Fiction
Samyaza Epilogue – 2017, No Time to Mope
Some violence. Afarin Khan looked at herself in the mirror and sure enough, an old lady stared back at her. She picked at her hair and felt her joints that told her she was getting [more…]
Thriller
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story, Book Four – Chapter Twenty-One
Jinnie got the expected summons to see ‘C’ in the middle of the following morning. Emma smiled as she entered the outer office and pointed at the Daily Express on her side table and said, [more…]
Fiction
Samyaza Chapter 34 – Albania and England 2013
Contains violence and a description of suicide. Jean-Claude took the morning BA flight from London to Tirana, and it landed at 13:00. He got a taxi from the airport to the British embassy at Rruga [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story, Book Four – Chapter Twenty
Jinnie was busy working on her PC when Penny stuck her head around the door and asked, “Have you seen the latest message from Steven?” Jinnie said, “No, is there anything new?” Penny replied, “I [more…]
Fiction
Samyaza Chapter 33 – England, Afghanistan and England – 2012
He moved in with her in the little house on the hill. He was gentle, kind and a good nursing orderly, changing the dressings on the burns every day and weaning her off the Oxymorphone. [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story, Book Four – Chapter Nineteen
On Monday morning Greta showed Penny into Jinnie’s office. Jinnie asked her to shut the door, to help herself to a mug of coffee and to take a seat. Jinnie explained to her that in [more…]
Fiction
Samyaza Chapter 32 – Libya, – April – May 2011
The next time they visited Sirte, Belhaj was more disposed to see them. Afarin said nothing in the pick-up truck and was totally incognito in her silk farrashia and this time, Jean-Claude introduced Julian to [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story, Book Four – Chapter Eighteen
The evening after the trip to Crawley, Jinnie and Alberto spoke on the phone and both agreed that the trip had been well worth the effort. Jinnie was more sure than ever that Brian was [more…]
Fiction
Samyaza Chapter 31 – Libya, February – April 2011
The next morning, she moved the pickup truck round and onto the road. She was wearing her hijab, tightly wrapped so only her eyes showed. She waited and saw Jean-Claude and Edge walk out to [more…]