Books
by Jane Murray
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23 October 2025
What would happen if an ancient Egyptian mummy was unwrapped in the early 1920's and still carried traces of the deadly Cholera disease that had killed him? This is what happens when Augustuskahmoun is unwrapped in a backstreet room in Cairo in the presence of several (living) pharaohs. Coughing and spluttering his way to life again, it is clear that Augustuskamoun has more than likely created a new pandemic situation for the people of Egypt and the pharaohs must act accordingly, decreeing a lockdown for everyone, except, it appears, themselves. Life seems to carry on exactly as it had done before the Cholera epidemic, with Augustuskamoun and his inner circle of pharaohs remaining focused on the one thing in hand - enjoying themselves, often at the expense of the people they are meant to be governing. It's one party too many, though, when a deadly curse on the pharaohs is unleashed, affecting their manhood and eventually killing the whole lot of them. But, according to the legends, there is an afterlife, as Augustuskamoun and his pharaohs discover when they are somehow transported to the midst of yet another pandemic, this time one that is raging through Britain, in the 2020's. Can a bunch of already dead Egyptian pharaohs survive in a new country and even more importantly, a new century? And what will happen to the MP's of the Elite party, already unpopular because of their handling of the current pandemic. Sound familiar? Read on and join Nicholas Vaughan's comedic and farcical look at life in lockdown through the eyes of a (possibly dead) pharaoh.
by Jane Murray
•
23 October 2025
Danny wants his art scholarship, but Meggsie wants the money Danny's sick mum owes him. Who does he look to for repayment? Danny, who thankfully manages to escape Meggsie's clutches, meeting Mike as he takes flight. Mike's a good guy. He stops Meggsie in his tracks, takes Danny under his wing. Thinking Mike is something to do with social services and protection, Danny agrees to go with Mike to 'The Warren,' under the impression that it is a refuge for 'kids like him.' But is Mike all he seems? And when teenage Danny is forced to make a choice between right or wrong, what's he going to do? Find out in Linda Nelson's debut YA adventure, a hard hitting and gritty look at what happens when children don't have anyone to turn to. All the author's net royalties are being donated by the author to Harrogate Homeless Project..
by Jane Murray
•
23 October 2025
A job move means a house move for Vinny and Howard Prease-Worrall and their family. Leaving behind stockbroker belt Surrey, they move Ashaytan House in the coastal town of Bourne-by-the-Sea. Wonderfully romantic, the house is perched upon the High Cliff above the stunningly beautiful bay, which the couple love to explore and get to know. But shortly after moving in, Vinny is plagued by strange happenings and her mental health takes a decline. She becomes convinced the house is haunted by the devil and involves the local priest in performing a blessing on the house. Then, disaster strikes when Vinny takes a tumble on the stairs and is left brain injured. Meanwhile, a coven of local witches takes a particular interest in the new occupants of Ashaytan House and further disturbances persuade the coven to intervene, with the help of a deliverance minister from the local parish. Dark and frightening forces are unleashed in the house which place Vinny and her daughter Tamsin in terrible danger. What happens next tears the family apart when old secrets buried in the past come back to haunt the present day occupants. But is there such thing as the devil, and is the church, to whom Vinny turns, strong enough to fight whatever possesses the Devil's House?
by Jane Murray
•
23 October 2025
Lily is a document checker for the US Navy. Levi, her boyfriend, is a Navy SEAL. Both their jobs are complex, demanding and secret. The trouble with secrets is that when they are exposed, other often unpleasant truths come to light and when Lily and her team arrive at Whidbey Island in Washington state, they become aware that things are not always as straightforward as they seem. Lily in particular seems to be the target of strange and often frightening experiences whilst on the island and she becomes obsessed with the history that is unfolding within the secrets lodged in the Naval documents they are currently working on. Top Secret and Classified information about a nearby beauty spot called Deception Pass comes to light and in amidst terrifying circumstances, Lily wonders who is being deceived, and why, and what will happen if the truth the Navy is so desperate to contain is revealed. K.E. Jennings' third psychological thriller is a dark and disturbing tale of government secrets and lies; of ghosts and hauntings and things that really didn't happen, did they?
