About John Searancke: John Searancke was, until recently, restaurant reviewer for the Tenerife newspaper Island Connections. Born in 1943 at Derby Royal Infirmary, a war baby, he lived his early life in Ashby-de la-Zouch and was sent away to be educated at Kings Mead Preparatory School, Seaford and afterwards at Rugby School. Later commissioned into the Territorial Army, he has been variously a director of a light engineering company, an hotel and restaurant owner, director and chairman of a … [Read more...]
FEATURED BOOK: A Summer of Witches by M. Ganendran
Wartime witches, ghosts and smugglers abound in this dual-time supernatural mystery story. In the summer of 1940, twelve year olds Lawrence and Rachel are evacuated to the village of Burley in the New Forest. One night, they witness a group of people dressed in strange clothing creeping into the woods. Before long, they find themselves drawn into an adventure while the very future of their country is at stake. In 1990, teenagers Nick and Molly uncover a diary in the attic which belonged to … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Libby Fischer Hellmann
About Libby Fischer Hellmann: Libby Fischer Hellmann left a career in broadcast news in Washington, DC and moved to Chicago 35 years ago, where she, naturally, began to write gritty crime fiction. Twelve novels and twenty short stories later, she claims they’ll take her out of the Windy City feet first. She has been nominated for many awards in the mystery and crime writing community and has even won a few. With the addition of Jump Cut in 2016, her novels include the now five-volume Ellie … [Read more...]
Bargain Book: Falstaff Wild Gets into Hotwater by Michael Wormald
This book is bargain priced. Check book price before you buy, as prices can change due to expiration of the sale or other technical issues. Falstaff the Incorrigible, a mercenary scoundrel with an evil temper. It is the eve of war in Europe, but Falstaff has unfinished business with a princess, the Japanese Army and loot still to find in the east. The incorrigible Falstaff is down but not out. His eye for the ladies and the chance for a quick buck have got him trouble again. This preview … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – John Kean
About John Kean: I am a professional diver and writer which is quite convenient as I only require water and paper; thankfully both are in plentiful supply. I aim to be accurate, informative and as helpful as possible. I also have a loathing of boring instruction manuals and dull publications purporting to represent the wonderful world of scuba diving. As a result, my own publications (even the so called 'serious' ones) are bursting at the seams with comedy. Even if a book is of educational … [Read more...]
Press On Regardless by Brent Baxter
It is May 1940. Most of the Royal Air Force squadrons deployed to France wait impatiently for the impending German invasion. Part of a top secret experimental unit, Flight Lieutenant Roger Attwater flies mission after mission in a modified Spitfire, deep into enemy territory. If he is successful, he can change the course of the coming battle, and maybe save his oldest friend in the process. But the RAF are about to face their greatest ever challenge, and the Germans are not Attwater’s … [Read more...]
The One I Was by Eliza Graham
Young Benny Gault arrives at Fairfleet, a serene English country house, in 1939 as a Kindertransport child, label round his neck, football under his arm and a guilty secret in his heart. For the rest of his life he will attempt to suppress the truth about his last days in Germany. Years later, Rosamond, a nurse with a secret of her own, arrives to look after him on his deathbed. As the two untangle the mysterious threads binding their lives together, the violence of the past menaces Fairfleet's … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Jean Grainger
Author Bio: I am a writer, a teacher, a mother, a former university lecturer and a National Tour Guide of Ireland. I live in Cork, Ireland with my husband Diarmuid and our four children. What inspires you to write? The characters for my stories live inside my head for quite a while, working out their lives. Once they are clear about what happens to them then I have to write it down. I love history, but not all the facts and figures element. what I enjoy is thinking and writing about … [Read more...]
