Writers go into print with tales of intrigue and crime

Two authors from the North East of England have gone into print with ebooks, the sixth and seventh published through the Inscribe Media imprint.

The thriller Lost Souls is Roger Barnes’ second ebook, following White Gold, and crime novel Harry’s Torment is Michael Beck’s first. Both authors are from Darlington, County Durham.


Book details:

Lost Souls by Roger Barnes
When young women start to go missing in Africa, the kidnappers warn not to investigate but the police do and the women’s hideously mutilated bodies are returned. After that the investigations are stopped and a continuing flow of traumatised victims are returned alive, having being used in the most brutal and degrading ways.

This continues until another four are abducted and the British Government decides it must act and recommence the investigation, but this time using a very different approach. A Special Forces Major with an uncanny knack for finding people is teamed with an unorthodox politically incorrect police officer, and both are asked to volunteer to try and find them.

It becomes apparent that not only British women are being abducted, so a small International Strike Force is assembled to rescue them and ensure it is stopped, permanently.

Roger is a taxi driver in Darlington and a member of Darlington-based Inkerman Writers.
The book is available from http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lost-Souls-ebook/dp/B00E458SC4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374659781&sr=8-1&keywords=lost+souls+by+roger+barnes





Harry’s Torment by Michael Beck
Harry’s Torment is set in the fictional east coast port of Thirlston and is centred on the heroin trade.

Unlike some other crime novels this is not a ‘who done it’ as we very soon discover identity of the local drugs baron. We see how the officers try to piece together various bits of information in their pursuit of him and how he attempts to stay one step ahead of them. This takes place alongside a personal feud between two senior customs officials and this impacts upon one of the officers in particular as he is used as a pawn in their struggle. His close working relationships with a local detective inspector also causes problems and pressures for both parties as the story comes to a dramatic conclusion.

Michael spent 38 years with Customs and Excise and took early retirement in 2005. In that time he worked in most of the disciplines within the department and was responsible for all the anti-smuggling teams in the north east of England between 1990 and 2000. He is a member of Inkerman Writers and Bennet House Writers, both Darlington based writing groups, and has written a number of short stories.
The book is available on


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Harrys-Torment-ebook/dp/B00E40NF5Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374660082&sr=8-1&keywords=harry%27s+torment







* Inscribe Media also runs the monthly Global Short Story Competition and mentoring and writing workshops.. The new books takes the number of its titles to seven. More information can be found at www.inscribemedia.co.uk