Novels
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Night Shelter, Jimmy Morton, a supervisor at the Night Shelter for the Homeless is unwittingly involved in the murder of Eva, a prostitute whose body is found in a tenement in Butchers' Row. Cynical and self-protective CI Dan Hamish finds that Eva was at a drug fuelled party at a nearby pub. The party was a boys' night out for the wealthy directors of the charity which runs the Night Shelter. Hamish believes they are too big to touch. He looks elsewhere and finds the local suspects have been paying protection money to corrupt local police. But somebody has to take the rap.
Rendezvous with Death, A British Diplomat is abducted in Pakistan. What appears to be a terrorist outrage may be the result of a vendetta by a powerful tycoon. Nick Dyson, the diplomat's assistant believes that he and the diplomat's wife have a rendezvous with death. Can he rescue the diplomat and persuade Emma to flee the country?
The Unforgiving Shore Ellen Colbert leaves her paralysed but cruel husband and runs off to Australia with a charming but penniless young man. He deserts her for a fortune and she conceals the paternity of the child that may be his. This causes a family clash which ends in both romance and tragedy.
Don't Cry For The Brave Lieutenant Bob McDade a Vietnam veteran witnesses his friend committing a war crime. Should he keep quiet or report it? The conflict spirals out of control into a court martial. The Army conveniently packs McDade off to a veteran's home in the US where he and his girlfriend have to work out their lives.
Codename Wolf Roger Conway is a daring liar who has invented a new identity for himself and bluffed his way into MI6. Aided by his assistant, Herbert Yarham, Roger emerges as the top Anglo-US spy, a brilliant deceiver in a world of deceit..
The Cruel Peak A glacier on the virtually unclimable peak of Mt Vogel in the Southern Alps of New Zealand yields a secret, a notebook which casts doubt on whether Ernest Ashton, a wealthy landowner ever reached the summit. His son Stuart has built a reputation as a mountaineer and TV personality, boosted by his father‘s achievement. Now the son sees his own reputation jeopardised by his father‘s disgrace.
Present Tense A successful businesswoman, who is also a wife and mother is confronted by the man who escaped conviction for her rape many years before. The man a successful executive himself, is to join her community where social circles intersect at the golf and country club. Can she reach an understanding with him that enables them to ignore each other? Should she reveal her past to her husband? Should she and her family simply leave town? Present Tense traces these threads to their tragic end - but there is a twist in the tale.
Blue Lantern A story of sex and corruption in Hong Kong. A restless young police recruit from Glasgow is torn between his love for beautiful Chinese woman doctor, and a sexy but expensive bar girl. He needs more money than he earns. He gets it by taking "squeeze" money extracted by the police from the gangs who run gaming, prostitution and drug-dealing. But once into the racket, he finds he can‘t get out. He tries. The police machine turns against him, and a warrant is issued for his arrest on corruption charges. He has to resolve his chaotic love life, but he also has to run.
Caring For Cathy A man without a past and a woman without a future. This is a story of friendship between a young musician, David, who lost his memory in a car accident, and an older woman, Cathy, who is dying from Huntington‘s disease. Both are, in Cathy‘s words, "marooned on an island of misunderstanding", confined to Denby Hall, a pleasant, unconventional neurological nursing home near Brighton. Denby Hall does not allow pets, so David takes it upon himself to help Cathy to see her dog occasionally. As David‘s efforts stir up trouble at Denby Hall , the nature of Cathy‘s relationship with those closest to her are revealed.
The Predators The Predators is about the theft of military technology, and the twighlight world of espionage at the heart of big business and government in the US.
A Smell Of Fraud A Smell of Fraud is the story of the search for a mysterious millionaire who is suddenly found to have defrauded insurance companies by creating a ghost airline.