Books in the Novels series

It has taken over eighty years, but at long last the British government's embargo on reporting this slice of diplomatic history has been lifted.It was in November 1940, that a senior minister at the British Foreign Office in blacked-out London commissioned Holmes and Watson to go to Berlin negotiate a prisoner of war swap with the German high-command.And the price demanded by Nazi Propaganda Minister, Joseph Göbbels, for any prisoner release? That the two work with the Berlin police to capture a serial killer who is stalking the city's railway network.But is Holmes being entirely honest with Watson about why the Foreign Office wants the pair to conduct an investigation which can only help the Nozi war-effort? And what else might Holmes's investigation of the German railway network uncover? And how can the United States be persuaded to join the war on the British side?An account of real events in London, Berlin, and Moscow in the years 1940 and 1941 which still shape the present.And the reader may feel hand of both Mycroft Holmes and Nicolo Machiavelli behind the statecraft on display.

Ridiculed by his parents during his childhood, Nahuel Millaman, a seventeen-year-old Mapuche (indigenous Chilean citizen) boy living in Santiago, Chile is extremely shy and lacks self-confidence. When his girlfriend, Calfuray Cayancura, informs him that she is pregnant, the prospect of parenting a child is too daunting and he runs away hoping to regain his self-confidence and return before the child is born.Nahuel travels to the Valdivian Forests in Araucania, south-central Chile to seek help from an old Mapuche Machi or Sharman, Sayen Melilan. The wise old woman explains what Nahuel needs to do to restore his self-confidence and devises a formula that he needs to follow to achieve success in his life. Nahuel returns to Santiago.By using the formula Nahuel finds employment and steadily becomes more and more successful. He returns to Calfuray but she tells him that she miscarried and is now living with another man.Nahuel and Calfuray move on, each engrossed in their own separate lives but still in love with each other. Nahuel becomes involved in several experiences that require him to use the formula given to him by the Machi Sayen Melilan. Calfuray also uses the formula although she doesn't realize this. To both Calfuray and Nahuel the possibility of being united seems impossible but the future can contradict expectations and Fate is never far away.What though, is the formula for success that Machi Sayen gave to Nahuel that led to his success? If you're struggling to achieve your goals this book can help you succeed.

This is the story of a young South African woman's attempt to save her father's vineyard after his apparent suicide. Sonia Bedford and her mother Hilary Bedford are joint beneficiaries of Guy Bedford's vineyard, Riverside after Hilary and her lover and manager of the vineyard, Jonas Dalton, murder Guy and make it appear to be suicide. Sonia hires a private detective and previously a grape and wine farmer, Warren Curtis, to investigate her father's death. Sonia cancels her arrangement with Warren after he inadvertently betrays her confidence but he continues to investigate Guy's death. Hilary sells her share of the vineyard to Sonia and she and Jonas move to Cape Town and Sonia struggles to keep the vineyard running. Sonia seems likely to lose the vineyard but refuses to hire Warren as the vineyard manager despite the debilitating disruptions caused by two thugs hired by Luke Gleeson, the wealthy United States banker who arranged a loan for her to purchase Hilary's share of the vineyard. Warren discovers evidence that Guy was murdered by Jonas but cannot use this evidence as it was obtained illegally. Both Sonia and Warren need to make important decisions to reach a successful conclusion.