Nick Rawlinson

Cambridge lecturer Stephen Killigan stumbles across the body of a missing beauty queen - a body which disappears before the police arrive... Unwittingly he has entered the sinister world of a city and a person that hold far too many secrets written in blood.

Twelve-year-old David copes with the death of his beloved mother by retreating into a world of myths and fairytales. But bad things begin to happen when myth and reality blend in a world populated by heroes, wolves and monsters.

Somewhere in Biddlecombe a rotten black heart is beating a rhythm of revenge. A trap has been set. The Earth is doomed. The last hope for humanity lies with one young boy and the girl who is secretly in love with him. Oh, and a dog, two demons, four dwarfs, and a very polite monster.

Set in England in the 1630's. John Brigge a respected local coroner prefers to spend his time with his family and working on his farm. He is called to investigate Katherine Shay, suspected of killing her baby. The investigation becomes a vicious power struggle as the Puritans demand her execution.

In the summer of 1920, a young man escapes London to embark on the unveiling of a medieval church wall painting in a small north country village. As he becomes absorbed by his work he also gets drawn into the lives of those around him.