Novels
I've written a number of novels based in the DOCTOR WHO universe. A lot have been in the hugely enjoyable spin-off ranges from the main series. These spin-offs tend to focus on the Doctor's companions or monsters he's faced. They're usually a lot of fun to write for and I have a particular interest in the Erimem series, given that I created the character and edit the range. One of the things I really adore about Doctor Who is the way these spin-off novels (and the other spin-off media) expand the universe of Doctor Who. The spin-offs all have their own flavours, personalities and styles but they all expand the wider universe of Doctor Who. It's a wonderful universe to play in.
ERIMEM: RETRIBUTION
Thebes Publishing 2021
The final part of the forthcoming trilogy. This is going to let people see a side of Erimem we haven't seen for a while.
ERIMEM: THE JEWELS OF CLEOPATRA
Thebes Publishing 2020
To escape the miseries of 2020, Erimem and her friends return to 1940, but are soon caught up with a movie director who has made a bad deal with the Mob...
Three hundred years earlier, a deal has been done which requires Erimem to go into battle...
And three thousand years before that, Erimem must return home to visit an old friend...
Erimem and her friends are sent through time and space on a quest for the Jewels of Cleopatra.
ERIMEM: ABSOLUTION
Thebes Publishing 2020
I didn't write this. It's the opening part of a trilogy, and I am writing Retribution, the final part of that trilogy, and I do have what I think is an undeserved credit in Absolution for 'from a story by', which was added at Rachel Blake's insistence. She is overly generous. I only gave her the roughest outline so we could make things gel through this little arc. This is her book, not mine.
ERIMEM: DEATH ON THE WAVES
Thebes Publishing 2019
Erimem and her friends board the liner Agamemnon for a Mediterranean cruise in 1934.
The other passengers all carry secrets and grudges, and very soon the first murder aboard ship is reported.
Erimem and her friends must discover the identity of the killer and save everyone aboard the Agamemnon.
If you think this title sounds a bit Agatha Christie... you're right.
Thebes Publishing 2018
In 1940...
A Los Angeles Private Detective is hired to track down a missing artefact...
Four Europeans sneak into Los Angeles and immediately go into hiding...
A Hollywood director, desperate to find a new star for his movie, is attacked in an alley...
In 2018...
Erimem makes a discovery about the cheap Hollywood B-Movie Warrior Queen of the Nile which takes her with her friends to 1940 Hollywood and a battle to save the world from a family heirloom...
Thebes Publishing 2017
Another adventure featuring DOCTOR WHO's former companion, Erimem.
In 276BC, a slave is beaten half to death by a demented princess...
In 1884, a woman calls upon the legendary explorer Allan Quatermain seeking passage to a lost city...
In 2419, the Inquisition exacts Holy Retribution upon a woman called The Abomination... The link between all three is Helena, the woman just days from marrying into Erimem's family in 2017. What is the link and how can Erimem save her family?
Candy Jar Books, 2016
Brigadier
Lethbridge-Stewart has been remanded to Woodworms Scrubs Prison, and
his team have no idea why. Secrecy surrounds his case, but his team
barely have a chance to process anything before they are sent on a
mission to Egypt.
Why does it seem like Lethbridge-Stewart is
going out of his way to court trouble from the prison's most notorious
inmates? And what does it have to do with well-known gangster Hugh
Godfrey?
In the Ptolemaic Museum of Cairo, Anne Travers and her
team are trying to uncover the mystery surrounding some very unusual
stone statues.
One thing connects these events; the cargo transported by Colonel Pemberton and Captain Knight in August 1968.
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Thebes Publishing 2016
‘The Lady Erimem landed her knees hard into the pirate’s chest. The blades flashed hard and true, back and forth across the pirate’s throat, ending his threat.’
Erimem travels centuries into the past in search of her friend, Andy, who is lost in a dangerous era of pirates and Highwaymen.
While Erimem, Helena and Ibrahim find themselves on a Caribbean island which comes under attack, Andy takes to the roads of England behind a mask before encountering the most deadly pirate terrorising the Caribbean...
As they all battle for survival, Andy is drawn into a far more unusual and surprising adventure...
Thebes Publishing, 2016
with Julianne Todd and
“Something north of thirty
men were chasing us. They
were filthy. They looked
wild... Wild like they had
left civilisation behind.”
