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August 2026 Featured Book
The Body in Abbey Park
Film logline
Detectives Hadleigh and Betts investigate a murder that points to hidden malevolent international organisations - child smugglers and anarchist bombers.
Synopsis:
When Detective John Hadleigh's brother is brutally assassinated, it sets off a chain reaction of violence that spans continents. As bodies pile up from Naples to London to New York, Hadleigh finds himself in a race against time to uncover the target of an international web of anarchists.
Meanwhile, in the quaint town of Glastonbury, Detective Betts faces a chilling discovery-a young woman's naked body, strangled and abandoned in Abbey Park.
The Body in Abbey Park is the fourth book in the series - The Future Walks Among Us.
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It felt like an eternity, or perhaps the blink of an eye. She had no sense of how long. Time had become unfettered. Maybe an hour, maybe two, or three, but she hadn’t wavered. She stared relentlessly at the ochre bloom that blossomed beneath the wall’s green paint. Her mind attempted to attach meaning to the design; circular, but with sugary edges, like some strange confection. It was the detective in her; she never stopped. And when you’re stuck in the same space, in this instance, a hospital bed, and for a significant length of time—fourteen days and nights undoubtedly qualified—it should be time enough to absorb every facet and fixture, each blemish and crack in the four walls. But no, not when you must lie on your front throughout, with the only option of head left or head right, nothing in between, and under no circumstances can you turn over. Betts twisted her head around; her field of vision shifted to the left.
She struggled not to be too distracted by the familiar names that leapt up at her from every turn, junction, and direction. A lineage of Annes, Marys, James, and many others. All most-royal and thoroughly regal, so she frowned in surprise when she saw a plaque bearing Oliver Cromwell's name at her feet. Betts paused to catch her breath at the tomb of the half-sisters Elizabeth and Mary Tudor. Someone had made the extremely daring decision to construct a beautiful edifice of golden crowns, black marble pillars, and a pair of reclining marble statues of the two Queens.
Audio extracts:
Her client was not as Betts had imagined. The voice on the other end of the telephone was laced with the British upper classes' distinctively clipped tone and phrasing—the type of voice you would expect to hear in Harrods or at the Ascot Ladies’ Day. Betts had anticipated a grand, authoritarian middle-aged matriarch. Instead, Mrs Richie was indisputably young, stylish and attractive.
While Betts travelled to Covent Garden, Hadleigh took the tube to Notting Hill. It was a short walk to the West Kensington Police Station and his 10 a.m. appointment with the desk sergeant. Though he had been a police officer himself, a Detective Inspector no less, Hadleigh bristled at the law's rigid inflexibility. It seemed completely nonsensical that he should be held in any way responsible for the deaths of either of the two gunmen. Three innocent victims had died at their hands, including his own brother, yet somehow the Constabulary felt they had a case against him for defending himself. What was he supposed to do? Let the man shoot him?
While Betts travelled to Covent Garden, Hadleigh took the tube to Notting Hill. It was a short walk to the West Kensington Police Station and his 10 a.m. appointment with the desk sergeant. Though he had been a police officer himself, a Detective Inspector no less, Hadleigh bristled at the law's rigid inflexibility. It seemed completely nonsensical that he should be held in any way responsible for the deaths of either of the two gunmen. Three innocent victims had died at their hands, including his own brother, yet somehow the Constabulary felt they had a case against him for defending himself. What was he supposed to do? Let the man shoot him?
July 2026 Featured Book
Sing a Song of Six Girls
Film logline:
An ambitious young musician searches for success in the vibrant 1980s music scene and discovers that every step towards fame comes at a personal cost, as six remarkable women each change the course of his life.
My new contract was to play guitar for The Roger Graham Floor Show, a company of singers and dancers performing at Hampton Holiday Centres along the south coast of England. It was day one, and I was on my way to West Sussex for a week of rehearsals. I remember it well, hah—the bright optimism of spring filled the air.
