![The Hastings Option by [Raven, Tor]](https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41CWdpf6sPL.jpg)
The narrow, ordered life of a gentle but reclusive artist, is disturbed when a bequest, intended for her dead mother, passes to her. Mystery surrounds the nature of the inheritance and Jane Block is led on a sinister trail to secrets of the past, forcing her to confront her own fears and inhibitions. She finds herself caught in a frightening quest to unravel a mysterious cover-up from World War Two, and in so doing finds intrigue, love and betrayal.
St.John Whilloe is the black sheep member of a wealthy legal family, whose firm of solicitors looks after the affairs of many of the top families in the country. He is consulted by a young woman who claims to be frightened by her husband. Things are not as they seem and St.John finds himself drawn into a complex web of intrigue and murder. He is soon in a race against time to solve a mystery with roots in a tortured family history, with sinister paranormal undertones.
Shocking as the murder of Jamal Khashoggi undoubtedly is and welcome as the widespread withdrawal from attending ‘Davos in the Desert’ of most of the leading politicians from the West including the US and UK is also, it is time to turn the same level of determination to stop the war in Yemen.
Up to 13 million civilians now face death by famine as a consequence of the ruthless air bombardment by the Saudis on the Iran backed rebels. Nothing can justify this. What is more 90% of the weapons used are manufactured and supplied by the US and UK, allies of the increasingly isolated Saudi regime. It is time to tell them that the price of the alliance is that the bombing stops. Whist allowing room for compromise to preserve the partnership if feasible, we must give a powerful signal to the Saudis that all is not well with them.
Using the full potential of digital publishing linked to formatting and uploading skills, I am able to offer readers a choice of book style in the new gripping Zara Vine Dark Crime Series to suit their taste and mood. This may be a first, so be one of the first buy! Contents identical for all. Click links for full details. In paperback and Kindle Amazon UK. Amazon US.
This is the original with full Maff Robinson designed wrap around cover, part hand painted, part digital. The book is in the American 6 x 9 inch format with #14 case print, making it a very easy read.
Here we have the British popular paperback size, 5 x 7 inch, which fits more easily into a bag or pocket when travelling, with an impact cover which cannot be missed if you read in public! #12 case print to make for a compact package.
A combination of the Maff Robinson Image and digital, 6 x 9 inch format but with the smaller case #12 print, making a slimmer volume.