Suspense Thrillers

	Quest Quest is a crime thriller and a love story in equal dimensions. Based in Carlisle, the Moray Firth, and Liverpool, this is the tale of a man with a simple mission. At least, Sam believes it’s straightforward, but is unaware that his assignment is a job within a job: a crucially important task relevant to the security of the nation. He is an asset to an organisational structure over which he has neither control nor knowledge. Sam’s project seems easy enough until he recalls the five white feathers his colleagues awarded him when he was sacked from his previous job. The mental problems of constantly living a lie almost lead to his annihilation. It doesn’t take him long to learn that he is an unwanted man as he tries to penetrate an organised crime gang that is intent on destroying the fabric of society in return for untold wealth. Eventually, it dawns on Sam that Rafferty has been right all along. Did Jenny really overhear a conversation about a plot to murder him? Is she in the enemy camp too; the girl he was falling in love with against all the rules in this wicked game? Has she been briefed to twirl him around her little finger, to penetrate his mind?	Read More...
	Sapphire A tale inspired by, and based upon, an account of a detective and an informant spanning twenty years. You’ll need to live like a tramp for a while, eat on the hoof, fill the car’s glove compartment with chocolate bars and energy drinks, walk for miles, ride Tail End Charlie in a surveillance operation, end up abandoned and lost in the middle of nowhere, and meet someone in the most bizarre of situations who will tell you ‘what’s going to happen next’... Based almost entirely in Cumbria, it’s a tale that takes you for a walk on the wild side, and might cause you to wonder how you can get out of the most dangerous situation you could ever imagine?	Read More...
	Septimus AD 78: It’s taken the Roman invaders over thirty years to reach the Lake District and the lands now known as Cumbria. Surrounded by high mountains, deep valleys, and a multitude of lakes, tarns and sheep, the Romans speculate on whether the inhabitants are an illiterate band of semi-neolithic individuals or an affluent tribe of significant status. Perhaps they will prove to be rich in gold, silver, and other treasures mined from the rocky environment where they live. Or do the locals survive on the edge of starvation existing on a daily diet of basic nourishment that is below normal living standards? Where is their army, the Romans ask? Will they run and hide in the caves with the first flight of an arrow? Are the natives naïve or cultured? Can they be trusted? How long will it take to destroy them?	Read More...
	Nebulous Ed Carter, an ageing career astronaut, is put out to pasture and dubbed a failure. Retiring to a quiet pub in rural Cumbria, he spends his time studying the stars in between pulling pints of beer for his thirsty locals. Envious of modern day space exploration, Ed can only watch from afar as his colleagues strive to reach further into the unknown. Then, unexpectedly, everything goes wrong and Earth is plunged into an alarming series of natural, and unnatural, disasters. Only Ed seems to know the answer to the problem the world is facing, but no-one is listening to yesterday’s man. Eventually, Sam, an astrophysicist, teams up with him and, together, they realise why the Earth is in danger.	Read More...