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A collection of three absolutely captivating novels from an award winning author.
'Davis is a phenomenal storyteller whose ability to create well-rounded characters that are easy to relate to feels effortless.' ~ Compulsion Reads
I Stopped Time
What if the villain of your childhood turned out to be someone really rather extraordinary?
"A perfectly written book in which the author never puts a foot wrong." ~ Author, John Lynch
Edwardian Brighton. A wide-eyed girl enters Mr Parker's photographic studio and receives her first lesson about a brand new medium. Photography will shape Lottie's destiny, taking her on a journey of self-discovery and creative brilliance, and into a disastrous marriage.
2009: Disgraced politician Sir James Hastings is resigned to living out his retirement in a secluded village in the Surrey Hills. He is unmoved when he learns his mother has died at the age of 108. In his mind, he buried her when she abandoned him as a child. Brought up by his father, a charismatic war-hero turned racing-driver, the young James, dismissed her as the 'villain' of his childhood. Now he inherits her life's work - an incredible photography collection spanning six decades - and is forced to confront the realisation that his version of the past isn't even half the story.
A Funeral for an Owl
'If you want to laugh and cry and stamp and cheer - all in the space of a few hours of reading - this is the book for you.' ~ Bookmuse
It would take a special kind of boy to convince a high school teacher to put his career on the line.
"Let me tell you what I'm willin' to do for you. We start a new gang. Very exclusive. You and me."
Times have changed since Jim Stevens chose to teach history. Rules meant to protect children now make all pupil/teach relationships taboo, even those that might benefit vulnerable students. Students like Shamayal Thomas. But the alternative is to involve social services, and as they both know, involving social services would have consequences.
"Promise me one thing, Sir. I you decide you gotta pick up that phone, you need to tell me first so that I can disappear myself. Because I ain't havin' none of that."
Shamayal Thomas can clothe a word in sarcasm; disguise disdain with respect. So, what is it that Jim finds he has in common with his 14-year-old pupil as they study a large framed photograph of a barn owl?
"The wings, all spread out and that. They're kind of like an angel's."
On the last day of the summer term, Ayisha Emmanuelle hears the familiar chant of "Fight! Fight! Fight!" and swears under her breath. But when she hurries to break up what she assumes is a schoolyard scuffle, she finds her colleague Jim Stevens bleeding from a stab-wound and losing consciousness.
In the messy aftermath, after Shamayal reveals that he and Jim are friends, Ayisha knows she should report her colleague. But with Jim in hospital fighting for his life, she hesitates. Now, all she can do is wait and see if her instinct was right.
These Fragile Things
"Very occasionally a story jumps out at you with a raw burst of originality. This is that book." ~ Lorraine Devon Wilke, Author
As a London suburb reels from riots in neighbouring Brixton, Graham Jones finds fatherhood a frightening place. How can he protect his daughter from the onslaught of change?
But the future holds more fear than he can possibly imagine. One afternoon, a wall collapses, burying thirteen-year-old Judy beneath it. Rescuers who recover her shattered body from the rubble are amazed. "She's alive," they tell her shaking mother, Elaine. "And we'll do everything we can to keep her that way."
With Judy's life hanging in the balance, Graham's anxieties seem trivial. The unimaginable has happened. Who can he turn to?
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