My Books
'They used me - for their own ends' A spy story, today Thursday January 26th 2023 by Olympia Publishers is the second book in a series of four; it is a sequel to 'Tales from a Winchester Hill'. The book takes up the tale of Tatiana, a Russian defector married to Ivan, a famous ballet dancer. She has been targeted with a chemical poison. She recovers, but is coerced to spy for the Russians. Her position is parlous. So is Ivan's and her parents in Russia are targeted too. What happens as competing agencies struggle to find missing mathematical formulae . . . ? Find out in this full length novel!
The front cover design to 'They used me - for their own ends .'
A novella, Tales from a Winchester Hill' published by Olympia Publishers in November 2020 is the first in a series of four books. It introduces Ivan a Russian orphan who is a proxy for an attempt to restore the Czar. The conspiracy fails and Ivan is adopted by an English family on holiday with a sports club in St Helena. The book tells of the adventures of the members of the club over several years, how they nearly become bankrupt, how they nearly lost all their members, and much more. Ivan goes to London and trains to become a ballet dancer. He meets the beautiful Tatiana, falls in love with her, and they get married.
In this sketch, the judge tries Count Semenov for cheating at a prestigious dog show.
The book may be bought at Amazon, Waterstones and P&G Wells, 11 College St, Winchester SO21 9AH.
(My thanks are due to Dr Malcolm Faulk for permission to reproduce his sketch).
My third novel based on the picture is still in my imagination!
The picture on the left is of the boathouse at Ethy Rock, Lerryn about 1850 and is reproduced by kind permission of the Lerryn History Society, Cornwall.
Next, the last, will be my fourth book but follows on from my third book 'They used me for their own ends.' This book has now been published on Thursday August 29th 2024 by Olympia Publishers. It is a book about a 'chase,' so is a thriller. Its title of 'They tested our loyalty' It is the third in a quartet of books after 'They used me for their own ends', and 'Tales from a Winchester Hill'.
The harbour in the picture is where the action takes place. The harbour is Scrabster Harbour in Caithness, Scotland. Updated 22.12 .22.
Picture reproduced by courtesy of
Alamy Photos
This book will now be publiShed on THURSDAY AUGUST 29TH 2024
Pre order book may be obtained from www.olympiapublishers.com/books/category/coming-soon.
Will there be a fifth book? Wait and see! March 12th 2024. The title of this book will be HILARY! Dated.20.08.24.