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Past events cast shadows you can’t outrun. Wayne and Phil knew that better than anyone, after what happened when they were children, bullied by Wayne’s murderous brother. When Tyrone returns after many years, bent on revenge, they are about to be drawn back into his dangerous world. Book One of the Phil Tyler Crime Thriller series.

What secrets lie behind the secure walls of Westleigh Lodge? When Winston encounters a disorientated, naked man on a country lane at midnight, the tale he has to tell stirs the interest of journalist, Phil Tyler. Their enquiries draw him, his friends and his colleagues deeper into a dangerous and disturbing world where nothing is quite what it...

The Lucky Seven nightclub has a bad reputation. For decades, the centre of Sefton’s underworld, it is cleaning up its act, ready to be the heart of a town centre development. Local journalist, Phil Tyler, is drawn to investigate and soon finds himself in a world of conspiracy, corruption and crime where life means nothing.
Book Three of the Phil...

An enigmatic message from an old school friend takes Phil to Blackpool where he must walk the night-time promenade, night after night, and await a meeting and an explanation. During the dark nights of covid lockdown, however, danger lurks round every corner and, step by step, Phil is drawn into a terrifying nightmare world of conspiracy and...

No-one who was aware of the events of September and October 20__ will ever forget them. For those people who were directly involved, the memory will haunt them to the grave. Recollecting the storms alone is enough to cause nightmares; but recalling the events which took place under the cover of that violence, well... that is another matter...

Arthur Templeton has a novel to write and now, living out his life in a seaside care home, it’s time to write it. It’s about a retired detective, Stan, who encounters an impoverished, young woman, Shelley, and her eight year old son, in a dead end tenement block. Gradually, he and his wife befriend the mother and son as they struggle to escape a...

In September 1964, nine-year-old Hannah Morley disappeared while playing at the old brickworks. Chrissie was fifteen at the time and lived through the whole sad event. Twenty-six years later, when remains are found during building excavations, she returns for the first time to the seaside town where it all happened, hoping for answers and some...

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men should do nothing.” Edmund Burke

Fourteen-year-old Evie Mycroft isn’t the sort of girl to do nothing when she sees injustice and evil. She’s a rebel, an eco-warrior, a freedom fighter, a feminist. Or at least, she would be, if she could escape her own insecurity and free the...

It was to be an ordinary holiday by the sea for the Miller family, achance to bond after difficult times; but when they meet a localfamily, the Trevelyans, they become embroiled in a dangerous anddisturbing conflict with the unstable owner of Leybury Hall, and mustface the terrifying truth of The Trophy Room.

Jenny knows everything about Henry - even things that haven’t happened yet - and she has big plans for him. She’s going to make him the most popular boy in the school, and a hero too - whether he wants her to or not. But Jenny’s plans don’t always work out as she wants them to, often with exciting or amusing results.

Jenny has it all planned - an exciting, seaside adventure for Jason and Sammy, with a cave, a boat, a dangerous enemy and lots of scary moments - and a happy ending too if they do what she says.
But will they do what she says?

Cyrus is trapped in a nightmare from which he cannot escape. He must hunt down those responsible for what happened. He must know why.

His journey takes him from the darkest corners of the city to the remote and lonely highlands where he must face the evil “Mr Smith” and discover the awful truth.

But he cannot do it alone.

Joe never imagined how serious the consequences would be. Maybe if he had, things would have been different; maybe he would have made a different choice. But maybe not; sometimes you just have to do what’s right, don’t you? That’s what Joe believed. But now he’s being hunted. Forced to flee his home, to leave behind his wife and children, Joe...

A dark night, the walled garden of Strathan Tower in NW Scotland and a dark figure caught on camera, staring at the window in the south tower, just staring. Leigh Conlon knew what it meant. Someone was stirring things up, someone from his colourful past, someone with a grudge. Well, there were plenty of people to choose from, weren’t there? He...

Past events cast shadows you can’t outrun. Wayne and Phil knew that
better than anyone, after what happened when they were children,
bullied by Wayne’s murderous brother. When Tyrone returns after many
years, bent on revenge, they are about to be drawn back into his
dangerous world. Book One of the Phil Tyler Crime Thriller series.

When Winston encounters a naked, disorientated man on a country lane
at midnight, the tale he tells stirs the interest of local journalist,
Phil Tyler. His enquiries draw him, his friends and his colleagues
deeper into the dangerous and disturbing world of Westleigh Hall,
where nothing is quite what it seems. Book Two of the Phil Tyler Crime
Thriller...