by Jane Murray
•
10 July 2025
Olsten Ryder is a successful, affluent and ambitious businessman, his collectable doll manufacturing company being amongst the most niche in the world. But when he is accused of the murder of Celeste Harrington, a young and beautiful member of his own social circle, his friends and colleagues are left astounded when he disappears from police custody, leaving no trace that he'd ever existed. Over the years that pass after Olsten's disappearance, his former colleagues and friends remain in contact and they are all invited to the twenty-first birthday party of Amitola, the adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Defoe, successful architects and friends of James Lambert, who just happens to be Olsten Ryder's solicitor. Everyone is delighted to meet together again, and even more so when Amitola's engagement is announced at her party. What could possibly happen to threaten such a happy occasion and does Olsten Ryder's mysterious disappearance have anything to do with the events that come to pass? Passing Through is Jacqueline Dixon's debut novel, a dark and thought provoking murder mystery with more than a touch of speculative fiction and a bit of fantasy thrown into the mix for good measure. An absorbing and enthralling read.
by Jane Murray
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28 May 2025
Cassie Herbert is fat and there's no getting away from that despite how Cassie tries to avoid it and dreams of being everything she isn't - thin, popular, attractive and happy. When she finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time, poor Cassie ends up in hospital, with a brain injury and that's when things begin to get really weird, family secrets come to light and the past begins to unravel itself causing the Herbert family to face up to things they'd rather not admit to. Meanwhile, her parents' new neighbour has a secret of her own which has far reaching consequences for one family member and the new bloke in the flat downstairs begins to have some very strange dreams which cause his and Cassie's lives to become inexplicably entangled. But is it all for the good, and will Cassie be coming home for Christmas to discover if dreams really do come true? Find out in Jane Murray's third seasonal novella, written with a little bit of magic!
by Jane Murray
•
28 May 2025
Norris has been here before. He knows he's lived eight other lives and what's more, he can remember them all. He's not proud of them, especially not the one when he left his pal, Jimmy Morgan, at the mercy of German soldiers in the second world war. The discovery that he's been reincarnated as a cat isn't going to help his resolution to make amends to his old friend when he finds himself, by a strange quirk of fate, adopted from an animal rescue centre by Jimmy Morgan's grand-daughter. Once settled into Jimmy's home, Norris realises that all is not well in the old man's life and he's got himself involved in criminal activity at the behest of his late wife's family who are blackmailing Jimmy because they know he's in debt. When Norris discovers all this, he knows the only way he can apologise to Jimmy for letting him down in the past, is to try to help him in the present. But how exactly can he do this when he's a cat and when Jimmy's small time criminal activities place his grand-daughter, Stella, in danger? Dawn Treacher's speculative fiction tale explores the possibility that your cat really is cleverer than you in a tale of magical realism that'll make you wonder exactly what your cat is thinking!
by Jane Murray
•
23 October 2024
Matthew Hartmann is a detective, and a Christian. With a wife, a beautiful daughter, whom they both dote up, his career, his belief, he seems to have everything until he is prevented from investigating a series of deaths and he stumbles upon old, dark secrets that lurk within the town he has been brought up in. Suddenly, places and people he has known all his life take on a sinister appearance and the emergence of evil forces becomes apparent to the young detective. When his wife and his child are killed in what seems to have been an accident, Matthew turns to Father Hector, the old Catholic priest who brought Matthew up as almost the closest thing to a son he would have and together, they realise that satanism and unholy cults threaten the very existence of not just Matthew's town, but the Christian kingdom and the wider world. When he is dragged into the fight between good and evil, Matthew not only believes he has God on his side, but also, the Sinner's Redemption, but will it be enough to save humanity? Matthew Decker's debut novel came to him in the form of a dream which he dreamt repeatedly until he decided to start writing it down and this dark and horrifying tale is the result. Fans of tense, good versus evil horror stories will devour this book just as evil and satanic cults are capable of devouring mankind.
