Holes in the Ground: War and Ore

When Thomas Longois Lefoy is sent to Tangiers to investigate a German plot involving Moroccan phosphates, he uncovers a sinister Soviet Union involvement in the Asturias miners’ strike of 1934 and its unforeseen consequences for Andoni Arriola, a Basque metallurgist. As he delves deeper into the case, he finds himself caught in a web of intrigue involving the Spanish Civil War, the injury and death of British intelligence agents, and the protection of Britain’s interests in the iron and copper mining industries. As he travels from Tangiers to Gibraltar, Huelva, and Bilbao, he witnesses the devastating effects of civil war and the destruction of open-cast mining. Along the way, he encounters Heinrich Rathenau, a German industrial chemist seeking refuge, and becomes embroiled in a dangerous game of espionage and political maneuvering that reveals the high stakes of international trade and the human cost of war.

Hollow Man

It seems the afterlife will not relinquish its grip on Mac Closkey, even after taking from him his marriage and human love. His unusual ministry calls him to investigate Victorian bodies discovered on the local mountain. Once hazed by the world of spirits, Mac Closkey has solved the legendary Jack the Ripper case. Soon his local chapter requires his help to look for the head of the ex-commissioner’s wife whose disappearance is not as straightforward a murder as it first seems. Its repercussions will ripple through the highest realms of British society.

Hollow Puppets

What started out as an investigation into possible murders soon reveals a much darker, older game at play. Suspending everything they have come to believe in and drawing on powers previously unimagined, Jackson and Alex embark on a journey that will leave you breathless in anticipation and horror. Their road is twisted and dark but they face it together, drawing ever closer, united in terror. In their quest for answers, Jackson will need to master himself and his evolving abilities so that he will be ready for the inevitable, climactic showdown with a shadowy, mysterious force. A force of unimaginable age, intent upon manipulating them towards its own evil ends by squeezing every bit of horror, heartache and desperation from the both of them. Jackson has limited time to become what he was always meant to be, will it be enough?

Hoodwink

Simon Davis, the PM for the Peoples Unite Party, was confident that in the next election, on 7 May 2015, he would be staying in 10 Downing Street behind the black door. But with the train crash into Waterloo Station and the PM being stretchered off, it was not until he reached the hospital for treatment that his panic kicked in—he had left his parliamentary red case on the crashed train.

The PM was not aware that young Rob Hat had crawled into the first-class carriage to witness the benefits it had to offer. This was when Rob Hat noticed the red parliamentary case. He never knew at this juncture what the contents in this red case were. Later on, when discovery of its contents was to become public knowledge, one could be assured PM Simon Davis would be wanting to kick all his earlier confidence into the long grass.

A little later in the same week, the notorious criminal Trevor Charles Baines was put to rest at Honour Oak Cemetery in South London. With his death, the millions he had stolen died along with him.

It was not until Rob was in the Kilimanjaro region, helping his uncle with his tourism business that also helped the less fortunate children, that he found Baines was out on a jolly, climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. Even with the disguise, Baines’s unique tattoo gave him away.

Hook, Line and Scammer

Having been dealt a bad hand as she enters the autumn of her life, Elizabeth suddenly finds a spark with Joseph through the power of the internet, but is everyone who they say they are?

Thousands of miles away, Eb is going the other way – although he has done well at school, the pressure of being the man of the house at a young age and a series of misfortunes place him in a compromising position with a local criminal gang.

Unwittingly and unknowingly joined together through DCI Jane Porter’s ambitious police crackdown on Cybercrime, Eb and Elizabeth find they have a common interest in rescuing each other.

A variety of interesting characters in this Venn-diagram of relationships; crime; and justice, bring joy, pain, murder, friendship, identity fraud, family and love together, but when you are not sure who is holding the rod, anyone can get hooked!

Hope

Our world is experiencing a daily decline of cultural, moral, and other important values.