It was time to get my nose back to the old grindstone. I like to work; I enjoy staying busy, and my next job would certainly keep me occupied during those early twilight hours—musician’s hours—at the Cat’s Whiskers, a Palais de Danse owned by Mecca, the largest chain of UK nightclubs. The location was Hendon, North London.
Synopsis:
Set against the vibrant backdrop of the 1980s music scene, Sing a Song of Six Girls follows Artie, an ambitious young musician chasing fame and artistic recognition. The collapse of a promising record deal leads to a band breakup, prompting Artie to reconsider his direction and navigate the unpredictable world of the gigging circuit.
Told from Artie’s perspective but fuelled by the compelling presence of the six women he encounters, each with their own ambitions, desires and complexities, and driven by a unique blend of love and ambition. As boundaries blur and motivations are questioned, one central theme emerges: who truly uses whom?
Artie’s journey is as much about personal growth as it is about professional success—he faces love, loss, friendship, and, most of all, self-discovery.
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I glanced in the rear-view mirror and made another attempt to tame my hair. It bounced with a joie de vivre that other parts sadly lacked. I left the car and walked through the exclusive suburbs of Sidcup. I was surrounded by trees and shrubs, neatly kept lawns, and winding gravel drives. I followed the crazy paving until she appeared, framed in the French windows of an office extension, Ava Carlton, booking agent to the stars. In another lifetime, she’d been a Follies showgirl. It was like she’d never really left the spotlight; she seized every opportunity to show a bit of leg.
“Well, darling, if you don’t like the costume, you’ll just have to tell him… I won’t get involved unless there’s a clear breach of contract…” She shook her head. “Look, just say the PVC is chafing and too bloody uncomfortable. Or tell him to drop the whole number from the show.” Ava rolled her eyes. “Motorcycles and high-cut PVC? Doesn’t sound like family entertainment to me. Why not replace it with a Disney song… how about King of the Swingers? Oh, hang on, that doesn’t sound particularly child-friendly when you say it out loud.” She screeched a laugh.
June 2026 Featured Book
Trouble Came Knocking
Max knew trouble might lie ahead. Bringing together people with diverse interests always carried the risk of conflict, especially when national concerns clashed with inevitable self-interest. Yet the ultimate goal was too important to allow petty squabbles to mire their common objective: the reunification of the German people.
Though she hadn't been gone long, two men had already taken seats at their table when Saffron returned. Celestine divided her attention between the new arrivals and the open wrap. Her nose was speckled like sugar frosting, and her eyes sparkled.
"Saffron, darling, meet our new friends—doctors from the Charité: Rainer and Ulrich."
Synopsis:
Clara's Restaurant at Paradise Cove, where the peaceful Malibu beaches conceal a dangerous undercurrent.
When bootleggers arrive at this picturesque location, Clara and her staff become entangled in the violent world of organised crime.
Frank's idyllic life with the enticing Dragon Sisters is disrupted by the arrival of a ruthless Cossack oligarch, determined to reclaim his homeland.
Meanwhile, Lucy and Ambrose play a dangerous game of cat and mouse in exotic Shanghai, transporting priceless Romanov jewels under the deadly watch of Bolshevik agents.
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The knock on the door posed no mystery. It wasn't really a knock; knuckles played no part in it. It was a tap, made with the tips of fingers—quiet, respectful.
"Come in, Maisy," Clara said.
A girl in her early twenties entered the office. She wore the Clara’s Kitchen restaurant uniform: a cornflower-blue dress with white cuffs and collar, a white apron, and a fancy snood. It was a tidy outfit. The girl was pretty as a beauty queen, but her skin tone was a mix of races. She wouldn’t be winning any beauty pageants anytime soon. Maisy wouldn’t make it through the door.
"I'm sorry to trouble you, Miss Clara, but there's a couple of men at table fifteen. They says they want to see the owner." Maisy paused. "They look like trouble, Miss."
2:45 a.m., the skiff rushed to the shore, riding waves of frothy white surf. Dark figures in overcoats and hats swarmed around the vessel, dragging its flat bottom beyond the sea’s reach and securing it with sturdy mooring ropes. An orderly column stretched from the boat to the old stable. They found a rhythm and passed the wooden crates from one to the next in synchronised lines.
