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*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

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

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

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

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

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 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

This often heartbreaking account by Carol, whose son, Paul, was born with many difficulties, including autism, is told with the honesty and sincerity necessary to portray the conflicting emotions faced by any family, and particularly a mother, in such circumstances. The overbearing feelings of guilt, failure and inadequacy have to be resolved to enable a happy life with her family. 

When multiple disabilities gradually begin to manifest themselves in Paul, Carol learns how to deal with each trauma individually; discovering that a sense of humour, along with the loyalty and care of her family, is essential, as children with severe difficulties react very differently to others in everyday situations. 

Despite everything, there is light at the end of the tunnel, as Paul’s bravery and courage to fight through illness and adversity, and become a happy young man despite all his disabilities, make everything else seem to pale into insignificance. If he could speak, he would surely say: “My life is worth living!”

ISBN: 9781852001896 

Size: 212x135mm 

Binding: Paperback 

Length: 162pp

Tragically orphaned at the age of eight, twins Rachel and Diana share identical looks but not personality. 

As they grow up and become more independent, the studious and quiet natured Rachel is alarmed when dramatic and attention seeking Diana meets travelling gypsy Jake at a fair, but it is she, Rachel, that unexpectedly falls madly in love with strikingly handsome Neil Morris, whilst Diana has a feeling of foreboding about the relationship and does not like or trust Neil. 

Diana’s flatmate, Clare, has recently had a miscarriage and is desperate to replace her loss, and when Diana finds she is herself pregnant after being raped, she agrees that Clare can adopt her unwanted baby. However, when her daughter is born there is an immediate bond and Diana decides to keep baby Ella, much to the dismay of Clare. 

Events take a very dark turn when baby Ella is stolen from the hospital, with the last sighting being that of a nurse taking her out of the maternity ward. . . 

Whilst Diana immediately assumes Clare has taken the baby, it soon becomes apparent that her twin Rachel has vanished without trace and the baby’s father, who now has a new partner called Anna, also seems a possible line of enquiry for the police. 

As time passes, Diana is left devastated at the abduction of her baby and she desperately misses her twin sister to confide in. She is surprised when her first love Jake turns up as one of the detectives and wonders what the future will hold – will she ever find out what happened, in that one terrible moment, to baby Ella?

ISBN: 9781852001865 

Size: 217x140mm

Binding: Hardback

Length: 221pp

The late 1950s and early 60s is not a good time for unmarried teenage mothers; so when Laura Clark finds herself in just this situation, it is her own feisty naivety that propels her to keep her baby son Matthew. 

Pregnant at 17 and exiled to her Aunt Agnes, Laura has no idea why her first love Simon, father of her baby, has disappeared out of her life, and is fortunate that her determination against adoption is helped when her aunt becomes an unexpected ally. 

From the earliest days with baby Matthew, Laura can see in him features of Simon, the man she still longs for; but her lovely son also shows other characteristics which, she learns, are a form of autism. Realising the new difficulties she must face as a single mother, Laura determines to do all she can to help Matthew deal with his social skills and behavioural problems. 

When Laura finally tracks down Simon, she has no idea whether he will cope with the knowledge that not only is he a father, but also his son is autistic. While circumstances prevail against the couple reuniting, a sinister act on a traumatised Matthew becomes the catalyst to prove just how strong the power of love really is.

ISBN: 9781852001810 

Size: 217x140mm 

Binding: Hardback 

Length: 215pp