The prices go up on April 1, 2022. It’s no joke! So don’t put it off any more: choose the cheap and free books you’ve been meaning to get. Why is the sale over? When the COVID-19 pandemic began two years ago, I made my books either free or really cheap, to the lowest price […]
The fourth book in the Eva Driscoll Thriller series By Alan McDermott “I’ll say one thing for the locals: they sure know how to make a decent beer.” Eva was studying the menu. “I’m gonna have the Lomo Saltado,” she said. “I’ll have the same,” Sonny told her. He was a big fan of the […]
Enjoy this excerpt from the romantic suspense novel By D.G. Torrens “You did the right thing, Cassie. We talked about this. The smallest of things can initiate the return of your memory. Please, continue,” encouraged Jennifer. Cassie fidgeted on her seat and brushed her hair back off her face. “Well, I was on the footpath […]
The crisis in Ukraine follows patterns of history. While it has become a cliché, what’s happening now on the eastern edge of Europe echoes crises of history, particularly the Second World War. To illustrate, this blog will compare the opening moves of those days with what’s happening in Ukraine now. I think a […]
By Alan McDermott Prologue 21 January 2010 Stuart Boyle held the Subaru Impreza at a steady thirty miles per hour as he headed towards the town centre. A red traffic light halted his progress, and he gazed around at the people in the cars, on the buses, walking the streets, most of them heading to […]
From the book edited by The Written Word By Lucy Appadoo She hailed a cab and a young driver with dark curls and stubble smiled as he dropped her suitcase into the boot of his car. As they drove to the city, he tried to make small talk. “Are you here on holiday?” Blanca’s chest […]
A Sunday sample from The Bones of the Earth “Why did you take my dagger in the first place?” It is not yours. You are merely the bearer. As was your ancestor, in his time. The dagger is very important. It was made not by humans, but by a member of an older race to […]