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The story is based in England at the end of the nineteenth century the story is mainly regarding Benjamin Rawlings the farrier’s son and Elizabeth Gatcombe the daughter of the lord of the manor and how their lives entwine together with many twists and turns But later takes in countries such as Australia New Zealand and Greece and through two world wars it follows the main characters of Benjamin Rawlings and Elizabeth Gatcombe two young children brought up in very different circumstances Benjamin the son of a Farrier’s at Gatcombe manor and Elizabeth the heiress of Lord Simon Gatcombe. They become friends early on at the age of thirteen then Benjamin and his family are let go of Gatcombe as it falls on hard times and Lord Simon gives the Rawlings chance of a new life in Australia they leave on a convict ship that is sunk in a hurricane off the east coast of Australia Benjamin climbs back on board to try and help the prisoners escape but is captured as a convict and chained up. Elizabeth gets a letter off her father when she is sent to Italy away from Benjamin as Lady Elanora Gatcombe does not want her daughter mixing with a farrier’s son the letter says Benjamin and his family have been killed in a shipwreck. She believes Benjamin to be dead he believes Elizabeth to have been married off and throughout their lives they meet many new people and many adventures are bestowed on them, Elizabeth builds a business and then goes to war as a nurse in world war one Benjamin gets involved with Jonathan who rescues him from the soldiers who hold him prisoner, they then help Henry a gold miner who is lost in the bush then life takes many turns.
Andy was the son of Tom a detective sergeant on the local police force, one day Andy and his mates went to Dam Head Farm to see what the new owner was doing. The farm had been bought by a gangster named Tony Costigan linked to protection, drugs and many other unlawful things, but no one could nail him, one day a priest riding his bike found a young lad floating in the canal his head covered by a plastic bag full of blood. Andy and his mates under cover of the bushes crept closer to see what was going on in the huge shed when Andy’s sister Beth, who had followed them gets caught by the gangster's henchmen Andy then had to come out of hiding to protect her and the two of them were taken into the office to wait for Costigan to deal with them when he arrived. Toby and Josh who were with Andy had to make a rescue attempt before Costigan arrived by climbing through the office roof before they left they took some plants they thought were tomatoes and later gave them to Josh mother who is Jamaican knew they were marijuana.
The death of a real estate salesman by being blown up in a telephone box makes Tom very suspicious and the deaths he finds out later are all connected to Costigan in some way and the chase is on to finally get him, not without a lot of work and people involved with Costigan who thinks no one can touch him, the trail leads to the docks and airports across Europe and customs employees payed for by Costigan.
The death of a real estate salesman by being blown up in a telephone box makes Tom very suspicious and the deaths he finds out later are all connected to Costigan in some way and the chase is on to finally get him, not without a lot of work and people involved with Costigan who thinks no one can touch him, the trail leads to the docks and airports across Europe and customs employees payed for by Costigan.
Dam Head Farm had been stripped of all the drugs Tony Costigan produced, and was purchased by and Italian couple Emil and Kieta Barsarno, the body of the young girl found in Capsthorne had not been identified yet, inspector Tom Arnold was getting grief the his bosses upstairs for results, so it was time to get his team moving, then a bombshell hit him when his boss superintendant Hallett paid Tom a visit with Sir Bernard Devonport from the home office, with news of a new drug on the streets killing teenagers all over Europe and the UK, Hallett had been asked by the home office to work for Interpol to find out what the drug was and how it can be stopped, then Hallett told Tom he would now be superintendant and Interpol had provided a team of agents, from France, Italy and Greece that Tom would command. From that time on Barsarno is linked to many deaths and problems related to his business empire, and now one of Toms best friend's son is in a coma after drinking water laced with drugs, Tom and his team are now on the hunt for whoever is supplying the drugs and why all the deaths are related. Many twists and turns drive Tom mad and now his friend’s son is sick and Tom finds out the body of the girl found in Capsthorne is the daughter of Emil Barsarno and when told has no remorse, which makes Tom very suspicious, then the hunt is on.
