewis’s team mates, and Carol shares her support and enthusiasm for the man himself. She intends to give some of the proceeds from this book to Mission 44, the charity Sir Lewis founded, which is set up to build a more inclusive future for young people around the world.

ISBN: 9781852002183

Size: 212×135mm

Binding: paperback

Length: approx 110pp with colour photos

Murder at the Broadstairs' Funfair (Fourth in the Alan Clarke crime series)

DCI Alan Clarke, now settled in Beltinge with his wife Zoe and their young son, is given the urgent case to solve the high-profile murder of well-known author Stephen Wards’ wife Chloe. Her strangulated lifeless body has been found on a public bench on the Broadstairs’ promenade next to the Bank Holiday Funfair.

A tangled web of suspects emerges, ranging from Chloe’s famous husband, his best friend Richard, their nanny Kaye and a local boy with a huge crush on Chloe named Sam. There is also Vince, a gypsy from the funfair.

At home, Zoe has recently given birth to their baby daughter and is suffering from post natal depression, so Alan enlists the help of Monique, a French au pair. Unfortunately it becomes clear that Monique has her own psychological problems which could endanger their children.

As pressure to solve the murder case builds, Alan finds himself torn between his home life and work; not realising that the two are already more deeply and dangerously entangled than he ever thought possible.

ISBN: 9781852002152

Size: 217x140mm

Binding: Hardback

Length: 209pp

Three Paths to a Decent Life: Dismantling the teaching of St. Paul Sequel to Jesus for a Secular Age?

The Christian New Testament is dominated by two men, Jesus and Paul. Take away the four gospels and the letters of Paul and it is surprising how little of real significance is left.

Following Leslie Scrase’s recent book on the relevance of Jesus for a secular age, he felt he had to continue and take a closer look at Paul.

More than any other person, Paul was responsible for turning a small Jewish sect into an organisation holding the capacity to become a world religion. His dynamic, driven, self-assured character, combined with his organisational skills, put together with his determination that the new religion was for all mankind and not just for Jews, led to the early spread and success of the new religion.

Without Paul it is more than possible there would be no Christian churches and no Christian religion today.

ISBN: 9781852002145

Size: 217x135mm 

Binding: paperback 

Length: 83pp

It’s hard to solve a mystery when you can’t even remember there’s a mystery to solve…

Suffering from partial amnesia, and unable to recall the events surrounding the accident that caused this state, twenty-one year old Dipali Kaur is placed under the care of Dr Thorn, a genial therapist who unfortunately has his own mental health problems.

Who did Dipali inadvertently save from plunging to their death? Does a six-year-old boy on a red tricycle really have any answers? And just who is the alluringly mysterious young man she meets on a visit to a WWI battlefield in France?

Throughout her witty, entertaining and occasionally poignant narration, Dipali highlights the fact that nothing in her life is as straightforward as it may seem, but her thoughts about everything and everyone are affirming and uplifting.

ISBN: 9781852002138

Size: 217x140mm

Binding: hardback

Length: 225pp

It is 1961, and Ellen is pregnant at the tender age of seventeen. Her boyfriend has moved on to another girl, and her mother is dominated by her father who she knows will be ruthless if he were to find out about her pregnancy.

On one day that changes her life forever, Ellen hitch-hikes to Herne Bay in the hope of starting a new life with her baby, but ends up being forced to have baby Grace adopted; an act which will haunt her and affect her mental health for the rest of her life.

The lives of both Grace and Ellen continue apart. Grace is in a loving home, supported by parents who embrace her even more when they learn she has autism, a condition by which Grace refuses to be defined; but she does have a continued curiosity about her birth mother.

Meanwhile, Ellen’s life takes unexpected turns, but the day she gave up her baby remains etched in her memory. The weight of her decision haunts her.

The years pass by but fate has one last surprise in store, another single day in Ellen’s life that holds the potential to rewrite their destinies.

ISBN: 9781852002121

Size: 217x140mm

Binding: Hardback

Length: 215pp

Jesus for a Secular Age? A close look at whether the stories of Jesus have anything to offer us today.

Brought up within a Christian family and attending a boarding school with a very narrow Bible-based Christian heritage, it took Leslie Scrase until his forties to break free. Now with many grandchildren who have no religious beliefs at all, he has found himself looking at the biblical gospel stories again and asking whether Jesus has any relevance at all in this increasingly irreligious and secular age.

