Brenda Hurley

Brenda Hurley is a professional artist and writer, who originally trained as a dress designer. As well as exhibiting her paintings, she has tutored at local art societies and workshops. She regularly particpates in Bucks Open Studios. She has three books published by Troubador.

At the heart of Luna Dance is a battle for the human soul and for good over evil. The characters face communal and personal danger in a world where mortals are pitted against fallen angels. The novel asks what it means to be human, what it means to be divine, and how to own your power.

Published October 2025
ISBN: 9781917625067

Mary Walsh

Mary L Walsh has been writing poetry since childhood. This collection reflects her upbringing with an Irish father and second generation Irish mother in Dagenham, Essex.

Her poem Mackerel Fishing in the Gaeltacht was shortlisted for the Sean Dunne Poetry Competition in 2024. She has had poems published in Crannóg magazine, Visualverse.org, and in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham’s Pen to Print Write On magazine. She has also written a crime novel, Detective Armando Ramirez and the Iberico Ham Murder.

Published September 2025
ISBN: 9781917625043

Cath Rathbone Cheker

Cath Rathbone Cheker grew up in Uruguay, speaking both English and Spanish. She had a career in education for over thirty years. She is thrilled to see this – her first book – in print. With themes of trust and betrayal, resilience and fear, The Boy Who Would Not Be Sultan is a wonderful coming-of-age novel, ideal for readers aged 12+ .

Prince Bashir – aka Bonbon – is about to turn fourteen and become a man. He’s a misfit at the court of Mirazhar. He doesn’t expect to have to take the lead – but fate has other ideas . Fleeing his responsibilities and his enemies, Bonbon must discover what it truly means to be a man.

Published June 2025
ISBN: 9781917625036

Bill Randall

Protection Song is a fast-paced thriller full of emotional compassion and richly satisfying plotting.

Ian Wren, successful music producer, believes he has found something special in Ellie Beck. But Ellie is on the run from her past and it catches up with them faster than either of them can imagine.

Bill spent ten years working for the police while playing in a London-based alternative rock band. His experiences in the police and the music industry align with his love of crime fiction in this, his brilliant first novel.

Published April 2025
ISBN: 9781917625012

Lesley Coates Jones

An encounter is no ordinary meeting. It carries the element of surprise – a sort of epiphany. It is not given to everyone; rather, it chooses you, this indefinable cataclysm. It is a gift to cherish.

Lesley Coates Jones is a professional artist. She paints, draws, writes and makes marks. Chance Encounters is a collection of poems accompanied by a series of pen-and-ink drawings, taken from her personal sketchbooks, offering an intimate insight into her vision of the world. This is a beautiful hardback book.

Published March 2025
ISBN: 9781917625029

Dave Hobart

Blue Eyes is Dave Hobart's debut novel - an edge-of-the-seat thriller with a tender love story at its heart.

A man is released from prison, after serving time for a crime he did not commit. But freedom comes at a price. Now he is on the run, hiding from the police, the law and foreign agents, unable to see his wife and child, unable to resume anything approaching a normal life. Who committed the murder for which Jack Frost was framed, and why is he not safe yet?