“Only those familiar with the Hamptons, in New York State, knew what happened on July 30th, 1994, in a small, swanky Oceanside resort called Orphea.” (Page 7) It was opening night of the Orphea Theatre Festival. It was also the day that Meghan Padalin was shot in the back of…
Could you live with the person convicted of a crime against you? “I do not want him here.” (Page 1) Understandably I am not sure I would want to occupy the same space as the person accused of killed a loved one either. “The cell was small, the same footprint…
Sangin, Afghanistan June 2008 Tony Blunt always screws up. It seems he can’t help himself and everyone in his squadron is aware of it. So would you really want him as your backup? Unfortunately, he is all they have. Surprisingly he doesn’t screw up quite as much as everyone expects…
“The morning after my father’s funeral, I came home and found my husband in bed with the next-door neighbour.” (Page 1) Could you imagine, losing the two men closest to you in a matter of days? One lost to illness while the other is lost to the next-door neighbour and…
Back in the 1980’s Diana Davis found herself, after the death of her infamous bank-robbing husband, as head of one of the most notorious families known in the gangland underworld. She may have been a woman in a predominately man’s world, but there was no one brave enough to mess…
“I almost can’t remember how it felt before we all started carrying the Q numbers around with us, like an extra and unnatural print on the tips of our fingers, a badge of honour for some, a mark of shame for others.” These Q numbers now run lives. It dictates…
Clio Campbell first hit the headlines back in 1990 when she appeared on Top of the Pops wearing an anti-poll tax t-shirt and singing a song she had actually written for groups at protests. She killed herself in 2018 just days before her 51st birthday. Sadly, her death didn’t come…
Nick Ford has lost his entire team in what should have been an easy recon mission. How? His logical brain tells him they were somehow betrayed but by who and why? Before he has any further time however to analyze it, trouble is knocking at his hotel room door. Once…
During the prologue of Red Desert, we get a visual impression of just how dangerous the oil industry can be. A team is sent out on an operation and during what should have been a routine scout of the local land, there is an accident. A figure steps out in…
“She can sense him standing over her now, wheezing like an old man. The stink of cigarettes fills her nose. If she looked up she would see those dark-grey eyes staring down at her. Instinctively she pulls the duvet a fraction higher over her face. But she can’t hide. The…