Frank has a habit of throwing himself against the floor to ceiling windows in his 38th floor office. He does this to emphasize the importance of risk-taking. One day the window comes out. George is in the office when Frank falls. Marcia is at street level when Frank lands. George and Marcia are linked by Frank's fall and separated by the four and a half seconds it took him to travel the 38 stories. When they meet, time starts to unravel.
The Green Man"" - icon of the Celtic faith - is murdered. His daughter Morwenna asks Home Guard sergeant Ben Oakley, a retired detective, for help. Despite his being committed to organising a secret army in case of the anticipated German invasion, together they unmask the killers but in so doing, they discover a spy ring and Ben comes to realise that the idyllic Somerset village in which he lives is the epicentre of the secret Pagan world...
This third book from Southend journalist Ken Westell is an enthralling anthology containing twenty short stories, all inspired by life, the people and the places of his hometown of Southend-on-Sea, the sunshine seaside capital of Essex. Ken's tongue-in-cheek tales will delight, amuse, shock and surprise you in equal measure and will appeal to Southenders and non-Southenders alike.
Beginning in the summer of 1939, 'Oppin tells how hop-picking - to support the Kentish beer industry - was a month-long holiday for London's East Enders and a way of topping up the family budget. "a humorous little tale, where all the comic touches lie in the dialogue and the language of a bygone age" - Kent Messenger, August 2012
When widowed ex-Wren Elspeth Collins decides to cultivate her favourite fuchsias, she finds that she has opened up a path to her Naval past - but when she has a chance meeting with the man she should have married years ago, events take a dramatic turn. This charming and heartwarming story of a love reborn in the unlikeliest of circumstances is written by Essex-based author Ken Westell. In the same tradition as his other titles The Root Of All The Trouble, 'Oppin' and Tales Of The Town, this 201-page title is littered with warm humour and unexpected twists.
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