A brother and sister go to an auction to buy a house built in the 18 hundreds, although the auction price is set at 400 thousand no one starts the bidding, the brother Shaun starts it at 50 thousand, no one else bids and he wins the auction, they later find out the house has a murky past, instead of taking two years to build it took six. The house has had many owners, a hotel, a brothel, and army headquarters and a squat for hippies, during its occupation, many deaths had occurred relating to the house, it holds a very dark secret, when Shaun and his sister Sylvia employ a builder they find he is somehow connect to them through the ages, and things start to happen when they try to renovate the house to use as a night club, the foreman on closing one night is locked in by an apparition that write’s on the floor (tell them to find me). Sylvia goes to the council for help, but on the way home, she is almost killed by a car crashing into a shop, a young policewoman saves her life, but the car has no driver and the owner does not even know the car has gone, the police officer is also involved in the search for clues to the house. They have the help of the council archive officer who leaves them with a pile of papers for them to read, When the glass floor is fitted the next morning there is a one hand print in the middle, and no one knows how it got there, now the race is on to find out about the history of the house so the club can be opened on time.
Colli Polanski lives with his family in the mining town of Coalville they are poor and don’t have much in the way of a life. One day while there father Balti once more comes home drunk after squandering his hard earned pay starts to beat up his wife after she had asked for some money to buy food, he goes into a rage, Colli sick with his father’s actions plunges a bread knife into his back he falls on top of Colli and he cannot move the others pull their father from on top of Colli and he climbs out.
“What have you done Colli you have killed your father.” His mother pleads “He deserves it” Colli replies now they have to leave Coalville before the police find out, so they gather what belongings they can and in the dead of night leaves Coalville for good travelling by night and trying to hide during the daytime, on the second day they come across a barn and sneak inside and up to the hayloft to hide.
But the farmer catches one of the young children and is trying to get him out from behind a stack of wood when Colli appears and says he is with me, the farmer asks how many they are and the mother appears with a pitchfork and threatens the farmer, he takes pity on the family and takes them inside the farmhouse where is daughter Dottie is making breakfast they feed them and Colli says he has to head north to hide from the police and asks the farmer to look after the family has he police are only after him. Colli vows one day to repay the farmer for looking after his family. Colli gets a lift with a truck driver who himself left home after his father beat him and takes pity on Colli and befriends him, but not to arouse suspicion he changes his name to Jason and later takes the surname of the drive who befriends him, but later on he has to tell the truth as circumstances dictate him having to divulge his past.
The driver whose name is Jess Harper takes him to a town his girlfriend lives where the girl's brother owns a detective agency he trains Colli and gives a job he becomes very good at his job, then the brother makes him a partner and in his discoveries finds out who killed the brother and sisters' parents in a hit and run on Christmas eve six years earlier.
His life is crossed with tragedy secrets and backhand dealings but in the end all is well that ends well
“What have you done Colli you have killed your father.” His mother pleads “He deserves it” Colli replies now they have to leave Coalville before the police find out, so they gather what belongings they can and in the dead of night leaves Coalville for good travelling by night and trying to hide during the daytime, on the second day they come across a barn and sneak inside and up to the hayloft to hide.
But the farmer catches one of the young children and is trying to get him out from behind a stack of wood when Colli appears and says he is with me, the farmer asks how many they are and the mother appears with a pitchfork and threatens the farmer, he takes pity on the family and takes them inside the farmhouse where is daughter Dottie is making breakfast they feed them and Colli says he has to head north to hide from the police and asks the farmer to look after the family has he police are only after him. Colli vows one day to repay the farmer for looking after his family. Colli gets a lift with a truck driver who himself left home after his father beat him and takes pity on Colli and befriends him, but not to arouse suspicion he changes his name to Jason and later takes the surname of the drive who befriends him, but later on he has to tell the truth as circumstances dictate him having to divulge his past.
The driver whose name is Jess Harper takes him to a town his girlfriend lives where the girl's brother owns a detective agency he trains Colli and gives a job he becomes very good at his job, then the brother makes him a partner and in his discoveries finds out who killed the brother and sisters' parents in a hit and run on Christmas eve six years earlier.