14 September 2024
You remember Christmases from your childhood, don't you? The garish, shiny wrapping paper, leaving a mince pie for Santa and a carrot for the reindeer, the Christmas hamper being delivered, gawdy trees, paper chains, flashing coloured lights around the window, tinsel hanging from the fireplace, holly and mistletoe hanging over the front door. Yes? Well, that's what this compilation of short stories, poems and photography hopes to recreate for you in it's pages. A good, old fashioned celebration of Christmas from some of our shining stars!
5 September 2024
Ava’s job as a mortuary technician in the small, desert town of Killorn is certainly an unusual one, and becomes even more so when strange, disarming events begin to happen to her. The string of weird happenings culminates in bodies going missing from the mortuary where Ava works and the involvement of the local police. Meanwhile, Ava is not only feeling unnerved, but she begins to get downright scared when it seems that someone may be out to harm her. Suspicion grows and her former lover, Nick, sees to be one of those she points the finger at. Meanwhile, matters are complicated further when suspicion falls on the local Native American reservation, one that Ava and Ernest, her boss, visit regularly when assisting at funerals. It is at a reservation funeral that Ava meets a shaman who has been haunting her dreams and who crosses her path more than once when she begins an affair with his fellow tribesman, Grey. Despite Grey’s growing attraction to Ava, he cannot protect her from the frightening events that keep happening to her and when Red, the town’s sheriff cannot produce a logical explanation for what is going on, the only possible answer would be that Ava is being haunted. But by whom and why can the police nor the shaman help her to escape from whatever it is in her past that is putting her in danger in the present? Bodies of Evidence is the second psychological thriller from K.E. Jennings, who signed with Provoco in 2023. Her first novel, THE ONLY ONES LEFT, enjoyed much acclaim, marking her as a force to be reckoned with in the world of psychological, supernatural thriller writing.
by Jane Murray
•
23 October 2025
What would happen if an ancient Egyptian mummy was unwrapped in the early 1920's and still carried traces of the deadly Cholera disease that had killed him? This is what happens when Augustuskahmoun is unwrapped in a backstreet room in Cairo in the presence of several (living) pharaohs. Coughing and spluttering his way to life again, it is clear that Augustuskamoun has more than likely created a new pandemic situation for the people of Egypt and the pharaohs must act accordingly, decreeing a lockdown for everyone, except, it appears, themselves. Life seems to carry on exactly as it had done before the Cholera epidemic, with Augustuskamoun and his inner circle of pharaohs remaining focused on the one thing in hand - enjoying themselves, often at the expense of the people they are meant to be governing. It's one party too many, though, when a deadly curse on the pharaohs is unleashed, affecting their manhood and eventually killing the whole lot of them. But, according to the legends, there is an afterlife, as Augustuskamoun and his pharaohs discover when they are somehow transported to the midst of yet another pandemic, this time one that is raging through Britain, in the 2020's. Can a bunch of already dead Egyptian pharaohs survive in a new country and even more importantly, a new century? And what will happen to the MP's of the Elite party, already unpopular because of their handling of the current pandemic. Sound familiar? Read on and join Nicholas Vaughan's comedic and farcical look at life in lockdown through the eyes of a (possibly dead) pharaoh.
by Jane Murray
•
23 October 2025
Danny wants his art scholarship, but Meggsie wants the money Danny's sick mum owes him. Who does he look to for repayment? Danny, who thankfully manages to escape Meggsie's clutches, meeting Mike as he takes flight. Mike's a good guy. He stops Meggsie in his tracks, takes Danny under his wing. Thinking Mike is something to do with social services and protection, Danny agrees to go with Mike to 'The Warren,' under the impression that it is a refuge for 'kids like him.' But is Mike all he seems? And when teenage Danny is forced to make a choice between right or wrong, what's he going to do? Find out in Linda Nelson's debut YA adventure, a hard hitting and gritty look at what happens when children don't have anyone to turn to. All the author's net royalties are being donated by the author to Harrogate Homeless Project..