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When bootleggers bring a wave of violence to 1930s Malibu, a restaurant owner and her unlikely allies become caught between organised crime, international espionage and the hunt for the Romanov jewels.
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“Harry Horowitz, a reporter renowned worldwide for his informed, confidential, and often brusque broadcasting style, sits engrossed behind a modest desk.”
Film logline
Amid the 1930s race for oil, political intrigue and covert operations shape events that will influence global power for the next century.
Synopsis
Officer Rakan has a murder to investigate.
A clash of cultures at the world’s biggest oil find.
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“The breathless hush before dawn was his favourite time. During these moments of transcendent magic, as darkness receded and the sun announced a new day, Officer Rakan bin Abdulaziz always felt at his most spiritual.”
May 2026 Featured Book
The Shifting Sands
of
Dammam Dome
“Hello?” shouted the voice on the line—an older man with an English accent.
Officer Rakan couldn’t resist. “As-salāmu ʿalaykum,” he said with calm reassurance.
“Originally a 19th-century residence built by a Baloch Prince overlooking the port, Baloch House had been requisitioned by the British during the Great War.”
“Most amusing, Oswald,” said the wheezing man, and took the second chair to the side of the desk. “You passed the test, Sergeant Wallace. Well done. My name is Midas, not my real name, of course, but that’s how you’ll know me.
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“Softly, like a kiss, the sun caressed his face.
A rush of warmth. Sensation. Too much.”
“Follow me,” said Trudi with a flourish.
"It's probably every modern girl's dream to be in the movies," Lucy observed with a whimsical smile.
Film logline
Classic 1930s noir murder mystery - a body in the bath - a Hollywood producer, in the frame and on the run, while in Marrakesh, Séverine is on the run from Nazis and Fatwas .
Synopsis:
A man wakes in a beautiful house above the Pacific Ocean with no memory of the previous night. In the bathroom, a young woman lies dead.
4 letters had been scrawled in blood on the wall:
His name - Rudi.
“The palace wasn’t actually floating, but it seemed somehow suspended above the calm, salty waters of the Gulf.”
April 2026 Featured Book
Softly Like A Kiss
“Ernie Watts was a dedicated and diligent detective. He took pride in his role as a representative of the law, but he struggled with visits to the mortuary.”
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Any Fool Can Know
‘The Future Walks Among Us’
A Series of
9 novels
An intelligent thriller series combining history, science and suspense.
An interconnected universe spanning 1919–2236.
The old Coast Guard station housed a sergeant and three constables. Their duty was to patrol the many miles of picture-perfect Dorset coastline. They relished their demanding role, the protection of the town’s solid citizens soundly asleep in their beds.
Taylor crashed the hammer against the first of Seven's silver boxes. It didn't make the least impression, not a single mark. "What the bloody hell is this made of? Not even a scratch," he muttered and ran his fingers over the surface.
"Let's wake her, Sarge. We can make her open them up," Butler said, his eyes gleamed.
The sergeant grunted and walked over to peer through the heavy iron bars. Seven lay handcuffed to the bed frame in the first cell. Perkins had thoughtfully tied a dishcloth bandage around her wound. The flow of blood had been a torrent but had eventually stopped. Seven remained unconscious.
Detective Inspector Hadleigh was a popular man. Fellows doffed their hats when they passed him in the street. Ladies smiled shyly, hoping to catch his eye. Hadleigh had been a celebrated athlete before the war; he won medals in fencing, rowing, and climbing mountains. But it wasn’t only sport; he was a superb and acclaimed pianist, he read Classics at Oxford, and when the war began, he volunteered without hesitation and rose rapidly to the rank of Captain. In battle, he proved heroic, a leader of men until the Somme, which took away his right arm and everything he knew and loved.
