Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Two, Chapter Four
Jinnie woke with a start and looking round the bedroom it took her a moment or two to remember where she was. She leant over to the bedside table and put on her new digital [more…]
Thriller
Fiction
The Man Who Played Ross – Chapter 27
Jarvis had dumped the stolen cab in Birmingham and caught a train home. The next day he headed northwest out of Abergavenny towards Peterchurch and took an unnamed road up Stockley Hill. He left his [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Two, Chapter Three
Following Dirk’s explanation of his injuries, escape from Germany and new position as a recruiter for the SIS, Jinnie wanted to know why he was telling her and how he knew she was starting a [more…]
Fiction
The Man Who Played Ross – Chapter 26
Insurgencies differ in their use of tactics and methods. In a 2004 article, Robert R. Tomes spoke of four elements that “typically encompass an insurgency”: 1. cell-networks that maintain secrecy 2. terrorism used to foster [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Two, Chapter Two
Professor Dirk Scholz asked politely if he could sit down. Jinnie saw he was standing awkwardly and said, “Yes, of course.” Dirk put both his crutches into one hand, pulled out a chair with the [more…]
Book Review
Book Review: Imagining A Murder
Once Upon a Moonlit Provence Night . . . author David Sedgwick reveals why he just had to write the story of a brutal, unsolved 1973 murder. Hands up who remembers the name Jeremy Cartland? [more…]
Fiction
The Man Who Played Ross – Chapter 25
Am I dreaming? She recalled going into the light. So this is death? I thought I’d be frightened. Afarin was talking to the Angle of Death, in the appearance of a Greyfriars monk and he [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Two, Chapter One
Jinnie parked her very nearly brand new British Motors Mini in a free slot outside the main building of Fitzwilliam college, close to a sign pointing her to reception. She was early, her designated time [more…]
Fiction
The Man Who Played Ross – Chapter 24
It had been Morrison’s idea to set up the “Inkspots Self-preservation Society” to give it its full title. The name came from an old record they found in the Sergeants’ Mess storeroom and the Hermann [more…]