A disillusioned soldier looks for love. An exiled Emperor fears assassination. Agatha Christie takes a holiday. And George Bernard Shaw learns to tango.In the aftermath of World War I, Michael Pinfold a disillusioned ex-soldier tries to rescue his failing family wine business on the island of Madeira. In a villa in the hills the exiled Austrian Emperor lives in fear of assassination by Hungarian killers, while in Reid's Hotel, a well-known lady crime novelist is stranded on her way...

The unthinkable has happened at the Soviet nuclear plant at Sokolskoye. An accident of such terrifying proportions, of such catastrophic ecological and political consequence that a curtain of silence is drawn ominously over the incident. Major Pyotr Kirov of the KGB is appointed to extract the truth from the treacherous minefield of misinformation and intrigue and to obtain from the West the technology essential to prevent further damage. But the vital equipment is under strict trade embar...

During a time when most wild animals are experiencing decline in the face of development and climate change, the intrepid mountain lion -- also known as a puma, a cougar, and by many other names – has experienced reinvigoration as well as expansion of territory. What makes this cat, the fourth carnivore in the food chain -- just ahead of humans – so resilient and resourceful? And what can conservationists and wild life managers learn from them about the web of biodiversity that is in despe...

For Colonel Pyotr Andreevitch Kirov there is only one inescapable truth in modern Russia – if the old order does not change, it is impossible to bury the past.When Kirov's routine investigation into black market antibiotics is linked to the former head of the KGB – and Kirov himself is put under investigation by his own men – the course for collision is set.As the old and new factions in the Soviet machine grapple for power, the stock in trade is the hardest currency known t...

A French aristocrat and his mistress are murdered.A mysterious businessman offers the Fuehrer’s diaries to a New York publishing house. Are the Hitler Diaries a hoax or a Nazi record of terrifying truth? The publisher struggles with his own memories of atrocities in the Holocaust and decides to go to print.Jonathan Grant, a controversial historian, and his beautiful assistant Lisa are commissioned to find out the answer. Together they follow a trail that draws them into a t...

In the pretty Devonshire town of Dartcross an elderly lady diarist struggles with her memory to write a history of her colourful past, her hateful cat and her murderous husband. At the same time, Janet Bretherton and her friend Belle try to discover a purpose to their retirement. Is it enough to discuss the latest novels in their readers’ group, go to the theatre or attend a séance? Perhaps, instead, they should try to solve the mystery of the dead Polish man whose body is found by the riv...

Life doesn't move in straight lines.It spins. It stalls. It surprises you. Sometimes it breaks things you thought would last forever-and sometimes, it rebuilds them into something stronger than before.Thoughts of a Simple Man in a Complicated World is a heartfelt collection of honest reflections on faith, failure, and the quiet work of redemption. Written in a straightforward, conversational style, this book invites readers into real-life m...

Street photographs are mirror images of society, the subjects are usually unaware that they are being photographed, creating a spontaneous response to life as it happens in front of your eyes. Street photography is unplanned. You really never know what you’re going to get on any given day. A street photo should tell a story, or causes you wonder what is happening at the moment.The best way to know any city is by heading out with the sole purpose of photographing it and its people. ...

Single ActionBy: Jim WilliamsWhen Johnny Dolan, a seasoned New York City investigative reporter, begins to cover the brutal murders of two computer programmers, it catapults him into the 1960’s underworld of organized crime and government corruption.Working to uncover the crime details with earmarks of a mob hit, Dolan encounters an intricate web of facts and players. While interviewing Lydia Hayes, the beautiful ex-wife of one of the victims, Johnny discovers criti...

In this set of five standalone novels Jim Williams explores the central subject of the classic murder mystery, namely the murder itself, to see if there's anything new that can be done with it. The author transports the reader to different times and places: from Voltaire and Casanova's 18th century Venice, through two world wars, to present day Southern France. Each novel ends with a brief set of reader's notes.Contents:Scherzo – Murder and Mystery in 18th Century V...

Janet Bretherton, a widow at 60, suspected of her husband's murder and involvement in the fraud which brought his company down, exiles herself to Puybrun, a small village in a picturesque corner of south-west France, where she nurses her grief and tries to rebuild her shattered world. She meets six other Englishwomen who live the expatriate life. Earthy has fled from a hippy camp in a damp corner of Wales. Carol claims to have slept with every man in the world called Dave. Belle has a husb...

Street photographs are mirror images of society, the subjects are usually unaware that they are being photographed, creating a spontaneous response to life as it happens in front of your eyes. Street photography is unplanned. You really never know what you’re going to get on any given day. A street photo should tell a story, or causes you wonder what is happening at the moment.The best way to know any city is by heading out with the sole purpose of photographing it and its people. ...