We Shouldn’t Be Here
Synopsis
A pair of travellers crash-land in the early 20th century, propelled 336 years into the past by a quantum explosion. But these are no ordinary time travellers—they come from a dystopian future where the essence of humanity has been subjugated and distorted.
Their arrival triggers a series of shocking events, starting with the brutal murders of four police officers. As the body count rises, Detective Inspector Hadleigh and the formidable Betts find themselves caught in a maze of clues, each more mysterious than the last.
But nothing can prepare them for the sinister truths they uncover: a dark cult operating in the shadows, with motives as malevolent and chilling as the future the unwitting travellers left behind.
We Shouldn’t Be Here is the first book in the series, The Future Walks Among Us.
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Time travellers stranded in the early twentieth century become caught up in historical events that could significantly alter the timeline they came from.
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The convent cell felt like a prison, tiny, oppressive. Clara pulled the coarse blanket around her and probed the mattress for a warmer, softer spot on the stiff straw. The flickering candle cast spidery shadows over barren stone walls, carping in their condemnation of this girl of fun and laughter. But Clara never lost the spark of hope. It burned bright.
A couple of hours later, Seven dragged her exhausted body onto the gritty, wet sand. The swim out was easy enough, but the return journey, with two utility packs and a transponder, required an almost Herculean effort. But physical strength was part of her makeup, as well as a dogged, do-or-die mindset. She lay on her back and stared at the stars. Waves tugged at her body. As the rush of tide receded, she felt the pound of heavy footsteps. She was no longer alone.
Something Worth Dying For
Synopsis:
In the mean streets of Marseille, a routine delivery escalates into a perilous game of hide and seek. Driver Jean Toussaint is ensnared in a labyrinth of secrets.
What could be so precious, to make it Something Worth Dying For?
Meanwhile, in the vibrant world of 1920s Paris, Séverine and Saffron’s idyllic life is violently shattered. An assassin’s blade and Saffron’s mysterious disappearance leave Séverine to navigate a world turned upside down.
Across the Atlantic, the neon jungle of New York City beckons Frank, Clara, and Harper. But in the land of opportunity, danger lurks. Chinese triads, Atlantic City's high-stakes gambling dens, and the infamous duo of Nucky Johnson and Arnold Rothstein create a dynamic mix of intrigue.
"Something Worth Dying For’ is the second book in the series - The Future Walks Among Us.
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The Third Battle of Krythia in June 1915 marked a personal turning point. The objective of the Allied attack was Achi Baba, a vertiginous peak that dominated the Gallipoli Peninsula and served as the central defensive position for Ottoman operations. This was the third consolidated attempt by the Allies to capture the position. The losses on both sides were horrifying. Tens of thousands of young soldiers had already been slaughtered with no gain or strategic benefit. The Ottomans alone lost six thousand troops during the first day's bombardment.
The Man Ray photo portraits came to be after a fun evening at La Rotonde.
"Do you shave your eyebrows, Madame Séverine?" Kiki asked, her eyes sparkled with curiosity. She stood nearly nude, adorned in flimsy strings of hand-painted fabric bananas, mere strands away from total exposure.
Séverine shook her head. "It's in my DNA, Kiki. Hair follicles became redundant."
The Bar Marseillaise was not the sort of establishment one would take a girlfriend or boyfriend. Or any kind of friend. Not if you cared about their well-being. The gentle ambience of friendly, sophisticated wine bars and cocktail lounges would never grace the rough-and-tumble world of sailors, stevedores, and dockers. The Bar Marseillaise was old: a construction of dark, swarthy timbers and plain lime plaster, coloured by time and generations of tobacco smoke. Bottles offering every flavour of alcohol lined the rustic wooden cabinets mounted on walls—a glorious array of bright colours in rainbow shades of ornate glass. Beer taps sprang from the tired countertop in extravagant metal hoops. Inside, the seating consisted of stools and benches.
“It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you that was important.”
A line-up of Man Ray photographs greeted visitors to the stylish apartment on Avenue Kléber. Trim as a military parade, the black-lacquer frames lined up in a procession along the wall. The explicit nude images, provocative by design, exuded defiance, primal sensuality, and the Artist’s vision of the moderne. They demanded attention. Jean Toussaint’s eyes fixed on one in particular: a visceral study in black and white.