A trip into the near future takes Erimem, Andy and Helena to a newly built city in England where the rule of law has been set aside for the twin rules of gangs and ratings.
Everything in the city is observed by TV cameras, including the struggle by a woman named Angela, the city’s Angel of Mercy, to protect and feed the most vulnerable.
Erimem and her friends find themselves caught in the deadly ongoing conflict between Angela and a gang led by a man named Razor, a gang that is ready to kill anyone in their path... including the time travellers.
ERIMEM: THE BEAST OF STALINGRAD
Thebes Publishing, 2015
“You could see the flesh
hanging from its mouth
and it let loose this
terrible scream. It was
like we were looking at
the devil.”
Looking at her timeline, Erimem is intrigued by evidence that at some point in her life, she visits the Nazi-besieged city of Stalingrad in 1942. Against the advice of her friends, Erimem travels back through time to discover what happened in Russia during those terrible times in the war.
Erimem’s friends all have the same question - why is she suddenly so obsessed with visiting Stalingrad at this most brutal time?
With German forces relentlessly bombarding the city, the people are freezing and starving... and worse, there are stories of a demon or a beast, stalking the ruined streets of Stalingrad, devouring anyone it meets.
When Erimem arrives she finds a city under attack both from the invading German armies and from a dark force in the shadows.
Thebes Publishing, 2015
with Claire Bartlett
“They need me alive...
I want them dead.”
After a freak electrical storm that seems to happen indoors, a young woman is found in the Egyptian exhibit of a London museum, and she seems to look exactly like the face on the death-mask of the uncrowned Pharaoh Erimem…
What is she doing inside the exhibit? How did she get there? Is she really a Pharaoh from 1400BC? And just who is willing to search time and space to find and assassinate her?
Erimem and a group of 21st century students are sent far into the past, to Actium in Greece where Erimem meets the famed Cleopatra VII on the eve of a vital battle which could end Egypt’s existence as a free country and condemn it to life as a Roman province. Two great rulers of Egypt come into conflict over what Egypt needs to do in order to survive, and both Erimem and Cleopatra face their own personal battles for survival.
Telos Publishing, 2005
with Claire Bartlett
Echoes of the past... echoes of the future. Honoré Lechasseur can see the threads that bind the two together; however, when he and Emily Blandish find themselves outside the imposing tower-block headquarters of Dragon Industry, both can sense something is wrong. There are ghosts in the building, and images and echoes of all times pervade the structure. But what is behind this massive contradiction in time, and can Honoré and Emily figure it out before they become trapped themselves?
Part mystery, part detective story, part dark fantasy, part science fiction... original adventures in time and space.
Telos Publishing, 2004
The American Civil War... a time of great unrest,
when fathers found themselves in conflict with their own sons and when
lawlessness and slavery was rife. The Doctor, together with his
companions Peri and Erimem, arrive in the middle of the conflict. The
Doctor manages to cope in his own inimitable manner, but Peri -- an
American -- and Erimem -- a dark-skinned Egyptian -- find themselves
faced with all the bigotry and hatred that typified the war for some.
And then there's these...
The names on these books are Alan Smithee, David Agnew and Robin Bland. So that must be who wrote them, mustn't it? What do you mean they're all pseudonyms? Are they really? Well, I never... As it goes, I designed the covers for these.
DR WHO AND THE DALEKS
Obverse Books, 2019
The first voyage of Dr Who’s space and time machine, Tardis, takes the inventor and his companions out of control to the dead planet of Skaro where a nuclear war left the planet devastated and mutated the survivors into monsters.
In their city, the Daleks are waiting for Dr Who.
DALEKS INVASION EARTH 2150 AD
Obverse Books, 2019
Arriving in the middle of the 22nd Century, Dr Who and his companions are shocked to find that the Earth has been invaded, its cities and continents destroyed and humanity had been brutally subjugated.
The Daleks are now the Masters of the Earth.
DR WHO AND THE ICE MEN FROM MARS
Obverse Books, 2019
Dr Who arrives in the future to find that the Earth is now gripped by a new ice age. As the ice spreads south it brings with it a threat from the distant past... and from a distant world...
The Ice Warriors have laid claim to the Earth.