His life is crossed with tragedy secrets and backhand dealings but in the end all is well that ends well
This is the story of a boy named Lancelot Bottomley from the concept of his birth down the birth canal to the christening, and how in his own words he lives with his silly name his parents have given him, on account his mother had the hots for Richard Gere in the film ( The First Knight). It tells the story through his eyes and words of his experiences going to infant school, then on to secondary school and how he had to put up with the taunts and innuendos regarding his name and then puberty and the hormones of a teenager and what to do with them. One night he finds a case of money dropped off in a garbage bin by some gang as payment for services rendered, but Lancelot takes it home not knowing it is counterfeit money left to be laundered by the gang, the one who lost the money gets beat up and is thrown out a speeding car in front of Lancelot he rings the ambulance the man vows to find who has taken the money from the drop off place, but comes to meet the lad who rang for help not knowing it was he who stole the money but later finds out. Lancelot starts to spend the money in small amounts buts gets greedy and is found out by the police who want to catch the gang There are many names written into the story and play on words like Arthur, King the bingo owner where Lancelot gets a part time job, Arthurs wife Gwen and daughter Vera, the Pakistani girl Yasmin and Mr Patel her father, Mr Shah and his nephew Sharif of Nottingham. Ivan the bully from secondary school, Mr Gisborne the teacher all names of people from stories like Robin Hood to King Arthur
The Joker is a story of Darren Bennet, a motor mechanic with
aspirations of becoming a full time stand up comedian. He his newly married to
Mavis who loves him deeply and dearly. While in his dressing room in some
sleazy theatre he voices his desire to become a great comedian and offers to
sell his soul to the first person who can make him rich and famous and make all
his dreams come true. Much to his astonishment the ghost of his long time hero
Parley Grainger appears before him and offers to help his dreams come true.
There follows the fast moving funny tale of how the ghost makes him famous for
a short while, but to do this Parley has to take over his body and all Darren
has to do is say Be gone, to get Parley out of his body, but after a while he
gets comfy and does not want to leave, and when Darren has to go to America to
entertain then things become very desperate as Parley then takes over
completely.
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Kevin Connor and his family are caught up in world war two their father is in North Africa fighting the Germans the family has to cope living from day to day in war torn Britain. Lucy Kevin’s sister meets and American airman Danny to the disapproval of her mother, but she warms to the young man after meeting him. Danny gets shot down over the pacific when the Japanese bomb pearl harbour and once again the world is at war he is missing in action Lucy’s life is turned upside down, but good news arrives later as Danny is found by some fishermen and hidden from the Japanese. Paul Kevin’s brother joins the army and he is captured by the Japanese and is imprisoned in Changi for a long time they don’t know if he is dead or alive. Kevin becomes a journalist and is sent on an assignment to interview a guru who has set up a commune in Wales and finds he is a person from his past. Kevin also helps in a strange way his childhood friend Willy,who has become an alcoholic after the death of his sister. Paul is released from Changi and is in a hospital in Singapore and Kevin gets him released with the help of a General from the government department who he writes to so he can attend Lucy and Danny’s wedding Paul has a problem coping with being alive when so many of his comrades have died in the prison he falls deeper into grief and turns to drink Kevin has to help him cope and he then becomes the older brother. General Armstrong who helped Kevin to get Paul home asks a favour of Kevin he has to go on a trip to Korea to identify someone caught for spying who they believe to be Kevin’s father who had been killed in the Second World War.
Kevin Connor and his family are caught up in world war two their father is in North Africa fighting the Germans the family has to cope living from day to day in war torn Britain. Lucy Kevin’s sister meets and American airman Danny to the disapproval of her mother, but she warms to the young man after meeting him. Danny gets shot down over the pacific when the Japanese bomb pearl harbour and once again the world is at war he is missing in action Lucy’s life is turned upside down, but good news arrives later as Danny is found by some fishermen and hidden from the Japanese. Paul Kevin’s brother joins the army and he is captured by the Japanese and is imprisoned in Changi for a long time they don’t know if he is dead or alive. Kevin becomes a journalist and is sent on an assignment to interview a guru who has set up a commune in Wales and finds he is a person from his past. Kevin also helps in a strange way his childhood friend Willy,who has become an alcoholic after the death of his sister. Paul is released from Changi and is in a hospital in Singapore and Kevin gets him released with the help of a General from the government department who he writes to so he can attend Lucy and Danny’s wedding Paul has a problem coping with being alive when so many of his comrades have died in the prison he falls deeper into grief and turns to drink Kevin has to help him cope and he then becomes the older brother. General Armstrong who helped Kevin to get Paul home asks a favour of Kevin he has to go on a trip to Korea to identify someone caught for spying who they believe to be Kevin’s father who had been killed in the Second World War.