The Middle GroundThe Middle Ground is very much a novel of today. It is a celebration of the pleasures and dangers of London life in all its variety, seen through the eyes of a group of friends Kate Armstrong, journalist, Evelyn Stennett, social worker, Ted Stennett, a doctor of sorts (and ex lover of Kate) and Hugo Mainwaring, journalist, anthropologist and wounded adventurer. They are all in their forties 'the middle years, caught between children and parents, free

and Severus needs the help of his wife Salonina and his freedman Totavalas in this constant game of thrones

Christopher and Natalie are used to domestic turmoil

and the narrator

and he is forced to join the frigate Miranda

The Do-Gooder

Nevertheless

He might even be in the rare position of defending a client who is actually innocent

When tragedy strikes Tom is left holding a blood-soaked body

The Night's Dawn trilogy

Despite the restrictions of Cold War Czechoslovakia

and the startling intimacy of the foreign

Dead Sweet is a startling debut thriller that uncovers a terrifying world of financial crime