THE TENTH PLANET INVADES THE MOONBASE
Obverse Books, 2019
Dr Who arrives on the Moon in the 21st Century to find that a strange disease is wiping out the crew of a weather control moonbase. Soon, a new planet in the solar system is causing havoc, and most deadly of all, the metallic, emotionless inhabitants of that world have arrived...
The Cybermen’s invasion of Earth has begun.
DR WHO AND THE YETI INVASION OF LONDON
Obverse Books, 2020
Arriving back in his own time, Dr Who is shocked to find that London has been abandoned, its inhabitants forced out by a deadly fog… and by the even more deadly Yeti.
The battle for London is the beginning of the battle for the Earth.
DR WHO AND THE AUTON ATTACK
Obverse Books, 2020
A swarm of meteorites lands in close formation in the English countryside... for the second time in a few months. Somehow that is linked to strange activity at a plastics factory, and bizarre behaviour at the highest levels of society. Dr Who is asked to help but soon even he is under attack.
Nowhere is safe and nothing can be trusted as the Autons attack.
DR WHO AND THE CURSE OF THE DAEMONS
Obverse Books, 2020
An ancient burial site is about to be opened in a small English village. Dr Who is convinced that the strange happenings occurring around the dig are signs of a grave danger to the world... and of the greatest evil mankind has known is seen... and the most evil man Dr Who has ever seen...
The Devil and his dæmons are walking the Earth...
DR WHO AND THE CLAUS OF AXOS
2021
A new star appears in the sky...
Just before Christmas a new, bright star lights the night sky. In homes all across Britain, gifts are appearing, apparently given by Santa. These gifts bring good will and good cheer to the whole country...
only Dr Who remains suspicious...
Dr Who must not only save the Earth, he has to save Christmas...
These are the books I've written that don't have anything to do with everybody's favourite Time Lord.
I write across a lot of genres from thrillers to horrors to romance to novels for children and for reluctant readers, all of which I find enjoyable and rewarding in their different ways. I really appreciate the chance to write in so many different styles and genres. That lets me experiment with formats and using different voices. I'm immensely lucky in that way. When I write romance, I now write under the pseudonym Holly Millar.
2020
November 22, 1963.
Dallas, Texas.
A motorcade drives along a wide Dallas street. A lone gunman sets his sights on the politician in the car...
James Bond’s mission has led him to the United States where he works with the CIA to discover a conspiracy which reaches all the way around the world and may lead to billions of deaths.
As the world lurches closer to nuclear armageddon, Bond crosses America from Dallas to New York to Miami, before a desperate return to Europe and an intrusion into a hostile Soviet Union to avoid another assassination.
Only James Bond can
walk through the fire to save the world from burning....
Only available in Canada..
OFFSIDE
Badger Learning, 2019
Fifteen-year-old
Cal Deane has a chance to make it as a professional footballer. To get
there, he’ll have to cope with the loss of his mum and a group of
racists.
For Cal, the battles off the pitch are far more challenging than any game of football.
THE MYSTERY OF ATTWOOD HALL
DC Thomson, 2019
writing as HOLLY MILLAR
Alice Docherty left a plum job in Australia as a hotel manager to come to the old family pile… and pile it was!
Undaunted, she took on the task of rebuilding Attwood Hall Hotel – and took on perfectionist architect, Sam Harris.
But somebody wants to come between Alice and her inheritance.
THE LANE
Badger Learning, 2019
Everybody knows you should avoid The Lane after dark. Strange things have happened there. But nobody believes those old stories now, do they?
Joe discovers that sometimes you really should listen to warnings...
Thebes Publishing 2018
On a stormy night in 1924, a group gathers in a London museum for the latest fad, a spiritualist seance to summon the dead.
Lord Carlisle is using the event to conduct some unscrupulous business dealings, but there is some much older business that needs to be finished...
...and the dead who are summoned have been waiting a very long time...
A new version of the horror classic.
Based on the Imagination Theatre radio
play.
SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE CURSED OF BROKENSHORE
Thebes Publishing 2018
A small English town with a dark history seeks help from famed consulting detective Sherlock Holmes.
The dead are not at rest in Brokenshore, their graves ripped open and the dead are seen walking. Locals fear a voodoo curse has been visited on their town.
Only Sherlock Holmes can solve the mystery
plaguing the Cursed of Brokenshore.
