A novel of white sand, blue sea, and sunshine…. So, in such a place, how could two young Peace Corps volunteers possibly get themselves involved in murder, drug dealing, white slavery and more? How did Patricia’s inability to “mind her own damned business” result in the shooting of her friend Maryann by a spear gun in beautiful Grand Anse Bay in Grenada? Never did Patricia dream that she would live on a razor’s edge between life and death in her attempt to escape from the love/hate of Peter Easterman, lord of an illegal empire that spread over half the world. And why should the F.B.I. be concerned about the fate of one young Peace Corps volunteer enough to send its agents chasing her as she fled."Blood in Blue Water" will make you forget your annoyance with the long wait for a delayed plane, the discomfort of your hospital bed, or your disgust when your T.V. blows that unknown essential part. It is fast paced, filled with all the essentials of a good story. Much of it is based on the author’s true-life experiences, and her present contacts, living in the Caribbean.

Mango Chutney…tangy and exciting. You take another spoonful and read on. This collection of five short stories, Margaret Allan's second publication after Blood in Blue Water, is a must for those who dream of a tranquil life in the Caribbean, where things are not always what they seem. In Mango Chutney you will find love, hate, incest, murder, hurricanes and more. All the ingredients of a gripping mishmash, to keep your taste buds for excitement going, until you take the last spoonful and find you are at the back cover.

Alone now in his little house on the island the old man imagines the five white birds that fly by daily as his family who have also flown from the nest. Things are seldom what they seem and he is convinced that what, in his mind should be, is. It is well that he does not know, that murder, baby trading, adultery and many of the sins condemned in the Good Book walk with his children as they journey through life.

A moving novel of love and loss set in the Yorkshire Dales Andrea Cameron arrives to take up her new post as Minister of Nyddford with Nyddbeck full of excitement and anticipation. She is determined to put the past, with its unhappy memories, behind her, and devote herself to her flock and to her marriage. But her husband is killed in a car accident on the day of her ordination, leaving many unanswered questions for Andrea to confront. Fortified by her strong faith, and by the friendship shown to her by the villagers of her parish - especially handsome Will Wensley - Andrea begins to rebuild her shattered life. But she has reckoned without the brooding, hostile presence of David Bramley, a local farmer who cannot come to terms with the loss of his own wife, and who seems determined to make life difficult for her ...