ISBN: 9781852002114

Size: 217x135mm 

Binding: paperback 

Length: 83pp

From his early childhood days in St. Ives, Eric had always known he was destined for a life at sea, and he has already told the story of his Merchant Navy cadet training on HMS Worcester in his book Yes, Dad I Want to Go to Sea!

After his training with HMS Worcester, Eric worked as an apprentice with the Ellerman and Bucknall Steamship Company, where he gained his Chief Officer’s Certificate. Following this he joined the Palm Line as a Second Officer.

Here he remembers his five years with the Palm Line from 1960 to 1965. During this time he served in fourteen of the company’s ships, ranging from the ageing Ashanti Palm to the more modern Ikeja Palm. These ships crossed the oceans to West Africa and back, with voyages spread between Dakar in the north to Luanda and Lobito in the south, often with sixteen hour working days in the intense tropical heat.

At this time countries such as Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone were becoming independent and this often added considerably to the stress and difficulties when loading and off-loading goods in the port docks, and it was Eric’s job to oversee that these operations ran smoothly.

Eric recounts the highs and lows he faced in an honest and engaging way, whether it was facing a ship plagued with rats, establishing a friendly relationship with dock workers, all of whom he always treated as equals regardless of hierarchy, or dealing with captains that bullied and made life difficult and occasionally dangerous.

During his time with the Palm Line Eric married Jill and his first son Ian was born, and Eric recounts how he was always happiest on his return to his hometown of St. Ives in Cornwall to be with his family. So, after a sadly rather fractious experience with the company, and having by then gained his Master Mariner’s Certificate, he left the Palm Line. He then went on to have his second son Jeremy and become captain of the Isles of Scilly ship RMS Queen of the Isles.

ISBN: 9781852002107

Size: 217x140mm

Binding: hardback

Photos: TBC

Length: TBC

A Twist of Fate - The new Sanders & Wade Murder Case

When Cornish based DI Cassie Wade is called out to a violent murder scene in Penzance, her past collides with the present as her old school friend, Suzi, becomes the prime suspect.

Cassie refuses to accept her friend is responsible and her attitude leaves DCI Peter Sanders with no choice but to exclude her from the investigation. He is relieved when she travels back to her native Liverpool to give evidence on one of her former cases.

On her return, Cassie has to investigate the rape of a teenage girl which unexpectedly becomes a hunt for a violent murderer. A flash of inspiration provides Cassie with, not one, but two suspects whose identities are inextricably linked.

Now dealing with two murder cases and feeling pressure between work and family, Peter reluctantly decides he needs Cassie on board to find her old school friend, who, it is feared, may be in danger herself.

A surprising twist of fate sends Cassie back to her childhood home in Liverpool, revisiting past events which could finally explain present happenings three hundred miles away in her new home county of Cornwall.

ISBN: 9781852002084

Size: 217x140mm

Binding: hardback

Length: 210pp aprox

A Third Dose of Witty Reflections on Modern Life from a Grumpy Old Westcountry Man

Whether considering great issues related to the state of the world or simply the choice between a bath or shower, we can be sure that Ted Sherrell’s unique observations on life always include a good deal of common sense and plenty of humour.

Although being a self-confessed grumpy old cynic, he is not one to believe everything from the past is better; far from it, he revels in the comforts of modern life – so long as he can list them with a Biro and not a keyboard!

Easy to dip into at anytime, these 60 articles are chosen from Ted’s original columns published in newspapers across Devon and East Cornwall.

ISBN: 9781852002077

Size: 212x135m

Illustrated with cartoons

Binding: Paperback

Length: 221pp

Perfectly Evil (Second in the Alan Clarke crime series)

DCI Alan Clarke returns in this new detective murder/mystery story set in Carol M. Creasey’s home area of Bishopstone and Reculver in Kent. Alan Clarke first appeared in the story Nobody’s Perfect, and has now been sent to solve the murder of a teenage girl found on a beach near Herne Bay. Coincidentally, another young girl at the scene of the crime is Dee, daughter of mentally unstable Sadie Morton Brown, a character from Carol’s Evil Woman novels and, along with her half-brother Billy, she becomes a possible suspect in this new murder case.

Together with his police partner Wendy Stuart, Alan is thrust into a world of teenage angst within which he needs to solve who killed Janet. Her body was found on the beach not far from Dee, and Billy was her boyfriend yet seems indifferent to her death. Beth is Dee’s closest friend, but appears to be hiding a huge secret, while Jenny only reignites her friendship with Dee just after Janet is killed. . .

