by Ivan B
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Trembine Halt (2010) Trembine Halt is a tiny Cambridgeshire village. Like most small villages the dozen inhabitants have their various foibles, but they have learnt to live together and support one another when necessary, even coping with the odd transitory interloper. However, lurking underneath are emotional hang-ups, hidden relationships, suicides and selfishness. All would remain as it was, except on one snowy day a freight train gets stuck in the village and the addition of the extra person starts off a train of events that will have long term repercussions.
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Nocturnus (2010) John Smith and Jane Doe (yes that’s their real names) are ordinary people living separate lives. He as a peripatetic lecturer and she as a night-time cleaning manager. In the normal course of events their paths would probably never cross. However, some events are far from normal and the two get thrown together to dispose of a corpse.
The question is can they get away with it? Especially as it's not just the police after them.
But the story is more than just a simple tale of misdeed and misdemeanor. Jane leads her nocturnal life for very good reasons (well good to her) and John prefers to travel rather than stay at home for equally valid reasons (well valid to him.) So as their lives are forcibly intertwined are their reasons still valid or are they redundant?
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The Face (2010) Brian is the type of guy who likes to have everything cut and dried and his life on a well-ordered track. He’s been in the same teaching job since leaving university and spends every summer holiday house-sitting for his cousin George. However, this summer, after seeing a woman's face in a supermarket, his life starts to change in ways he would never have contemplated. However, there is more to come and his well ordered life starts to spiral way out of control, the problem is that he rather begins to like it that way.
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Botanago (2010) Botanago refers to a mathematical formula, which is invented within a robotics company by an eccentric and irascible middle aged research engineer called Albert, who is not all he seems.
All would be well if they left him alone to think his mathematical thoughts, but in Jeddle Robotics lie people with ambition and downright managerial ruthlessness that Albert detests.
So while he strives to perfect his cherished formula, he must also deal with the rest of his life, and that is nowhere near as easy.
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Ruth (2010) Ruth is a runner with a unique sexual chemistry that combines in almost near perfection with the story-teller; but she says little and wants nothing else. However, as far as he is concerned this is enough, then the unexpected happens and life gets turned on it's head...
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Bitter (2010) Jim Tarrent and Jenn Tarrent are settling down to a new routine in their detective agency following their marriage.
They have the usual mix of cases, but also pick up a case for military intelligence involving two dead service personnel discovered in unusual circumstances while Jim (who still dreams of his army past) plugs away at solving a child hit and run mystery no matter what it costs.
However, both cases lead them into murky territory where simple objectives have morphed into potential scandals that no-one on high wants revealed.
Jims unusual evidence gathering skills and Jenn’s organisation lead them further on than anyone else, but perhaps the outcome is not worth the trouble involved.
(Bitter is a sequal to 'Cold')
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Barnabus can Fly! (2011) Barnabus the church mouse has got himself into a pickle again! He's been teaching the mouslets all about bats, but now he can't find one and his class are beginning to disbelieve him - can there be a solution?
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Barnabus and the 'Swerve' (2011) Barnabus has a lot on his mind; the church want to sell off their ancient pipe organ and he needs to find a way to beat the Red Rodents at Mouse Volley ball. The answer could lie in something very different...
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