by Jane Murray
•
23 October 2025
A job move means a house move for Vinny and Howard Prease-Worrall and their family. Leaving behind stockbroker belt Surrey, they move Ashaytan House in the coastal town of Bourne-by-the-Sea. Wonderfully romantic, the house is perched upon the High Cliff above the stunningly beautiful bay, which the couple love to explore and get to know. But shortly after moving in, Vinny is plagued by strange happenings and her mental health takes a decline. She becomes convinced the house is haunted by the devil and involves the local priest in performing a blessing on the house. Then, disaster strikes when Vinny takes a tumble on the stairs and is left brain injured. Meanwhile, a coven of local witches takes a particular interest in the new occupants of Ashaytan House and further disturbances persuade the coven to intervene, with the help of a deliverance minister from the local parish. Dark and frightening forces are unleashed in the house which place Vinny and her daughter Tamsin in terrible danger. What happens next tears the family apart when old secrets buried in the past come back to haunt the present day occupants. But is there such thing as the devil, and is the church, to whom Vinny turns, strong enough to fight whatever possesses the Devil's House?
by Jane Murray
•
23 October 2025
Lily is a document checker for the US Navy. Levi, her boyfriend, is a Navy SEAL. Both their jobs are complex, demanding and secret. The trouble with secrets is that when they are exposed, other often unpleasant truths come to light and when Lily and her team arrive at Whidbey Island in Washington state, they become aware that things are not always as straightforward as they seem. Lily in particular seems to be the target of strange and often frightening experiences whilst on the island and she becomes obsessed with the history that is unfolding within the secrets lodged in the Naval documents they are currently working on. Top Secret and Classified information about a nearby beauty spot called Deception Pass comes to light and in amidst terrifying circumstances, Lily wonders who is being deceived, and why, and what will happen if the truth the Navy is so desperate to contain is revealed. K.E. Jennings' third psychological thriller is a dark and disturbing tale of government secrets and lies; of ghosts and hauntings and things that really didn't happen, did they?
by Jane Murray
•
10 July 2025
Olsten Ryder is a successful, affluent and ambitious businessman, his collectable doll manufacturing company being amongst the most niche in the world. But when he is accused of the murder of Celeste Harrington, a young and beautiful member of his own social circle, his friends and colleagues are left astounded when he disappears from police custody, leaving no trace that he'd ever existed. Over the years that pass after Olsten's disappearance, his former colleagues and friends remain in contact and they are all invited to the twenty-first birthday party of Amitola, the adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Defoe, successful architects and friends of James Lambert, who just happens to be Olsten Ryder's solicitor. Everyone is delighted to meet together again, and even more so when Amitola's engagement is announced at her party. What could possibly happen to threaten such a happy occasion and does Olsten Ryder's mysterious disappearance have anything to do with the events that come to pass? Passing Through is Jacqueline Dixon's debut novel, a dark and thought provoking murder mystery with more than a touch of speculative fiction and a bit of fantasy thrown into the mix for good measure. An absorbing and enthralling read.
by Jane Murray
•
28 May 2025
Cassie Herbert is fat and there's no getting away from that despite how Cassie tries to avoid it and dreams of being everything she isn't - thin, popular, attractive and happy. When she finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time, poor Cassie ends up in hospital, with a brain injury and that's when things begin to get really weird, family secrets come to light and the past begins to unravel itself causing the Herbert family to face up to things they'd rather not admit to. Meanwhile, her parents' new neighbour has a secret of her own which has far reaching consequences for one family member and the new bloke in the flat downstairs begins to have some very strange dreams which cause his and Cassie's lives to become inexplicably entangled. But is it all for the good, and will Cassie be coming home for Christmas to discover if dreams really do come true? Find out in Jane Murray's third seasonal novella, written with a little bit of magic!