The mystery deepens when a menacing leather-clad figure on a motorbike crosses the Fairy Bridge at Bishopstone Glen and forces Dee to tumble down towards the ravine. Then Dee disappears and Alan realises she is in great danger. Is her disappearance linked to the murder? And can he save Dee before it’s too late?

ISBN: 9781852002015

Size: 217x140mm

Binding: Hardback

Length: 208pp

Growing up and being educated in Kenya between World War II and Independence might not have been that unusual, but Edwina’s experiences are considerably enlivened by her parents whose unpredictable tactics undoubtedly make this a humorous and engaging account.

Edwina’s parents, Chippy and Jean, never saw any obstacle to their adventures, thereby ensuring that Edwina’s two older sisters witnessed and endured the fall of Hong Kong during the war. The rest of them, three more girls, were in Kenya in time to live through the Mau Mau uprising. But they all survived, in every sense of the word, despite taking part in some truly incredible enterprises, that hardly ever worked, sprung on them by their ever enthusiastic father.

Following military life, the family went on to a canning factory, a fertilizer factory, farming, a country club and a school, with improbable exploits arising from each move and every job taken by their father.

It was a make do and mend way of life that, regardless of the hardships and uncertainties, was often hilarious and served as an education in itself.

ISBN: 9781852002060

Size: 217x140mm

Binding: hardback

35 photos

Length: 339pp

We follow Emily, Sylvia, Paul and Gavin’s lives from 1990s carefree children through to the years of 2020-21 and the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Emily and Gavin become teenage lovers, but Gavin goes off to university to study law, giving a jealous Sylvia the opportunity to get close to him. His work takes them to the USA. Meanwhile, Emily and Paul get married.

The years pass through to 2019, when a disillusioned Sylvia returns to Britain and subsequently wreaks havoc against Emily’s happy but childless marriage. This culminates in Sylvia having a terrible breakdown, and Emily suspecting that Sylvia is carrying Paul’s baby.

Gavin also returns to Britain to visit his parents, but realises immediately on seeing Emily that he is still in love with his childhood sweetheart, who turns to him when her marriage is in turmoil. 

Due to the tragedy of the Covid-19 pandemic and severe lockdown restrictions, Emily cannot leave Paul, despite the fact that her friend might be having his baby, and Gavin cannot return to the USA to avoid his feelings for Emily. 

With their lives in turmoil, and a final twist of fate to thwart Emily, what will become of their relationships set against the course of the pandemic?

ISBN: 9781852002046

Size: 217x140mm

Binding: Hardback

Length: 208pp

Vengeance Visits Cornwall (A Sanders and Wade Trilogy) 

These are three intriguing murder detective stories from the rugged coast and landscape of West Cornwall.

In The Moving Finger the newly reinstated DI Peter Sanders is under pressure to prove himself following his suspension by Devon and Cornwall Police. Sandra Parks is in a coma after being brutally attacked and DI Sanders and his team must find the person responsible. Their first inclinations are dashed when Sandra’s work colleague is murdered and there are two other apparently unconnected killings. Peter needs to solve this case for the sake of his reputation.

Dust to Dust brings a complex murder investigation from the wild Cornish coast, where the body of a young girl is discovered in a mine shaft. Now promoted to DCI, Sanders finds himself assimilating into his team the feisty ex-Liverpool detective Cassandra Wade, who is unhappy with her posting to ‘sleepy Cornwall’. However, her expertise in drug crime and child exploitation soon come to the fore and she becomes immersed in the case.

The finale of this trilogy, Snow Upon the Desert, finds DI Cassandra Wade at Cornwall’s Minack Theatre when a murder is committed on stage during the performance. As she was at the scene and witnessed the crime, identifying the murderer should be easy, but not in the world of acting and special effects, where Cassandra struggles to differentiate reality from illusion. Her boss DCI Sanders returns from his honeymoon to find the case in disarray and his DI blind to what’s in front of her.

ISBN: 9781852002008

Size: 217x140mm 

Binding: hardback 

Length: 325pp aprox

A Wonder in the Garden - The World of Nature Just Outside Our Doors

Our gardens have an ecology, a web of life as rich and remarkable as any distant rainforest, or any biome display. Yet most of us have little idea of the marvels just outside our windows. Life is resilient, it regenerates everywhere we look; in the treetops you glimpse beyond the industrial estate, on the railway sidings, on rooftops, and even in the cracks in pavements.

