Terence J Goodchild

A young girl and her dog Jess are being naughty in her bedroom and her father takes the dog and locks it in the shed, Rachael lets it out at night because it is crying and once again brings it up to her room, the dog is full of mud and runs amuck Rachael tries to calm the dog down but it jumps all over her bed and makes a messHer father enters her room once more and has had enough and takes the dog outside and shoots it, what happens next over many years is every time someone upsets Rachael the dog appears as a monster and kills the person, unknown to her a young policeman Joss discovers from a professor that an Egyptian Queen from 3 thousand years ago has somehow bewitched the dog. There follows many deaths related to the dog and the link is Rachael she has no idea and the police cannot find the link, but discover lots of evidence that finally find Rachael is the controller of the dog, through her thoughts and deeds, and she must dispatch the dog back to where it came from, and she is the only one who can do this. Meanwhile, she is trying to get on with her life, but things keep getting in her way, and has no idea why she is getting so much attention, and she keeps seeing her dog but cannot understand why, as the dog is dead, she knows this because her father shot it.

Donald King is the son of Peter King, who owns a printing company he takes Donald into the company and sends him on his first assignment to meet Gregory Pavaroni a Russian immigrant made good while waiting for the man to finish his business outside the door opens and in walks Natalie the daughter of Gregory, dressed in riding gear all excited telling Pamela her mother how she jumped a fence line and Donald falls madly in love with her at first sight, but she has other feelings towards Donald and play games with his mind. Donald is invited to a party where he meets Chance and Robin, who are Natalie's brothers, one of them as a secret the father finds out the family is in turmoil Donald and Natalie become once again entwined. Their lives are complicated and Donald gives Natalie an ultimatum and walks away to forget her and start anew. He meets Joanne a barmaid and takes up with her, he then falls in love with her, but still thinks of Natalie, who still plays with his mind, but one night while they are out a mugger confronts them and Joanne is killed.

Jacob and Bobby are brothers left in an orphanage by their mother Bobby is taken away from Jacob as soon as their mother leaves them to the anger of Jacob who was told to look after his brother. They only see each other once a month at visiting days, but no one comes to see them, after six months Jacob is told by the doctor that Bobby has died of some rare illness and had to be cremated which makes Jacob very sad. But things are not what they seem the doctor and some of the nuns have a lucrative business going selling young children to couples who cannot have them, in another part of the home is a wing for unmarried mothers taken in the home till the babies are born just in case the neighbors suspect anything, and then they are taken off the mother never to be seen again.They are also told that their children have died but have been sold to the highest bidder, one nun sister Foley can not stand what is going on and blows the whistle on the scam, Sister Foley has left Jacob a legacy of secrets and Jacob wants to find out the truth. The story unfolds with some really bizarre circumstances and many family secrets are uncovered to the surprise of everyone then Scotland Yard gets involved. And the investigator tracks down the doctor and after the interview the doctor shoots himself because of the shame, and the trail leads further on down the line until a big secret is revealed that surprises Jacob and his wife and throws them off guard, as things unfold they had no idea about.

On a lonely deserted highway a truck driver picks up a man carrying a sick child, asking where he came from knowing no villages or towns were in 100 miles of the highway the man replies Sorrel, the man and child are dressed in clothes you would see in films like Oliver and the Charles Dickens era, The driver takes the man and child to the nearest hospital and leaves them in emergency and drives off, the child is suspected of having an illness not seen since the middle ages which raises concern with the hospital, but not knowing where Sorrel is they arrange for the man to guide them as there may be some more cases of the illness.With a team of doctors they have to go in by helicopter but when they arrive there is no one to be seen, so they leave the man and fly out. The concern is why and where the town is and how to reach it, and bring it into the 20th century so it is decided to build a bridge in order for the town to be accessed, that task is given to an engineering company where one of the employees named Brad Hannigan is given the job of site manager, and the granddaughter of the owner of the company Claudette is sent with Brad to look after finance, what follows is a strange relationship with Brad and Claudette and strange dealings with town folk of Sorrel with many weird happenings and surprises. Then when they find out about Sorrel from another source all is not what is seems and Brad and Claudette get more and more involved with each other's lives and things become very complicated

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

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 Farriers 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 they in turn get involved with Henry a gold miner and Josephine a shop keepers daughter and Grant Farnsworth a captain of the garrison in Australia Benjamin and Grants paths have crossed when they were young, and things become nasty and a fight to the death is certain

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.

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 and King Arthur