Based on and adapted from a radio play I wrote with Claire Bartlett.
THE OMEGA FACTOR: SPIDER'S WEB
Big Finish Productions, 2018
When a series of mysterious deaths confound the local press, Tom feels compelled to investigate – despite explicit instructions from his superiors at Department 7 to stay well away. Perhaps his instincts have been clouded by his growing feelings for his colleague, Anne Reynolds, or his dislike for their boss, Roy Martindale, but as events start to spiral out of control, Tom realises he has seriously underestimated the powers that he is dealing with...
Coming Summer 2021
A sequel to John Buchan's classic adventure novel The Thirty Nine Steps, sets in the final days of peace prior to the outbreak of World War Two.
Badger Learning, 2017
From the intro page of the book...
This diary belongs to Jacqueline Harrison Jax
(nobody calls me Jacqueline and lives)
P.S. If you are reading this and you are not me, you’re in trouble. I know who you are and I know where you live…
iD Books, 2017
writing as HOLLY MILLAR
A romantic novel.
Carrie Martin takes a temporary job as an
administrator at a small parish church. She plans to stay for just a few
months but finds herself more entranced by the job every day. The
question is whether the real attraction is for the good work she's doing
or for the handsome young vicar who enjoys flirting with her so much.
Last Year was not the best of years for Claire Mason.
Claire Mason got a diary for Christmas. It should be filled with
entries about her life at college as she prepares to sit exams. The
pages should be crammed full of exciting happenings and future plans.
Instead, Claire’s diary tells of a family illness, and the tough
decisions it forces her to make.
Join Claire as she tells the story of her most difficult twelve months to date.
iD Books, 2016
writing as HOLLY MILLAR
Small town veterinarian Catherine Daly finds a dazed amnesiac on the road near her town. Mark Roma is gallant, brave and honest, an honourable man... but a man with a mysterious past.
As Mark’s story reveals that he has a much longer and more extraordinary life story than she could have imagined, Catherine finds this strong, gentle stranger taking her heart...
...but are they strong enough to save their hopes for a future together?
Badger Learning, 2016
Anyone who has ever felt like an outsider will really understand and appreciate Iain McLaughlin’s new title, The First Martian.
Lucas Wilson is the only person in his class, the only person in his
school, the only person in the world, to have been born on Mars. His
parents were astronauts sent on the first extended mission to Mars.
Lucas was born there. His family had to wait ten years before they could
come home as he wasn’t strong enough to make the journey.
Even after a couple of years back on Earth, he is clearly different to
everyone else, he stands out. He has to wear a special suit in order to
get around under Earth’s gravity. His two best friends are the only
people who don’t treat him like an outsider.
Thebes Publishing 2013
Detective Jim Munro just pulled a case that could make a career.
Or kill it.
A woman found is murdered in LA. Her name was Chelsea Raines, she was a porn star and she was mutilated, cut to pieces while she was still alive.
Investigating Chelsea’s broken dream of Hollywood fame leads Munro to the world of the porn industry, to brutal murder and to his only solid lead, a beautiful model named Alexa.
Pressured by his superiors and city politics, the investigation could kill more than just Munro’s career.
Everybody comes to Hollywood...
not everybody survives.
iD Publishing, 2012
writing as HOLLY MILLAR with CLAIRE BARTLETT
COMING SOON...
Dates not yet finalised.
MAESTRO: THE DEMON OF SACRE MERE
Winter 2021
The next in the series of horror novels in the style of 1960s and 1970s movies. This one is in the stylee of Edgar Allan Poe movie produced by Roger Corman... or at least influenced by them.
Not final cover.
BROKEN CHAIN
Summer 2022
The first in a series of action thriller featuring Jane Temple.
EYES TO DIE FOR
Winter 2021
Hollywood, 1940
Private Eye Toni Connolly has pulled the most boring job at her father’s agency - a divorce job, photographing a couple airing their dirty linen in public.
It’s a dull case... a dull case that leads to murder, a vicious local gang-boss and Toni fighting for her life and the lives of her family, even if it means leaving a trail of bodies.
Toni’s enemies soon find that she looks like an angel but she fights like the devil.
SHERLOCK HOLMES:
THE FALL OF EMPIRE
Spring 2022
Details to come