The drinking of the rent money on a regular basis had forced a move on the Macklam family from a perfectly adequate three bed flat, located in the middle of town, to this particular property, situated in one of the old mining villages. However, despite the inconvenience of now living outside of Hartlepool, the move had provided Emily with a small degree of hope.
Declan Doyle stepped out of his silver grey Mercedes with the words from his favorite Queen track ringing in his ears.
Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
He pushed the car door shut, making his way toward the rear entrance of his office building. He was smiling. Sometimes for Doyle it seemed his life in the tiny Gulf state of Abu Nar in 1987 really was fantasy.
THE DOKSANY LEGACY: sequel to The Geneveh Project. The final retribution, a lone and desperate man fleeing his most feared adversaries, eventually facing the ultimate legacy of his own past; a life spent cheating and ruled by greed. Inevitably, a price must be paid!
SINS OF A STRANGER: A story of truth‘s and lies that wind around each other as strands of tightening wire, not caring there are two kinds of truth; one that offers freedom and one that will bury the seeker of it deep beneath an incalculable weight of guilt. You may feel after reading this the Carlisle‘s have the measure of both!
ROSALIND: An addictive personality … does it really exist? Her sister thought so and she was probably right. This is a short story about Rosalind ... and she is a self confessed addict. But addicted to what? Well, if you asked her she would tell you … just about every damn thing! This intelligent, sometimes amusing sometimes distressing short story describes a journey leading directly into the open and curiously welcoming arms of total destruction
TONY COLLINS: When a football playing talent with a complex ethnic background returns to London‘s notorious Portobello Road in 1946, there is only one way forward for a man with ambition, determination and a courage that would leave its mark on some of the most famous club names in English soccer. Tony Collins received praise from many, becoming a name that regularly filled the sporting headlines of all National newspapers.
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT WOMEN: This sixty thousand word volume and the activities of our sample couple, Harry and Kylie, will possibly generate a series of ‘Oh yes ... I remember that one‘ along with the odd laugh out loud! From seventeen to seventy, male or female, gay or straight, this humerous scribbling holds relevance to us all. It could also save a few already rocky relationships and make lawyers a few pence poorer.
DELIVER BY MOONLIGHT: This intriguing historical drama following the life of one courageous woman and a defiantly brave young man, will take you back to a time, between world wars, of hedonistic Parisian pleasures and the following much darker days of invasion and despair. http://amzn.to/1NfnoDq
THE TRAVELS OF HERBERT T. EUSTACE: Released this January ... the latest offering from author Quentin Cope is titled ‘The Travels of Herbert T. Eustace‘ This fascinating story is one of a particular era and a place many of us would wish to comprehend, but have never experienced; a place where time and distance end up being unreliably fluid; a tale of recognisable allegory, coated perhaps with a thin layer of subtle satire. https://amzn.to/30HLwtu
EM: Written in twenty four chapters, one for each hour of one single day in the life of Emily Macklam. We see it develop from struggling to raise her abrasive sickly mother from her bed, fighting off the unwelcome advances of an amorous boss, tackling a determined shoplifter, standing her ground against overzealous, hackneyed social workers and finding a hurried, slightly desperate physical love in the embers of a fiery night out with ‘the girls‘.
THE LUDLUM PREDICTION: When a geeky computer specialist, a fanatical right wing religious sect and some of the most frighteningly powerful Foreign Intelligence Agencies in the world collide, ‘The Ludlum Prediction‘ is born. Will there be a ‘second coming‘, or simply everyone coming second in a plot full of intrigue, double cross and spectacularly failed military adventures. The facts are there … the figures are there. You decide..!
THE UNICORN CONSPIRACY: In a complex web of plot and counter plot, the Unicorn Conspiracy is born, stemming from one small incident on a windswept mountain top in the Omani interior during 1959. There's a price to pay for world peace in October 1973. The Americans don't want to know with no intention of fighting another war in Europe, as Britain is left looking down the barrel of a deadly combination of Russian military and Arab financial muscle.
THE GENEVEH PROJECT: The Gulf Arab war is raging. Declan Doyle agrees to embark on a last ditch operation coded 112/406. The plan is to get oil out of Iran in the middle of a bloody war. The simple question is, can the hard headed British entrepreneur complete ‘The Geneveh Project‘ in time? The head of the Iranian Rev Guard has put his life on it. The CIA have put a billion dollar submarine on it. Written by someone who was there at the time!
THE MURDER OF MADDI BROWN: The writing‘s on the wall for some of us … but was it for Maddi Brown? What was it she witnessed that day, making her flee the US in panic and head for the the wild Canadian outback? The mystery is there to be solved, the complex links to the assassination of a serving President untangled. Tireless detective Paul Deveroux will figure it all out … but at what cost? Another top notch thriller from author Quentin Cope.
THE TRAVELS OF HERBERT T. EUSTACE: Easily described as a ‘novel‘ reading experience; a cross between ‘Animal Farm‘ and ‘Wallace & Gromit.‘ Herbert and Grumpy, become lost in a unique series of travel adventures; adventures that force them to confront prejudice and inequalities in a sometimes confusing world. Another great reading experience from author Quentin Cope in partnership with Mecurian Books ... and a ‘must read‘ this Spring.
THE CARLISLE TRILOGY: An intriguing modern 20th Century historical drama from the pen of popular International author Quentin Cope, following the life of one courageous woman and a defiantly brave young man. You will be taken back to pre-war Paris,the infamous Le Chabanais ... and its celebrated hedonistic pleasures for the rich and privileged. The house of Carlisle is yet to be born, but already sworn vendettas are seeking its downfall.
