Paul Torday

Hector Chetwode-Talbot, also known as Eck, is at a loose end when he is approached by an old army friend to join his investment company. It is on holiday in France that Eck meets Charlie Summers. When Charlie appears on Eck’s doorstep, intent on staying and launching his dog food business, Eck begins to question how different he really is from Charlie Summers…

Norman Stokoe has just been appointed Children's Czar by the new government..He settles down to wait for the green light to begin his mission. The green light never comes. What does happen is that two children go missing. The search will take him to dark places and will make him ask questions about the system he is supposed to uphold.

It is a bet Richard Gaunt cannot resist - all he has to do is walk from London to Oxford in under twelve hours. As an ex-soldier he is up to the challenge. But what starts as a harmless bet turns into something altogether different when Richard is taken hostage by a mysterious stranger, Mr Khan, who makes him a highly unusual proposal.

Dr Alfred Jones, a fisheries scientist finds himself reluctantly involved in a project to bring salmon fishing to the Highlands of the Yemen. There follows a tale of hypocrisy, bureaucracy, dreams and the transforming power of faith and love. Richard & Judy Bookclub