One Good Man by Ruth Rowling: (note- the following is a translation)
"The narrative begins with a short scene from 1935 where the heroine, Mia, is only 15. Her older sister, Astrid, will soon qualify as a doctor and is newly engaged to a fellow doctor, Christian. Tom, Christian's best friend, is later to become a leader in the Norwegian Resistance. It is these characters, plus a few others, most notably the Gestapo chief, Friedrich, that the drama centres around. Tom emerges as an unsympathetic and ruthless man, but in the fight for freedom one couldn't afford to take account of personal feelings."
"One of the book's stronger sides is the atmospheric build up of the invasion in 1940, where uncertainty, confusion, even apathy, rule. Mia joins an undercover Resistance group, with secret meetings, passwords and cover names. Rowling portrays this extremely well. There are many close shaves; one doesn't know whom one can trust and who might be an informer working with the Nazis. Then Mia is moved from the Newspaper to work as Friedrich's assistant and interpreter and the tension mounts. Rowling can have praise for not presenting the Gestapo chief as a cliché. Here he comes across as a thoughtful and sensitive man. The confrontation between him and Christian makes for particularly intense reading."
The Forgotten Army by Roy
Yates:
"The Forgotten Army is a stunning,
riveting account..."
Inland Revenue... Saint or Sinner by John Booth:
"The Finance Bill 2002 includes enabling legislation giving unprecedentedly wide powers to regulation by the tax authorities. The Revenue have recently been found to have exceeded their 'care and management' power. This book has never been more necessary."
Bamfords Shroud by Harold
Nicholson:
"This is one of those books that proves so absorbing
that you just don't want it to end - and indeed one hopes... ...it will be
the first of many from a most gifted story teller. ...the kind of tale
that Sapper and Buchan used to write - pure in its plot, pure in its
telling..."
Davies Creation by E C Braithwaite:
"He
has come up with a truly fascinating creation!"
Funny Old World by Barrie
Francis:
"...a fine de-stressing romp..."
Funny Old World details.
Gliding into War by Ian and
Celia Toler:
"There is much more to this book than simply
military reminiscences... It deals evocatively with the style and atmosphere
of life in the 1930s, first as a student as the storm clouds gather, then as
an Army officer who never totally sheds his civilian interests and
sensitivities... This is a beautifully written and intensely personal
account of what like was like at the cutting edge of Army Aviation."
New
Horizons Beckon by Patricia Coates:
"Hopefully she has many
more tales to tell as this book deserves a sequel."
New Horizons Beckon details.
One Boy's War by Bob Galloway:
"From the beginning of the
novel we are encaptured by the simplicity of the tales. Galloway's
descriptive text is intense and draws on every detail, sound and smell,
which make the stories tangible to the reader. ...and it's not difficult to
read between the lines a great sense of pride and dignity."
Taxi
by Vera Parsonage:
"...no hidden moralistic
ideals implanted surreptitiously between the lines, it's just good fun...
...if it's escapism you are looking for in a lighter vein, then give Taxi a
try."
Not For
Bedtime - chilling tales from around the world:
"... brought together well-known novelists,
professional journalists and some fine new and amateur writers. ...
absorbing book."
The Reincarnate by Polly L
Hughes:
"The Reincarnate is a wonderfully written
novel.
The intricate details and and universal characters provide the
reader with an immediate link and empathy.
...intermingling of fiction and non-fiction provides depth and detail to the
novel. ...a book not to missed."
Where Birds Don't Sing by Alan
Clegg:
"A highly readable and original story about this
gruesome period - a world class book"
Infinity
Junction by Neil Gee:
"Superb
book. ...quite obvious that those agents who rejected it
didn't read past the title page."
Before Hitting Bottom by
Deborah Dupré Wheeler
"It is only rarely that you read a
book that impresses itself in your mind like this. To start with there is a
moving account of how the author's son slipped into drug and alcohol abuse,
how he was in denial about his problem, and about how, against all the odds,
his mother was able to intervene with compassion and determination.
A
procedure is described in detail, with many references and explanations,
about how successful intervention, even for people in denial, can be
achieved.
Before Hitting Bottom is highly recommended for affected
relatives and should be compulsory reading for professionals concerned with
treating addicts. An uncommon but apparently highly effective method."
Tengar Bridge by
N.M.Lewis.
"...Fast, gripping... I LIKED IT...
...surprised it hasn't been taken up.
...unusual combination of mental tension, excitement and a love angle
creeping in. ...end is rather romantic in a way, maybe you should adapt it
for Mills and Boon!"
The Lynch-Mob Syndrome by Ken Norman (and others)-
"This is a must read-read for anyone with a social
conscience. I was dismayed and incredulous in almost equal measure when I
read it. The Lynch-Mob Syndrome is probably the single most comprehensive and objective review of infant death, and attitudes by the medical profession to it, that has ever been compiled. This is investigative journalism of a calibre you don't often see. And it is regularly updated. Of course we live in the same borough as one of the highest profile
cases at the time, Louise Woodward. We all watched that case with great
interest and our local paper, The Ellesmere Port Standard, did an
outstanding and remarkably unbiased job reporting the whole affair, which
made us feel all the more involved. The Lynch-Mob Syndrome presents a
detailed and very well argued case which only goes to reinforce our doubts
that justice is done in such situations."
A Very European Death by
Mike Bonner
"A Very European Death is an intriguing
thriller which in particular skilfully uses its European locations."
Dagger
First by Evelyn Murray -
We are pleased to announce that Evelyn
Murray has decided to release the first two books of the Dagger
series.
Other possible works -
Now at this point
we're entering the realms of the infin-iffy, but if as we
hope, one of the longest novels we've looked at so far goes into production-
and it's not certain due to the cost of printing a long novel on spec- then
these are some of the best comments we've seen from readers we trust,
including those (from the same readers) about recently acclaimed books from
the mainstream world of publishing. The author shuns electronic publishing
(even though this looks like an ideal case) and insists we disguise the
title, main characters and author name so efforts to sell it to a big
publisher can continue, but if it does appear here remember our code name;
"Genome by Person:" we'll sneak it in somewhere.
"It's a fascinating concept- (scary), very imaginative and very readable.
...enjoyed it thoroughly. ...a terrific adventure story... It could
make a very exciting film."