Film logline
A simple delivery, but what is the cargo? And why are people willing to give their lives?
The decadent 1920s, the venues, characters, and intrigues of high-stakes gambling in the South of France and Atlantic City.
Kiss of the Dragon
Synopsis:
Kiss of the Dragon, set in the Jazz Age, the 1920s, places the reader in a world of political intrigue. Beneath the glossy veneer lies an underbelly of criminal conspiracies, corporate greed, and duplicitous leadership.
What begins as a search for her missing sister spirals into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse. Lucy Lampton becomes the target of Chinese gangsters and duelling Russian factions. A priceless collection of Romanov jewels lies at the centre.
Kiss of the Dragon is the third book in the series, The Future Walks Among Us.
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Soho, London - 1924
The world fell silent. An absolute, peaceful silence.
He had gone beyond the squeal of brakes—the smell of burning rubber. The screaming women—two, three, five—a cacophony of cries, shouts and shrieks.
He saw it all. He felt the unfathomable pain.
That was gone. The past. His life.
He knocked and stepped into his office at the Ministry.
An insistent ring shattered the silence. The red phone on his desk trembled.
The light distracted him—so bright, a beam. Focused. It filled him.
He gazed into the tunnel… almost there… faster and faster…
He didn’t think it would be like this.
Like what?
Dying.
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Thrown together by circumstance, Lucy and Ambrose uncover a hidden international network of people smugglers, Chinese Triads.
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Her client was not as Betts had imagined. The voice on the other end of the telephone was laced with the British upper classes' distinctively clipped tone and phrasing—the type of voice you would expect to hear in a golf clubhouse. Betts anticipated a grand, authoritarian middle-aged matriarch. Instead, Mrs Richie was indisputably young, stylish and attractive.
While Betts travelled to Covent Garden, Hadleigh took the tube to Notting Hill. It was a short walk to the West Kensington Police Station and his 10 a.m. appointment with the desk sergeant. Though he had been a police officer himself, a Detective Inspector no less, Hadleigh bristled at the law's rigid inflexibility. It seemed completely nonsensical that he should be held in any way responsible for the deaths of either of the two gunmen. Three innocent victims had died at their hands, including his own brother, yet somehow the Constabulary felt they had a case against him for defending himself. What was he supposed to do? Let the man shoot him? The gunman would have done just that. He was in the act of raising his silenced Beretta. There was no question that his intention was to shoot Hadleigh dead. Yet somehow the authorities considered Hadleigh at fault for being a fraction of a second faster. Where was the justice in that? Nonsense was the only way to describe it. But that was often the nature of officialdom: a blind belief, rigid as a steel girder, in the rules and regulations that govern our daily lives.
"Please be upstanding for His Majesty's Coroner," said the court usher. The assembly stood as one.
"Good morning. My name is Lucien Crockford-Hawley. Sir Lucien. I am His Majesty's Coroner for Westminster, and we are here today to determine the answers to four questions. Who the deceased might be? When and where he died? And by what means he came by his death? Before we commence the proceedings, I believe it important to understand the nature of the coroner's court in relation to today's inquiry. We are not here to allocate blame or apportion guilt. Our responsibility is to ascertain the cause of death within the law. Nothing more, nothing less."
The Body In Abbey Park
Synopsis:
When Detective John Hadleigh's brother is brutally assassinated, it sets off a chain reaction of violence that spans continents. As bodies pile up from Naples to London to New York, Hadleigh finds himself in a race against time to uncover the target of an international web of anarchists.
Meanwhile, in the quaint town of Glastonbury, Detective Betts faces a chilling discovery-a young woman's naked body, strangled and abandoned in Abbey Park.
The Body in Abbey Park is the fourth book in the series - The Future Walks Among Us.
Soundtrack:
Film logline
Detectives Hadleigh and Betts investigate a murder that points to hidden malevolent international organisations - child smugglers and anarchist bombers.
