DI Steve Winwood's quiet Saturday morning is ruined when one of the guests is found murdered during a Murder Mystery Weekend at the Fleetwood Arms Hotel. The first thing Winwood discovers is that many of the guests are members of the Rutherford Operatic And Dramatic Society (ROADS) and they all have solid alibis for the time of death. They were asleep. The deceased Martin Protheroe had switched rooms with Alan Stirling a member of ROADS. The group used this and similar events in other hote...

Don't you wish you could always find the right words at just the right time to answer anyone who has upset you? You will find that reply in this book. It has over 750 insults from some of the wittiest, cleverest and smartest writers that have proved that the pen is indeed mightier than the sword.This book of insults has been collected from the well-known to the hardly ever heard of; from the famous to the anonymous, from newspapers and TV to long forgotten and folded magazines....

There were two unexpected mourners at Councillor Bob Ball's funeral; his Russian wife and daughter. Even more surprising because no one knew that Bob Ball was married. Whilst the guests gathered afterwards for drinks at the Council offices someone beat the Council Archivist to death in his office in the second basement. No one knew much about Gordon Nicholson, his work or his life. DI Steve Winwood and his Sergeant Archie Tibble and acting Detective Constable Emma Porter set about intervie...

In this second volume of the Fordhamton Trilogy things are still not going smoothly for the Trustees of Alan Price's will. What kind of memorial did he intend to represent 'Harmony, Industry and Co-operation'. Then the same three Councillors, the Mayor Michael Jackson, Peter Noone and Valerie Masters find themselves requested to deliver three envelopes in accordance with Arthur Brown's will. It seems the late Arthur Brown knew all about the affair between Peter and Val. What they did not e...

When the body of Bill Gibson is found on a piece of waste land beneath the bypass Detective Inspector Steve Winwood has no clues as to how or why as the victim lived over twenty miles away. He discovers from the rather eccentric antiquarian bookseller John Cherry that Gibson was a book illustrator.Whilst Winwood and his Sergeant Archie Tibbs uncover more about Gibson's reclusive lifestyle others in town are reminded of a previous proposed housing development on this piece of waste ...

The Mayor of Fordhamton is not happy that listeners to Nice Radio had voted the town the third most boring in England. The first Fordhamton Arts Festival is born and soon runs into trouble when the stand-in for the dead body in The Real Inspector Hound is found dead onstage during the dress rehearsal. It brings into town Detective Inspector Miles Davis who is soon digging into the public and private lives of the actors – the actors being staff at Geno Washing County High School. Davis has ...

A local Parliamentary by-election is called when the sitting MP is forced to resign after being found in a sexually compromising situation. The political constituency of Rutherford is considered an important indication of the way the country might vote in a general election. Detective Inspector Steve Winwood has orders to remain in his office whilst his Detective Sergeant Archie Tibble and secret service Inspector Ruth Coleman are sent undercover. This decision follows a cryptic message in...

The first victim was 'Chalkie' White found with a cricket stump pierced through his heart in the Old Rutherfordians Cricket Club practice nets. Sergeant Archie Tibble was the first to mention vampires, but not the last. Detective Inspector Steve Winwood was not impressed.The second victim was Charlotte Lamb found on the centre pitch naked and strangled with an Old Rutherfordians tie but not before drinking a cocktail popularly known as a silver bullet. Thoughts of werewolves starte...

Alan Price, Fordhamton Town Councillor and local businessman is killed when his car hits a brewery draw down a narrow lane. Initially it is thought to be a heart attack but a subsequent toxicology report indicates an unknown drug in his blood. Detective Inspector Steve Harley is pleased to be pulled away from his secondment to the murder team investigating a serial killer on a farm but when he asks for an assistant he gets Detective Constable Miles Davis who is thorough but knows no more a...

When J's car broke down in the village of Greenwood his initial frustrations were quickly eradicated when he entered the Plough pub and fell immediately fell in love with the landlady Ruth. It seemed his classic car would not be repaired quickly and he and Ruth began a relationship over beer and fine dining. However he never quite explained what he was doing in the village and Ruth ad no reason to disbelieve his story of being a location manager lost in the English countryside. Then J's ex...

The body of a suspect in a murder enquiry is uncovered during work to the town fountain. He was Ray Radford, killed thirty years previously and thought to have killed his partner John Kennedy. A manhunt at the time involving DCI Winwood who had only recently been appointed as a detective failed to find Radford or identify any suspects. The case had led to accusations of corruption in both the police force and local Council.Now that a body had been uncovered the case has to be re-op...

The book you hold in your hands says that our churches and our nation are in desperate need of biblical awakening and revival. It begins with the churches. In stark opposition to the quest to give our utmost for God's glory, as a whole, the modern evangelical movement has settled for a compromised form of Christianity. The book exposes the roots of this compromise, analyzes keys areas of church life where we have abandoned the biblical record, and offers a roadmap for revival and reformati...