Books available here are:
Historical novels:
The Glassmaker Series, by Peter Cooke.
A quartet of romantic adventure stories, set in London and Venice during the 16th century.
Closed Circuits Cluttered Minds by Roz Colyer.
A trilogy of interconnected romantic/erotic thrillers set in 60's, 70's, and 80's England.
Autobiographies:
Life with Pete by Yvonne Crabtree.
The continuing story of life with her son diagnosed with Down's Syndrome and Sensory Integrative Dysfunction.
A series of books by Peter Cooke
The Glass Dagger 3rd Edition by Peter Cooke
Paperback Third Edition Published October 2008 ISBN 978 0 9553418 8 5.
First adventure of the Glassmaker Series.
The book is a plot driven historical thriller, with a strong romantic interest, for both male and female readers. When Giam Bellini, rising star of Murano glassmaking falls in love with Lady Maria Morisini, it lights the fuse of an explosive tale of love, betrayal and intrigue that encompasses the corrupt worlds of Venetian politics and the Court of Queen Elizabeth I of England. Giam is involved in a desperate race against time to rescue Maria from the clutches of his betrayer Adrian Ragazoni, as together with Sir William Cecil, he tries to prevent the assassination of Queen Elizabeth by the Maldini plotters.
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The Crystal Ship, 1st Edition, by Peter Cooke
Paperback 1st Edition ISBN 978 0 9553418 1 6 Published October 2009.
The second adventure in the Glassmaker Series.
Jacob Bell (Giam Bellini), Queen Elizabeth’s Glassmaker, joins Admiral John Hawkins in a battle against Catholic plotters led by Count Ridolfi. Drawing on all their resources of boldness, courage and cunning, they carry through an audacious plan to free Hawkins’s men who are at risk from the dreaded Spanish Inquisition and strive to discover the extent of the plot. With the outcome in doubt, Jacob and his powerful new ship The Crystal, are sent by Queen Elizabeth, on a secret mission to Venice. At stake is the growing friendship between Venice and England; Jacob’s future life in England; marriage with Maria and a life with his son. With his untested ship, he is drawn into an encounter with the all conquering Ottoman galley fleet, which threatens all of their lives, as well as the continuing existence of Venice itself. Through intrigue, gunsmoke and bloody warfare, Jacob battles with the plotters to a new life with his love Maria.
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Blood-Red Goblet, 1st Edition, by Peter Cooke.
To be published August 2010.
Paperback 1st Edition ISBN 978 0 9553418 2 3, expected August 2010.
The third adventure in the Glassmaker Series.
As foreshadowed at the end of the second book, the third adventure sees Jacob Bell recruited by the Guise family to help Sir Anthony Babington rescue Mary Stuart from captivity. He discovers they are plotting to assassinate Queen Elizabeth and restore England to Catholicism. Working as a double agent with dangerous men such as Jed Sutton puts Jacob's family in danger. When Jacob exposes details of the plot to Walsingham, Mary Stuart is is brought to trial and sentenced to death. Realising Jacob is a spy, Jed Sutton kidnaps Jacob's wife Maria and son Rico, threatening to kill them unless Jacob helps him to release Mary Stuart from Fotheringay Castle. A seemingly impossible task and a dangerous gamble, lead to a desperate struggle as the affair reaches it's exciting climax.
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A Shattered Crystal, 1st Edition, by Peter Cooke
Not yet available.
1st Edition Scheduled for publication in 2011.
Final adventure of the Glassmaker Series.
Now that Mary Stuart is dead, Jacob hopes to retire from his espionage work and concentrate on glass-making. The dogs of war, whipped up by Philip of Spain cast their shadow over an isolated England. As the mighty Armada gathers it's strength for the invasion of England, Jacob and his ships run the gauntlet of the Catholic ships to carry on their business. His son Ricardo has inherited Jacob's love of the sea and is serving as an officer in The Crystal's sister ship, The Maria.
When the Armada sweeps up the English Channel to be harried by the English fleet, both of his ships become embroiled in the conflict. As the battle reaches it's climax, Jacob is forced to put The Crystal and his son in extreme peril to delay the Armada's escape and allow the English ships to engage the Spanish fleet. The combined firepower of his ships is formidable, but the odds are insurmountable. Will they be able to survive long enough for the fleet to reach them?
