I really think the best way to fix history in people's minds is through stories. At least, that's the way I myself first learnt a lot of history because frankly history books were just so boring. Having been drawn into the story, I was then ready to go and find out more about the facts. I found t...
Johnson hadn’t acted like a reporter keen for a story. She’d acted like . . . like someone who already knew what was going on. The book needs to go back to its rightful owners. How did she know about the book? And who were the rightful owners? The Order of Malichea? But the Order had died out hun...
The doors opened and they were ordered out. By now it was evening and darkness had descended across the desert, but here banks of floodlights blazed down on them. ‘Get in line!’ ordered a voice. The men complied and took in their surroundings. From what they could see of the military buildings an...
The tunnels were lit with candles, but the light from them was dim. The whole mine was gloomy. ‘I’m sorry,’ mumbled Big Rock. ‘I got you caught.’ ‘It wasn’t your fault, Big Rock,’ said Jack sympathetically. ‘Yes it was,’ grumbled Oddbit. ‘You told that big lump of rock that we’d get captured if w...
A press release had already been issued stating that the prime minister was going into hospital for a minor medical procedure; and that he had chosen to go into the military hospital as an expression of solidarity with the troops who were recovering from injuries received while fighting for their...
Saturday, and Jake was smiling into his webcam and looking at Lauren on his computer screen. His overwhelming feeling was relief that she looked OK, safe and well. But the expression on her face showed something was worrying her. ‘That email of yours . . .’ she began. &nbs...
I was hit by a German shell. Once again, I was lucky to be alive, but this time my left arm and left leg were smashed by shrapnel. At the Casualty Station they talked about amputating both my leg and my arm, but again I was lucky: the doctor who treated me insisted that he could reset them enough...
‘Just until someone from CID arrives from the mainland,’ the constable informed him, removing the handcuffs. He gave a rueful smile. ‘Luckily for us, we don’t need a regular detective presence on Mull. There’s not that much crime.’ The door clanged shut, and Jake settled down to wait. ...
Gareth had been brought up from the dungeons and tied to the same heavy wooden chair where Lauren had sat. And then Duke had cut off Gareth’s index finger with a savage blow from the machete. Jake could still hear Gareth’s scream as the blade slicked through his finger and bit into the wood of th...
He checked the name and number on the display screen and saw it was Dr Kirtle, the pathologist. ‘Georgiou,’ he said.‘I’ve got the results of the tests on the body of Han Sun,’ said Dr Kirtle. ‘There’s something different from the previous two murders.’‘Oh?’‘Traces of a tra...
They chose a spot just inside the jungle, but with a clear view of the hotel through the trees and bushes. They found a dip in the jungle floor and dug and scraped away at it until they had created a shallow trench, large enough for the two of them to lie down. Then they covered it with branches ...