Alan Craven makes the transition from college lecturer to international investigator purely by chance and in so doing encounters shipwreck, maritime piracy, murder, kidnap and romance. During a bizarre encounter on the North York Moors he volunteers ...
When Terry Jaqgger is employed to escort a philatelic expert, Vanessa Collingwood, on a mission to buy a rare stamp he believes it to be a routine task. However, when the venue is switched from the Sultanate of Oman to the Seychelle Islands he finds ...
Some years after the trawler Phoenix is sunk by an explosion Alan Craven is given the task of tracing the survivors. This leads him to investigate one man’s involvement in the Piper Alpha disaster, a trumped up drugs charge for another and help for...
...To my surprise I found Captain Fitzroy's fully loaded handgun wrapped in an old towel - Jim was riding shotgun! It made me wonder if I was in danger. Sergeant Cooper had advised me to watch my back... ...He spent Christmas Eve amongst a thousand A...
When Alan Craven discovers a young Asian girl stowaway in his van he is inexorably drawn into a major police operation involving people smuggling, sexual exploitation and murder. Alan is attacked in the belief that he is an undercover police officer....
Billy Whitehurst, accountant and Sunday League footballer, is faced with a dilemma when his girlfriend of five years leaves him. Billy, named after his father’s favourite Hull City centre forward, decides to resign his post and travel. He begins by...
When Sam Broady discovers an old man collapsed on the road in front of his car in the middle of a snowstorm he is astounded to discover that the man is dressed only in night attire. Unable to call for help, Sam drives home with his passenger. Jimmy, ...
The discovery of an old man lying bleeding and unconscious on his doorstep sends Ray Ward on a journey across the world. A chance encounter on a flight to New Zealand with a freelance journalist, Jan Sinclair, leads to Ray and her joining forces in ...