Investigator Sam Dyke has never met his son, Daniel. Until today. And then he wishes he hadn't.

Because Daniel has a... More > girlfriend who isn't really suitable ... and, it turns out, is missing. In fact she's mixed up in a world of corruption and violence centering around the Ginger Twins - monstrous criminals who extend their crooked web from Liverpool to Manchester and all stops in between. Sam is determined to find the girl despite the odds against him - and also ignoring the fact that he's intruding on some apparently hush-hush police work ...

Trying to do the right thing, Sam does what he's good at. He irritates people, especially bad guys. And not surprisingly he soon finds himself on the Twins' hit list. What can a father do - except hit back?

The Private Lie pits tough private investigator Sam Dyke against a double-threat - the Ginger Twins, and his own inability to know what's good for him. < Less

This is a version of an original Victorian collection of illustrated songs. Walter Crane was a famous illustrator of the... More > late 19th Century and this book demonstrates beautifully the mix of art and draughtsmanship typical of children's books of the period. The book contains wonderfully illustrated nursery rhymes and songs, with each song given its own style. It will make a beautiful present for parents with young children and will provide hours of interest for both old and young. < Less

The Idle Writer is the printed version of Keith Dixon's ongoing blog. In it he describes the difficulties and rewards of... More > writing a novel, as well as offering some reviews and views of contemporary writers. < Less

The Idle Writer is the printed version of Keith Dixon's ongoing blog. In it he describes the difficulties and rewards of... More > writing a novel, as well as offering some reviews and views of contemporary writers. < Less

Sam Dyke's latest case involves murder, kidnapping, fraud, more murder and fighting. While unravelling the story he learns... More > something that takes him back twenty years, into a life that he thought he'd forgotten and to a woman he thought had forgotten him. And now she has secrets she's reluctant to reveal ... < Less

This is a version of an original Victorian collection of illustrated songs. Walter Crane was a famous illustrator of the... More > late 19th Century and this book demonstrates beautifully the mix of art and draughtsmanship typical of children's books of the period. The book contains wonderfully illustrated nursery rhymes and songs, with each song given its own style. It will make a beautiful present for parents with young children and will provide hours of interest for both old and young. < Less

"I wish I could say that the first time I met Rory Brand I knew he was a dead man
walking.
But I can’t... "
Private... More > Investigator Sam Dyke is hired by Rory Brand to find out what's happening to his business. He knows that someone is trying to steal
it from him. He thinks it's someone close to
him. Very close.
Sam won't get involved because no crime has been committed. But that
changes when Brand is found dead in his office, with a taunting clue left on his
computer screen.
Now Sam is determined to find out who killed Brand, and makes a discovery that takes him back twenty years into his own past. And into a secret
that had been kept from him by the prime suspect for
Brand's murder ...
In the first of a series of books featuring Sam Dyke, Altered Life transplants the
attitude and pace of the American private eye story into a contemporary English
setting. < Less