Fiction

Nigel Stewart

Colouring In is the story of James Clifton, a chronic underachiever who has failed to fulfil his potential and exists too easily in a world where he shouldn't belong. 

As the 1980s draw to a close, James is lurching from drama to crisis to impasse. His present and future are inhibited by his reliance on a rose-tinted vision of his past. His talents as an Artist are submerged in a morass of indecision and poor self-esteem. He is holding too many last straws. 

But when it seems James has reached the very bottom of all that is wrong, a letter arrives that changes his life forever. An admirer, who James cannot place in his previous history, becomes the catalyst for transformation and evolution. He learns that not everything he holds dear is quite as he wants to remember it. 

He finds himself on a path that reveals a new future, based on a different past. 

Colouring In explores the ways in which inadequacy, perceived or real, can become a block to creativity and ambition. It is also a love story.  Set in England (and in France for part of the story), Colouring In has some graphic sex scenes and language.

The Lines Between Lies is a thriller set in Britain in 2017.

Edward Clayton is naïve yet duplicitous. The fractures in his life are patched up by convenient affiliations, sewn with loose stitching: his kids; social media; dating sites and above all by his job. And, in all innocence, he does something that puts him at odds with the wrong kinds of people. His indiscretions cause eddies that drag him into a muddy pool and, the deeper he gets, the harder it is to recognise where the danger lies. His obsessive search for the biggest fish with the sharpest teeth means he doesn't realise he's already been hooked and netted.

The book explores a divided, fractured society, and how those fissures extend into relationships, marriage, friendship, work and family. It also deals with the way social media and an online lifestyle expose people to situations they may be ill-equipped to manage, in spite of any strength of character or status. The political and sociological problems of this age are never far away; Brexit; terror; a president's sabre rattling - but their impact on the plot and main characters is to show how little those things affect those with limited engagement in activism. A key theme is the notion that the soft politics of many people are blind to the extremes around them. Above all, The Lines Between Lies takes the reader into a world where wealth and power are wielded covertly, to no one's benefit and with potentially fatal consequences.

Simon Turner is planning a party for his 60th birthday.

It's meant to be a celebration of family, enduring friendships, memories - and his beloved music.

But when the dancing stops and the lights go on, has more been revealed than either Simon or any of his guests could ever have imagined?

 Donna H Duhig

In 1919, a sudden tragedy tears Betsy's family apart. Her childhood and life, and that of her siblings, will change irrevocably. 

Betsy grows up in the years between the two wars. During this time of hardship, she faces many struggles and losses. 

Will she develop the strength and determination to find her own way in life? 

Will things work out In the End? 

Steven J Mathews

This book tells stories about the life and times of Jesus, from being a young boy through to his adulthood. The stories are told through Jesus’ eyes and are based on some facts and the author’s imagination. Characters and stories that we have all grown up with are given a new, more intimate feel.

Whilst still having a traditional feel, this book brings the well-loved stories to life for a new, modern-day audience.