Táto autorka píše pod pseudonymom Katherine John. Jej diela sa často zameriavajú na témy spojené s jej rodným Walesom, kam sa vrátila po rokoch strávených v Európe a Amerike. Jej písanie skúma hĺbku ľudskej skúsenosti s jedinečným pohľadom.
The second in the epic historical Tsar's Dragons series by award-winning novelist Catrin Collier, featuring the lives of Welsh and Russian settlers in the industrial city of Hughesovka, Ukraine in the 1870s.
The third novel in the Long Road to Baghdad series, Scorpion Sunset is an epic, moving account of World War One in Mesopotamia, by one of Wales' most acclaimed historical novelists.
An epic novel of an incendiary love that threatened to set the desert alight as war raged between the British and Ottoman Empires.
The first of a series based on the exploits of Welshman John Hughes, who founded a city in the Russian Empire, Hughesovka (now Donetsk, Ukraine).
December 1915. Following heavy casualties, General Townsend withdraws his exhausted troops to the town of Kut Al Amara, Iraq. His orders - to engage as many Turkish troops as possible in a siege situation. A relief force is hastily assembled, among them Charles Reid, Tom Mason, and Michael Downe, for each of whom the advance is personal.
Maud Powell and her cousin Diana had always dreamed of becoming nurses, but their hopes are shattered when Maud contracts TB - a death sentence in 1930s' Pontypridd. With pits closing, Haydn abandoning a steady job for a stage career, and their cousin Diana's secret burden, the Powell family are facing hard times. Meanwhile Ronnie Ronconi, eldest of the large, cafe-owning family, has two simple beliefs: his sisters must marry good Italian Catholics, and determination and hard work will get him anything he wants. But his dreams are shattered when he realises that what he wants is Welsh, chapel-going, consumptive Maud. For once, high-handed, ruthless Ronnie seems to be facing the impossible...
In 1939, Haydn Powell returns to his native Pontypridd as a star for the summer season. It is his dream come true, but is soon soured when he finds his family divided. Haydn seeks consolation with the theatre crowd, but is also drawn to Jane, a young waif lodging with his family. But Jane is haunted by poverty and burdened by bitter secrets. Then there is Haydn's childhood sweetheart, Jenny, who is determined to win him back. She tries to make him jealous by flirting with his brother, the hot-headed boxer Eddie. But it is Jenny's reckless pursuit of her own ends that creates a dangerous tension in a town already braced for war ...
America 1968. Everyone has one special summer. For British students Penny and Kate, and Americans Bobby and Sandy, it was that summer on Cape Cod. Warm languid days filled with love, laughter and music. Until the night Bobby's car crashed and burst into flames, and a bitter old woman took control, changing the survivors' lives for ever.
VORORT DER HÖLLEIn einem beschaulichen Vorort von Cardiff hat sich ein schreckliches Blutbad ereignet: Die Verwaltungsangestellte Kacy Howells liegt auf ihrer Veranda — regungslos, mit einer Axt erschlagen. Inspector Trevor Joseph findet recht schnell heraus, dass das Opfer nicht nur Opfer war. Die auf den ersten Blick so brave Beamtin hatte ihren Nachbarn das Leben regelrecht zur Hölle gemacht. Aber auch andere Bewohner der Siedlung leben gefährlich. Nach und nach tun sich Abgründe auf …
This year Valentine's Day isn't for romance. It's for murder. Mega rich restaurant owner Jack Barnes and his second wife Zee are very much in love. However, their plans for Valentine's Day are about to be torn apart by the most violent murder.Who is the strange figure plotting this sick crime? Who hates Jack that much? There are plenty of suspects living in Jack's fancy block of flats. Is it them, or could it be the work of an outsider with a twisted mind? One thing's for sure, the police have got their work cut out solving this bloody mess.