Audio extracts:
She had no sense of how long. Time was unfettered. It might have been an hour, maybe two, or three, but she hadn’t wavered. She stared remorselessly at the ochre bloom that blossomed beneath the wall’s green paint. It felt like eternity and the blink of an eye. Her mind attempted to assemble meaning from the design; circular, but with sugary edges, like some strange confection. It was the detective in her; she never stopped. And when you’re stuck in the same space, in this instance, a hospital bed for a significant length of time—fourteen days and nights undoubtedly qualified as such—it should be time enough to absorb every facet and fixture, every blemish and crack in every wall—the ceiling, too. But no, not when you must lie on your front throughout, with the only option of head left or head right, nothing in between, and under no circumstances can you turn over. Betts twisted her head around; her field of vision shifted to the left.
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Commander Bose-Clarke closed the door to his house in Essex Villas at 6:45 a.m. Just a couple of winding roads away from 13 Melbury Road, the Secret Intelligence Service's operational centre, his second home. He needed to touch base before heading for the Mall. See what the gatherers of the night watch might have to report. As the officer in charge, it was down to him to tackle any fresh alerts or last-minute crises.
"Follow me, please, Ma'am," said the maid with a faint smile. She recognised the sense of amazement and led Betts into a wood-panelled corridor off the hall. Abruptly, one of the inner doors opened, and a man in a dark suit launched himself at them. He rode a wind of self-importance.
"I say there," he said.
Murder In the Twelfth House
Synopsis:
An epic thriller begins as a briefcase filled with explosive political and personal secrets goes missing, igniting an urgent and perilous search to recover it.
A foreign agent, Ilse Schumann, plans to exploit the salacious information to defect to America and obtain a new identity. A ruthless criminal organisation will do whatever it takes to silence her and retrieve the dossier.
The intrepid investigators, Hadleigh and Betts, become involved in a complex plot while investigating the mysterious disappearance of a young heiress. Their encounter with the fugitive agent complicates loyalties and greatly increases the danger.
Murder in the Twelfth House combines noir espionage with the dark ambitions of organised crime syndicates across continents. "Murder in the Twelfth House" is the fifth instalment in the series - The Future Walks Among Us.
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Detectives Hadleigh and Betts uncover an international espionage network and a multi-layered honey trap of political blackmail.
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He parked the car beneath one of the few trees still wearing a canopy of leaves. The foliage hung ragged, like a bad comb-over. The canvas above his head resonated like a marching drum as heavy raindrops pounded out tribal poly-rhythms. He checked his watch: 6:36 p.m. Day had turned to night. Crouch Hall Road was dark as a tomb. Spindly columns of smoke drifted from the chimneys of tall, tidy houses, their windows curtained and shuttered against the damp ink of darkness. His hand touched the steel bulge in his coat pocket. He was ready.
Trouble Came Knocking
Synopsis:
Clara's Restaurant at Paradise Cove, where the peaceful Malibu beaches conceal a dangerous undercurrent.
When bootleggers arrive at this picturesque location, Clara and her staff become entangled in the violent world of organised crime.
Frank's idyllic life with the enticing Dragon Sisters is disrupted by the arrival of a ruthless Cossack oligarch, determined to reclaim his homeland.
Meanwhile, Lucy and Ambrose play a dangerous game of cat and mouse in exotic Shanghai, transporting priceless Romanov jewels under the deadly watch of Bolshevik agents.
Trouble Came Knocking is the sixth book in the series, The Future Walks Among Us.
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When bootleggers bring a wave of violence to 1930s Malibu, a restaurant owner and her unlikely allies become caught between organised crime, international espionage and the hunt for the Romanov jewels.
Softly Like A Kiss
Synopsis:
Los Angeles, 1930—a city where dreams and nightmares are woven beneath the glitz and glare of Hollywood’s bright lights.
The discovery of a young starlet’s lifeless body submerged in a blood-filled bathtub at the luxurious Topanga Canyon mansion of a powerful movie mogul sends tremors through the Hollywood elite.
