Izette

Imagine that the Second World War had turned out differently. Imagine there being a swastika hanging from every public building and seeing German soldiers on every street corner. Imagine having to witness the forced deportation of people you care about.

To some, this is an nightmare scenario but, for the people of the Channel Islands, such as teenager Izette, it is a stark reality.

For Izette's family and friends there is food rationing, fear, illness and murder but there is also defiance, bravery and passion. And there is, too, the tricky problem of having to tread that very thin line between co-operation and collaboration.

Izette
Viv Packer
ISBN 1-905621-36-1 UK £7.99
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Nadia's Litter

One fateful night in Italy, Anna Colloni is saved from the brink of death by a young Nigerian, Joe Kodilonye. Anna owes Joe her life and they fall in love, but the rich Italian girl flirts with death once more when hostility to their friendship intensifies - Joe is African and judged by the colour of his skin. But...'For those who so deeply care for others, the fountain of life and love forever flows.'

In a different life, in his native village Ahamba, Joe was secretly betrothed to a mystical deity - the Princess of the Shrine. But even in Italy, where Joe had been sent to study for the benefit of his motherland, he cannot escape the clutches of the goddess - the lines between fact, fiction and the supernatural become extensively blurred.

Nadia's Litter
Anthony Nwosa
ISBN 1-905621-21-3 UK £7.99
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Ronnie Darwin was my Uncle

‘Dave Darwin eh, any relation?’
‘Yes actually, Ronnie Darwin was my uncle!’

Ronnie Darwin was an up and coming comedian, on the brink of stardom, whose young life ended tragically in 1969. Dave Darwin is his hero-worshipping nephew and ‘Scar Brother’. It is now 1991 and Dave is bored with his job, disenchanted with his marriage and together with his best friend and confidante, Tim Cross, hovering on the brink of alcoholism.

As Dave struggles to find answers to his own life’s problems he finds that it is uncannily beginning to mirror his uncle’s. As events unfold Dave slips ever deeper into self-destruction.
This is a poignant and enthralling story of love, death, humiliation and the power the past has on the present. A wonderful read.

Ronnie Darwin was my Uncle
Paul Crampton
ISBN 1-905203-99-3 UK £8.99
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With Fate Conspire

In the Scottish Highlands in 1983, Mr Campbell-Fotheringay, the laird of Aldrory Estate, was a hated man. Despised by the locals, some of who feared for their future livelihood, and particularly loathed by Ian MacLean for ruining his Aldrory Estate and for all that he stood for - drugs, drink and fancy young whores!

This novel tells the story of how Ian strangely, fatefully aids his American friend, Ronald Macdonald, to become the new laird of Aldrory. It wonderfully depicts life closely in touch with nature in the remote Highlands and is enriched by being bright with humour; poignant with drama; having wartime scenes searingly depicted in vivid flashbacks and having a whole gallery of memorable characters.

With Fate Conspire
Robert O Scott
ISBN 1-905621-03-5 UK £8.99
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The Dying Man's Clues

One dark evening in the early summer of 1795, on the road between the village of Rottingdean and Brighton, then known as Brighthelmston, curate Ben Sydenham discovers a fatally injured man. The young victim manages to breathe a few last words, before passing away. On finding out the identity of the man, Ben vows to track down his killer and bring him to justice. He is aided in this endeavour by several people, including the victim’s father and attractive sister Mary. However, they gradually begin to discover that, what appears to be just a horrific violent robbery of a local man, is only a small part of a much larger crime, with unimaginably far-reaching consequences, and royal connections. And all they have to go on is the dying man’s clues…

This intriguing and delightfully crafted novel is a must for lovers of both historical and detective stories alike.

The Dying Man's Clues
Derek Heater
ISBN 1-905621-23-X UK £6.99
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Tarnished Heroes

Set in the 1930s', the African deserts and Europe during the dark days of World War Two, "Tarnished Heroes" tells the story of young men and women from widely different backgrounds, their experiences as they are plunged into the maelstrom of the conflict and the consequences.

Packed with political intrigue, brimming with nostalgia-inducing atmosphere, here is a stirring reminder that war inevitably changes lives.

Tarnished Heroes
Geoff Cumbley
ISBN 1-905621-01-9 UK £6.99
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