From our own doorsteps we are surrounded by the wonders of nature and these can be a lifeline for us and vital to our health and sanity.

Within this book Tony Kendle unveils the facts behind these natural wonders, drawing from his vast knowledge and experience gained working closely within the Eden Project both in Cornwall and overseas.

ISBN: 9781852002022

Size: 217x140mm 

Binding: hardback

50+ colour photos

Length: 240pp aprox

Nobody's Perfect (First in the Alan Clarke crime series)

When superstar of stage and screen Eleanor Harrison is clubbed to death, the whole of Britain reacts to the tragedy.

It is a puzzling case for DCI Alan Clarke as, along with his working partner WPC Sarah Stevens, he sets out to find a reason why anyone would want to murder such a well-loved celebrity.

The detectives discover secrets about Eleanor’s personal life that differ from the public’s perception of her perfect character, and it becomes clear that there are a number of suspects. These range from Eleanor’s own sister Isabel to obsessive fan Peter Grant; with Eleanor’s housekeeper, ex-husband and counsellor all also in the frame.

Just when Alan Clarke considers the case might never be closed, events become personal. His girlfriend Zoe and a woman police constable go missing, and the hunt for a psychopathic killer becomes a race against time.

ISBN: 9781852001988

Size: 217x140mm

Binding: Hardback

Length: 200pp

From childhood days growing up on a tough Cornish council estate during the 1960s and ’70s, through to establishing a bespoke Multiple Sclerosis therapy centre in Surrey, John Hambly’s life has been quite a roller-coaster. 

He discovered the strength of teamwork early on by becoming mentally and physically fit playing rugby at senior school, whilst also realising that this was a good way to dispel bullies.  

A career in surveying led him to London; quite a change for a boy from the west country. There were some hilarious and mad escapades as he learnt ‘on the job’, but he was successful in his chosen profession and also in sport, becoming Captain of an aspiring junior London rugby club. Marriage and four daughters also followed along the way.

It is when participating in the London Marathon that the first alarming signs of his physical problems appeared, but only later that Multiple Sclerosis was diagnosed. 

Following two years where his condition seemed to be in free-fall, and realising the great lack of specialist resources in the NHS, John became determined to improve the situation. Over the next 17 years, with help from his ex-teammates, charity trustees, family and friends, millions of pounds were raised to enable the construction and development of the Samson Centre in Guildford; eventually treating up to 200 people a week and offering 10,000 therapy sessions each year.

It is John Hambly’s indomitable spirit and great belief in teamwork that built this charitable foundation – and this is his story. 

ISBN: 9781852001971

Size: 217x140mm 

Binding: hardback 

100+ colour plates and illustrations

Length: 323pp

It’s the ‘best day ever’ for 11 year-old Tommy Wagstaff when his Da presents him with a feisty bundle of energy and fur in the shape of a small puppy, which the boy affectionately names ‘Our Patch’.

‘Our Patch’ turns out to be no ordinary dog. From day one the little Bedlington Terrier knows his ‘rightful’ place as ‘top dog’ among all the other animals in the village.

Set in a Yorkshire mining community named Hillthorpe just before the First World War, the book tells the tales (tails) of Patch’s many adventures and escapades with his ‘young master Tommy’.

Join Patch in his spats with his arch enemy Archie, a pampered ‘working’ cocker spaniel, and his feline nemesis Genghis – a half Mongolian wildcat, who terrorises his fellow creatures in the village. These two despicable creatures soon learn that ‘nobody gets the better of a Bedlington’ and there’s only one top dog (or cat) in Hillthorpe!

Sometimes hilarious but also quite profound, these stories of ‘Our Patch’ will appeal to all ages.

ISBN: 9781852001957

Size: 212x135m

Binding: Paperback 

Length: 210pp

Through the Granite Mirror: An epic story of a Cornish farming family

Standback only came for a funeral, and the ferrets. Fifteen years ago he’d turned his back on Cornwall. He’d stopped belonging after the sale of Trevarnon Farm. Curiosity leads him back to Trevarnon where his brother Eddie is repairing a Cornish hedge, a hedge originally built by Grandad. 

Standback can’t resist the stones. As the brothers work from opposite sides of the hedge in the traditional manner, the ever-present voice of Grandad echoing in their memories, we live through the changing face of rural West Penwith from the end of World War II into the 21st century.

