Roy Chadwick has been a writer and analyst of aspects of society for most of his working life. He has edited internal marketing publications and written newsletters. He ran a multiracial youth club in Paddington and a community centre on a Labour housing estate in a Conservative constituency. He has travelled extensively in the U.S., Caribbean, North Africa, and Asia. He has volunteered for the CAB and worked on behalf of asylum seekers and other disadvantaged people in Salford. He tried to keep vocal jazz alive as a promoter. He co-authored a children’s book on the history of tunnels. He …

It was a humdrum kind of life: polishing city boys’ shoes by day, and counting the meagre pennies by night. But for Nick Newman, life is about to take an astonishing turn. A chance encounter shakes his world to the core, leading him unsuspectingly into the heart of a vicious plot that’s about to be played out on the streets. Nick is soon playing a major role in the opening move, if only he knew it. The reviews are in: "Someone really should make a movie of this story. It's better than most of the scripts I see." - Jacqui …

Pelops is a Spetnatz-trained commando. This former East German soldier is hired by MI5 in a plot to "bury" a failed military project. He allows no one to stand in his way and tell the tale. Marty Rebel is an insurance litigation investigator. Driving ambition and Celtic obstinacy compel him to seek answers to unheeded questions regarding the death of the assassin’s latest victim. A martial arts expert, he cowers in no man’s shadow; but he is pitted against an adversary aware of his every move. Mixed fortunes misdirect bullets meant for him, and then he survives his first one-on-one …

This is another sequel to the Thadeus Burke adventure stories; continuing the antics of the aristocratic Lloyd’s Insurance Broker and his sister Dr Freddie, together with Inspector Johnny Jackson of Scotland Yard. It is now 1928. An apparently motiveless murder at the opening ceremony of the new Lloyd’s Underwriting Room develops into a trek around the country seeking money lenders and drug dealers. We follow the unravelling of this mystery, interwoven with passionate affaires involving most of the prime suspects. Entwined within this tale there are bodies at country house parties, fancy dress balls and a treasure hunt, trips to …

A sinister conspiracy is about to change the world forever. One of the most powerful nations has secretly joined an unholy alliance with India to tip the balance of world power and create an axis that will never again be dictated to by the U.S. government. The world watches helplessly as nuclear weapons replace diplomacy in the increasingly volatile exchanges between the Indian and Pakistan governments. With a fanatic's finger on the nuclear button, world oil supplies are cut off and chaos reigns throughout the Gulf States and beyond. The American and UK governments stand together to face the world …

The third of the Thadeus Burke series continues the antics of the aristocratic Lloyd’s insurance broker and his sister Dr Freddie, together with Inspector Johnny Jackson of Scotland Yard. It is now the spring of 1927 and our hero, assisted by his loyal staff, divide their time between London and Cambridge. A wealthy racehorse owner spinster is murdered at her house in Newmarket and we follow the unravelling of this mystery, interwoven with passionate affairs involving the prime suspect and our hero and his sister. Entwined within this tale, there are bodies at Brooklands’ motor races and at horseraces, on …

Vampires walk among us! At least, according to Anton Krieger they do. Krieger witnessed his first vampire kill when he was 19 in 1969. For 40 years he's tried warning the world of their existence. No one believes, but for the vampires who think it's time he was silenced. The story brings together a conglomeration of sinister creatures, from a 170-year-old vampire residing in an abandoned house in Highgate, to an occultist and master of the dark arts.Cassie, Antons beautiful daughter, is herself seduced by the handsome John-Byron Sarony. While Sarony appears to be 26 years old, he has existed …

A story of courage, fear and defiance based on the author's own personal experience. A Pack Horse Called Rachel is the remarkable tale of a young woman, half Jewish, caught in the extraordinarily brutal world of France in 1944. Rachel moves through the pages of the book with her faithful dog Nourse, touching lives as her work with the Maquis based in the Auvergne takes her perilously close to danger on a day-to-day basis.The story is based on personal experience, the description of historical events is as true as memory will allow, it is an elegantly written story capturing first …

On the eve of his 65th birthday, Sir Nigel Ingram, Surgeon Vice Admiral, RN, has a massive heart attack and dies at his home in Salisbury, Wilts. His 35-year-old partner, although some would say gay lover, Callum Ryan, is with him. After the funeral, Callum has to arrange for a thanksgiving service at Salisbury cathedral followed by a reception at the Salisbury Guildhall for nearly 500 people, such is the legacy of Sir Nigel’s remarkable naval career. Callum is now left with a void in his life to fill. His thoughts of planning a new future are suddenly shattered when …