Jonathan Fairbrother, a distinguished British barrister, is summoned from his serene life in Maui to the gritty streets of LA. Accompanied by the enigmatic Ambrose and his glamorous partner, Lucy Lampton, the trio find themselves at the heart of a complex intrigue.
On different continents, Séverine and Saffron have been compelled to relocate to Marrakesh, a city of secrets, spies, and Islam.
Softly Like A Kiss is the seventh book in the series, The Future Walks Among Us.
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“Softly, like a kiss, the sun caressed his face.
A rush of warmth. Sensation. Too much.”
Film logline
Classic 1930s noir murder mystery - a body in the bath - a Hollywood producer, in the frame and on the run, while in Marrakesh, Séverine is on the run from Nazis and Fatwas .
The Rip That Became a Ripple in Time and Space
Synopsis:
In the year 2236, an interdimensional quantum explosion on a two-seater solar cruiser devastates the very fabric of reality. The blast hurls its occupants—Seven, an elite pilot, and La Voce, the most celebrated musician in the solar system—more than three centuries into the past, depositing them in an uncertain world scarred by the aftermath of the First World War.
The explosion was not an accident; a quantum device meant to erase the pair from existence had been placed aboard their ship. But who was responsible for the attempt? And who was the intended target—Seven or her enigmatic passenger, La Voce?
Meanwhile, in the fourteen years since her arrival in the past, Seven has taken on the name Séverine and built a new, idyllic, and comfortable life. She has found love.
The Nazi Party has begun its steady and relentless rise to power. The SS, attracted by whispers of her advanced knowledge and mysterious abilities, is determined to capture her. Theo and Henri Sarkoza, two close friends, are abducted and taken as bait to a remote German castle. Séverine orchestrates a daring rescue in the heart of the Nazi homeland.
'The Rip That Became a Ripple In Time and Space' is the eighth book in the series, 'The Future Walks Among Us.'
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In the year 2236, something is actively disrupting the fabric of time. History is being altered with disastrous effects. The technocracy governing the Solar System desperately attempts to contain the consequences.
Any Fool Can Know
Synopsis:
Princeton, 1937.
Albert Einstein is working on ideas that may reshape humanity’s understanding of the universe.
When an unexpected visitor arrives with knowledge that appears to contradict established physics, theoretical speculation becomes immediate reality.
Government agencies take an interest.
Private groups attempt intervention.
And the implications extend far beyond academic debate.
This novel introduces key themes explored throughout the series:
• the fragility of history
• the responsibility that accompanies knowledge
• the hidden influence of unseen actors
• the possibility that the future may already have begun to intervene
Any Fool Can Know is the ninth book in the series, The Future Walks Among Us.
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1934. A former colleague contacts Einstein with alarming information, prompting a race to seize scientific knowledge that will shape humanity’s future.
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An ambitious young musician searches for success in the vibrant 1980s music scene and discovers that every step towards fame comes at a personal cost, as six remarkable women each change the course of his life.
Synopsis:
Set against the vibrant backdrop of the 1980s music scene, Sing a Song of Six Girls follows Artie, an ambitious young musician chasing fame and artistic recognition. The collapse of a promising record deal leads to a band breakup, prompting Artie to reconsider his direction and navigate the unpredictable world of the gigging circuit.
Told from Artie’s perspective but fuelled by the compelling presence of the six women he encounters, each with their own ambitions, desires and complexities, and driven by a unique blend of love and ambition. As boundaries blur and motivations are questioned, one central theme emerges: who truly uses whom?
Artie’s journey is as much about personal growth as it is about professional success—he faces love, loss, friendship, and, most of all, self-discovery.
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A G Raye would like to extend a big thank you to everyone who bought her first novel :)
The story continues...
Following the acclaimed and eagerly anticipated release of Sing a Song of Six Girls in June, Little Sparrow Publishing is proud to announce the next chapter in A.G. Raye's captivating series.