This story of two brothers is also a story of the granite land itself . . . the soil, the cliffs and in particular the Cornish hedges, home to so many species of plants, mammals, insects, and secrets.

ISBN: 9781852001964

Size: 212x135m

Binding: paperback 

Length: 137pp

In this extremely original and creative story we share the present world of successful author Myra Vilas, a beautiful and confident woman with a baby daughter, but a dreadful secret, as she becomes inextricably linked with her latest novel; an account of a dystopian future set in the 24th century.Readers are quickly enticed from the present time into the future as the chapters of Myra’s manuscript are unveiled and her words unfold a disturbing story that keeps us guessing.

Meanwhile the narrative of Myra’s own life is revealed and we become aware that she is dealing with loss and post-natal depression, unable to open to anyone but her closest friend, despite her outward assertiveness.

As her manuscript evolves we find that the fictional future Myra is creating contains an enigmatic portrayal of characters from her actual world, with names being anagrams or puns of their real-world counterparts, but their stories darkly different.

A Parallel Life becomes a broodingly and deeply psychological account of a woman who is beset with a traumatic and emotional past that culminates in the most extreme despair life can offer.

ISBN: 9781852001940

Size: 217x140mm 

Binding: hardback 

Length: 200pp

From her 1940s childhood through to the present time, author Carol Creasey reflects on a life which has thrown some truly tough moments her way, but where she overcomes these problems and is always ready to share her enjoyment of family and living.

Born in Coney Hall, Kent, Carol admits to being very outward and loud in her youth, and remembers those days of the 1950s when rock’n’roll and boyfriends were the backdrop to her coming of age.

Marrying in her late teens, it was following the birth of her third child that she faced a major trauma. She writes very frankly about learning that her son had autism and coming to terms with this. Nevertheless, this situation finally led to the end of her first marriage. 

Bravely leaving her husband and moving into a flat above a shop that she ran herself, she met John, with whom she had her fourth child. 

Carol describes how she often had to deal with the conflicting disapproval of others against her life choices and partners. John was also married with children, and in the 1960s and 70s there was still considerable condemnation of couples living together in this way. However, they thrived and had a good family life together.

When faced with two major tragedies within her family, it is Carol’s care for others and a consistently indomitable spirit that pull her through the heartache and on to a new inspiring chapter in her life.

Often finding solace in writing, she has become well-established as an author, so it is apt that she now offers this spellbinding account of her own life to readers.

ISBN: 9781852001933

Size: 217x140mm 

Binding: Hardback

32 Colour & B&W photos

Length: 322pp

When Simone set off from New Zealand in the early 1990s, eager to experience what the world had to offer, she couldn’t have imagined how things would develop. The Iron Curtain was falling and the world seemed to be opening up to nations previously cut off from the western world.

Against this backdrop of change, she was one of a group of Kiwi friends who would embark on the journey of a lifetime called ‘The Serious Road Trip’. Initially sparked off by the plight of the orphans in Romania, they planned to travel by red double-decker bus from London to New Zealand working with underprivileged children en route. The one-year itinerary was mapped out, but fate would intervene and the Bosnian war broke out in 1992 as they started their journey.

Compelled by circumstance, the bus joined a Peace Convoy into Sarajevo in the hope of stopping the war. They became the first British-based group to break this infamous siege in June 1992. With compassionate hearts and living day by day, they endeavoured to meet some of the needs of orphans and refugees in many of the most remote and dangerous war-torn regions. They captured hearts and imaginations as they ‘juggled’ their way across borders and checkpoints in Bosnia-H, Croatia, Romania and elsewhere. Travelling in colourful trucks or by red London bus they developed their own unique and maverick form of humanitarian relief where keeping your sense of humour became a matter of survival.

Simone’s personal journey is interwoven with the ups and downs of fund-raising in the London head-office, leading teams of clowns alongside convoy projects and across frontlines or journeying to forgotten corners of Romania. Simone details how she and her fellow volunteer humanitarian Road Trippers offered tangible help and hope in the darkest of times and places.

This factual account is told by a woman following her path and searching for love in the most unlikely places. She finds more than she bargained for. This tells of a journey of courage and self-discovery, where extreme circumstances reveal all sorts of strengths and a pioneering spirit within. It shows what the bonds of friendship and love can surmount when kindred spirits unite, show compassion and dare to dream.

ISBN: 9781852001926

Size: 217x140mm 

Binding: hardback 

100 Colour photos and 2 map illustrations

Length: 321pp