Persisting on the edge of nuclear and environmental disaster, for consolation and happiness the novel Hope returns trust to the individual and society, as his characters find themselves in the focus of depressive influences, but never forget their values.

Love, perseverance and hope are levers for advancing the human being in the true direction, which primarily implies healing human dignity and achieving success that serve as an example.

Hope and Despair – A Collection of Poems

Violence, a pandemic and climate change had led to continued human suffering in the recent decades. Turbulence all around the world has hit everyone on the planet, from those who were alive at the time of the trenches of WW1, to those born in ‘Coronavirus’ times. One young mind deeply disturbed by the current events resorted to writing poetry to express his feelings about the worsening current world situation. Sohan started writing about human suffering from the age of seven, after which poetry became his medium of expression of his feelings, his frustration at the past, his worries about the present, and his fears of the future. Enter a teenager’s mind full of random thoughts, printed in black and white, on topics ranging from past wars to current climate affairs, from things as deep as the mental suffering faced in lockdown to the simple beauty in a painting in this anthology Hope and Despair – A Collection of Poems.

Hope, Despair, Love, Repair

A female seeks a dashing, handsome, rich brunette who will whisk her off her feet in a whirlwind of romance, roses and romping. But... life isn’t like the movies, right?

Louella is single, overweight, and stuck in a rut that everyone has seen and never wants to hear from again. She spends her days working, her evening on her laptop surfing the same three websites, trying not to die of boredom before bedtime.

Enough is enough. In an act of courage or foolish optimism, she signs up for internet dating, opening herself up to a world of available men, hoping to just avoid the perverted and deranged.

Incoming message from Tim; same age, likes, sense of humour and a face that would melt ice in a vat of liquid nitrogen. ‘The One?’ whispers in the back of her mind. He seems to be the epitome of perfection and a near perfect match, but is it too good to be true? Has she found her knight in shining armour, or is there a monster lurking deeper within?

Hope, Despair, Love, Repair is a roller coaster ride into ugly daydreams and beautiful nightmares where hope is the crutch that you can lean on until you are almost bent over on all fours in agony. Can you really love a person who carries a demon in their wake? Intense passion, flaming anger and a loyalty that steps over boundaries never seen before, this love story will be with you long after you finish the book.

Horizon

'There are only trees on this winter scene
Their upward pointing leafless twigs are
Shrill with the calm of loveliness,
And the Sun laughs down, baleful, with a bleary smile.'

A book of poetry with imagery and concepts polished over a lifetime of intellectual inquiry. At 58 years old, it is Cavendish’s first collection of poetry and represents the start of his career rather than the end.

Hot Coffee

Read this book and encounter the most fantastic tingling feelings, enable the story to unfold while recognising the characters in your own life. Feel an emotional engagement with the characters via just a few pages. This book can be taken anywhere, it could be read on a short journey, and the reader can drift off to the locations described within. You will leave feeling adored and aroused.

House of Recovery

Present Day

A young couple buy a dilapidated house at auction to get on the property ladder. As derelict as the old, detached villa looks on the outside, the interior is like a time capsule, and other than years of silent neglect, the house has been preserved, waiting for new occupants. As renovations commence, the house begins to reveal secrets to its gruesome past and why it was abandoned nearly two hundred years ago.

1844

An undertaker and a volunteer nurse at a hospital for contagious diseases become acquainted through the victims of a murderer creating chaos within the medieval walled city of Carlisle. The unlikely couple, a hunchback and a wealthy young lady, learn about each other’s professions, realising the cloak between the living and the dead is a very thin veil. They question why fate has brought them together, yet cruelly keeps them apart.

The tangled web of past, present and future interferes in all their lives, yet all they strive for is happiness. Will fate be kind to those who do the wrong things for the right reasons?

How Not To Write Poetry

“Random events of my life put into rhyme.
A collection of moments and what I was feeling.
A glimpse of the crazy that is my mind.
Love, loss and some the characters that left an impression.”
BILLY BUD FRASER