Six Girls – The Next Chapter
Publication Date:15 December 2026
The journey is far from over. New challenges, new revelations, and the next unforgettable chapter await this December.
The Shifting Sands of Dammam Dome
Synopsis:
In the relentless heat of 1937 Saudi Arabia, oil remains a distant dream—dark and elusive, a treasure buried deep beneath shifting sands. After four years of drilling at Dammam Dome, tensions run high at the CASOC, the California-Arabian Standard Oil Company, compound. Six wells, a fortune invested, and no significant results. The future of the Kingdom’s oil ambitions hangs in the balance.
Officer Rakan bin Abdulaziz, Commander of External Security, is summoned to the site following the mysterious disappearance of the chief chemist, the individual responsible for a vital report that will determine whether the drilling proceeds. Days later, the chemist’s body is found in the desert, ravaged by vultures.
Officer Rakan is a man seeking peace, perhaps redemption. He finds himself walking a fragile line between tradition, national interests, and international politics. Everyone believes there is oil beneath the sands, and some will kill for it.
Meanwhile, a very different journey unfolds in Karachi. Zayd Wallace, a mixed-race orphan born to a British soldier and a Muslim mother, is raised in England by Methodist missionaries. He serves as a soldier for the British Empire. Highly skilled, loyal, and ruthless, Zayd is chosen for a mission no one else can undertake: the assassination of a Muslim cleric whose fiery sermons challenge colonial authority.
In disguise as a pilgrim, Zayd journeys into the spiritual core of Islam, grappling with the conflicts between faith and identity. He questions everything: his orders, his country, and most importantly, himself. Zayd experiences a spiritual awakening and begins to see Islam not merely as a doctrine but as a living truth.
Officer Rakan, fresh from solving the murder at Dammam Dome, is assigned a new task: to track down the British assassin who has infiltrated the Kingdom in disguise. The two men come from different worlds but are heading for a collision course driven by oil, empire, and religion.
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Amid the 1930s race for oil, political intrigue and covert operations shape events that will influence global power for the next century.
P L Raymond: Bio
Paul Raymond
Paul Raymond is a British novelist and musician whose work combines historical depth with speculative imagination.
His novels span the turbulent decades of the early twentieth century and the technologically sophisticated world of the twenty-third century, weaving together political intrigue, scientific discovery and the enduring mysteries of human motivation.
Before turning to writing full-time, Paul enjoyed a distinguished career as a professional musician and educator. His lifelong engagement with music informs the atmosphere of his fiction, where rhythm, structure and emotional intensity play a central role.
His work often explores themes of:
• hidden power structures
• time and causality
• scientific responsibility
• the cultural forces shaping civilisation
• the relationship between creativity and knowledge
Paul (aka: DK Sachs) is the author of ten novels, including the ongoing series The Future Walks Among Us, a multi-layered narrative exploring the consequences of technological progress across centuries.
He is also the creator of the educational platform Music College TV, which has helped thousands of musicians develop their understanding of theory and performance.
Through Little Sparrow Publishing, Paul develops an interconnected body of work designed for readers who enjoy intelligent thrillers that combine historical authenticity with imaginative scope.
Film & Television Rights
Little Sparrow Publishing titles are available for adaptation.
Film & Television Rights
The titles published by Little Sparrow Publishing form part of an interconnected narrative universe combining historical settings with speculative scientific ideas.
The Future Walks Among Us series follows individuals navigating pivotal moments of the twentieth century after an unexplained quantum event propels them from the twenty-third century into the past.
The material offers strong adaptation potential due to:
• continuing characters
• layered mystery structure
• recognisable historical settings
• contained narrative arcs within each book
• an overarching long-form storyline
• themes of power, knowledge and technological responsibility
The series combines the intellectual intrigue of historical drama with the conceptual scope of speculative fiction.
Rights enquiries are welcome.
Contact:
Suz - suz@littlesparrowpublishing.co.uk
Key elements:
strong period settings
contained mysteries
continuing characters
layered mythology
Contact for rights enquiries.