by Jane Murray
•
28 May 2025
Norris has been here before. He knows he's lived eight other lives and what's more, he can remember them all. He's not proud of them, especially not the one when he left his pal, Jimmy Morgan, at the mercy of German soldiers in the second world war. The discovery that he's been reincarnated as a cat isn't going to help his resolution to make amends to his old friend when he finds himself, by a strange quirk of fate, adopted from an animal rescue centre by Jimmy Morgan's grand-daughter. Once settled into Jimmy's home, Norris realises that all is not well in the old man's life and he's got himself involved in criminal activity at the behest of his late wife's family who are blackmailing Jimmy because they know he's in debt. When Norris discovers all this, he knows the only way he can apologise to Jimmy for letting him down in the past, is to try to help him in the present. But how exactly can he do this when he's a cat and when Jimmy's small time criminal activities place his grand-daughter, Stella, in danger? Dawn Treacher's speculative fiction tale explores the possibility that your cat really is cleverer than you in a tale of magical realism that'll make you wonder exactly what your cat is thinking!
by Jane Murray
•
23 October 2024
Matthew Hartmann is a detective, and a Christian. With a wife, a beautiful daughter, whom they both dote up, his career, his belief, he seems to have everything until he is prevented from investigating a series of deaths and he stumbles upon old, dark secrets that lurk within the town he has been brought up in. Suddenly, places and people he has known all his life take on a sinister appearance and the emergence of evil forces becomes apparent to the young detective. When his wife and his child are killed in what seems to have been an accident, Matthew turns to Father Hector, the old Catholic priest who brought Matthew up as almost the closest thing to a son he would have and together, they realise that satanism and unholy cults threaten the very existence of not just Matthew's town, but the Christian kingdom and the wider world. When he is dragged into the fight between good and evil, Matthew not only believes he has God on his side, but also, the Sinner's Redemption, but will it be enough to save humanity? Matthew Decker's debut novel came to him in the form of a dream which he dreamt repeatedly until he decided to start writing it down and this dark and horrifying tale is the result. Fans of tense, good versus evil horror stories will devour this book just as evil and satanic cults are capable of devouring mankind.
14 September 2024
You remember Christmases from your childhood, don't you? The garish, shiny wrapping paper, leaving a mince pie for Santa and a carrot for the reindeer, the Christmas hamper being delivered, gawdy trees, paper chains, flashing coloured lights around the window, tinsel hanging from the fireplace, holly and mistletoe hanging over the front door. Yes? Well, that's what this compilation of short stories, poems and photography hopes to recreate for you in it's pages. A good, old fashioned celebration of Christmas from some of our shining stars!
5 September 2024
Ava’s job as a mortuary technician in the small, desert town of Killorn is certainly an unusual one, and becomes even more so when strange, disarming events begin to happen to her. The string of weird happenings culminates in bodies going missing from the mortuary where Ava works and the involvement of the local police. Meanwhile, Ava is not only feeling unnerved, but she begins to get downright scared when it seems that someone may be out to harm her. Suspicion grows and her former lover, Nick, sees to be one of those she points the finger at. Meanwhile, matters are complicated further when suspicion falls on the local Native American reservation, one that Ava and Ernest, her boss, visit regularly when assisting at funerals. It is at a reservation funeral that Ava meets a shaman who has been haunting her dreams and who crosses her path more than once when she begins an affair with his fellow tribesman, Grey. Despite Grey’s growing attraction to Ava, he cannot protect her from the frightening events that keep happening to her and when Red, the town’s sheriff cannot produce a logical explanation for what is going on, the only possible answer would be that Ava is being haunted. But by whom and why can the police nor the shaman help her to escape from whatever it is in her past that is putting her in danger in the present? Bodies of Evidence is the second psychological thriller from K.E. Jennings, who signed with Provoco in 2023. Her first novel, THE ONLY ONES LEFT, enjoyed much acclaim, marking her as a force to be reckoned with in the world of psychological, supernatural thriller writing.
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