Work in Progress

October 2022 “None Stood Taller The Price of Freedom” is the third novel I have written in the “None Stood Taller” series. The first two books follow Lily, an East End girl, from the Blitz of 1941 to VE Day, her life, loves, and friends including her greatest friend Dorothy, known as Dotty. This new […]

Finalist in I.A.N. competition 2025 for “Parallel Lives”

For a second time, Peter has had a book awarded “Finalist” in the Independent Author Network Competition, this time for “Parallel Lives” in the 2025 competition. He had already won the same award three years earlier, for “None Stood Taller”. We did feel this was his best book to date when we published “Parallel Lives” […]

Time travel to the 1940s, superb writing.

I’ve been working my way happily through your “None Stood Taller” series. Being totally honest, I must say your writing really makes me feel like I’m actually there in 1940s wartime England. I’ve read many WWII fiction books but none have taken me into that time zone more than yours. Thank you for your stories […]

Now this is what I call a wonderful review!

Written by a reader, Judy P, who says: I finished reading “Parallel Lives” at 3.30 this morning! Not only was I trapped in the description of the unimaginable terror of the Blitz, but I was enthralled by the lyrically beautiful structure of profound thoughts spoken by the characters throughout the story. Often I had to […]

New Edition of “Autumn Daffodils – Joanna’s Story”

We have just published a new edition of “Autumn Daffodils – Joanna’s story”. When we re-looked at it, my immediate reaction was that it was a great story, but also how ( four novels later) it could be improved. The story is the same, but I have changed the entire essence of the book. Joanna […]

Reader Reviews

Reviews are the lifeblood of any author. Readers’ opinions of your book are what it’s all about; love it or hate it, it’s the reader’s opinion that counts. All authors want the reader to interpret the book as they intended. In other words, the storyline is understood, but usually, there is so much more that […]

Parallel Lives – A Story of the Greatest Generation – just published!

This is the story of two ordinary people, Emma, a doctor at St Thomas’s Hospital, London, and Roger, a police detective, who live through extraordinary times and confront unimaginable hardship. It is an inspirational story that will transport you back to 1939 and the outbreak of World War Two. Amid the chaos and destruction of […]