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Riding the Wheel, 1st Edition, by Roz Colyer
First book in the trilogy Closed Circuits, Cluttered Minds ISBN Paperback 978 0 9553418 4 7 Gemma Belling is bringing her boyfriend Sebastian home to meet mother. But Drusilla is no ordinary mother, and her Suffolk cottage no ordinary home. And as Sebastian is soon to find out, meddling in things that don’t concern him can lead to revelations that might be better left undiscovered. Why doesn’t Drusilla, a talented painter, want to be famous? What is the nature of the relationship between her and Nick? Who is Gemma’s real father? And why does Laurence Bassett, a London art dealer, think there are dark secrets hidden in the past? From Drusilla’s isolated cottage the web of tangled relationships and motives reaches out from Suffolk to London and Wales, from the mid-eighties back to the mid-sixties, when society’s rules were being overthrown and times were certainly a-changin’. But, as this novel reveals, the past still has power to affect the future, if nothing has been resolved. AVAILABLE NOW
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Wheels and Circles, 1st Edition, by Roz Colyer
Second book of the trilogy Closed Circuits, Cluttered Minds Paperback ISBN 978 0 9553418 5 4 Laurence Bassett, West End art gallery owner and TV quiz show host, is found one morning in March 1987 shot dead in his library. Did he commit suicide? Or, as his daughter Leonora is convinced, was he murdered? As Leo tries to hunt down his killer, secrets are unearthed from the past. Is Laurence’s long-lost daughter Gemma really his? Why does he keep valuable art locked in his library? Who is buying up the paintings of a talented artist, Will Murchison? And how much does his assistant, Deborah Routledge, know of his secret life? In this second part of the trilogy Closed Circuits, Cluttered Minds, past and present shadow each other as the wheels and circles of fate bring in their revenges. AVAILABLE NOW
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Full Circle, 1st Edition, by Roz Colyer
Third book in the trilogy Closed Circuits, Cluttered Minds ISBN Paperback 978 0 9553418 6 1 The identification of a dismembered body on a Welsh farm is the start of a domino effect that will leave nobody unscathed. As skeletons fall out of cupboards, lives are irrevocably changed. And Dominic King, confidant of governments and a broker between nations, finds that he is just as vulnerable to the curses of love and jealousy as anyone else. As he pursues the object of his affliction, he begins to find out exactly what love is… In the last part of the trilogy Closed Circuits, Cluttered Minds, the story is brought full circle as retribution stalks the footsteps of the guilty. AVAILABLE NOW
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For Pete's Sake
"Oh No! Not you again!"
"Oh No! Not You Again!" 1st Edition,
by Yvonne Crabtree
Thirty! Who’d have believed it? There was a time when I didn’t think he’d make double figures – or that if he did, I wouldn’t still be around to witness it. He was just like the character ‘Billy Whizz’ in the old ‘Beano’ comics – as fast as I cleared up one scene of devastation, he was creating the next!
But time has marched on and we’ve both survived – me to tell the tale and Pete to live it, in his own, inimitable fashion.
My first book, ‘For Pete’s Sake’ related the story of the life of our son Peter from his birth and diagnosis of Down’s syndrome to the point at which he moved into sheltered accommodation and was diagnosed with Sensory Integrative Dysfunction.
Once Pete moved into his flat, nearly eight years ago, I thought that life would quieten down, which to some extent it has, but life is never dull, even with Pete one-step removed and as ever, he presents us with challenges. In fact, life with Pete could be likened to doing a very complicated jigsaw whilst wearing a blindfold. He didn’t come with an instruction booklet, so we continue to grope our way along, trying our best to guide and support him.
So from new girlfriends to new jobs, this is the story of Pete negotiating the way through his twenties – and managing to scrape out at the other end. Perhaps I should have called the book ‘Peter Crabtree: The Cappuccino Years’.
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For Pete's Sake, 1st Edition,
by Yvonne Crabtree
First edition published 2007 Paperback ISBN 978 0 9553418 7 8 I didn’t abandon Pete at birth – mainly because the thought never occurred to me to do so – but there were times in later years when, I have to confess, I wondered what life would have been like if I had. Having got to where he is now, truly, I can say, what a lot we would have missed! Life with Pete has been a giant roller coaster of a ride; at times plumbing the depths but equally experiencing high points we might never have known without him. And boy, have we had some laughs! If you have, or know, a child with Down’s Syndrome there may be parts of this book that ring very true for you but don’t panic too much; the chances of him or her being another Pete are pretty slim. He’s definitely a ‘one-off’.
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