On September 11, 1973, a military coup in Chile overthrew the socialist government of Salvador Allende, beginning an era of political repression that lasted over sixteen years. In Soldiers in a Narrow Land (University of California Press) Mary Helen Spooner takes us behind the Pinochet regime's wall of censorship, silence and propaganda, provides an inside look at a brutal dictatorship and reveals the fate of many of its victims.
Mary Helen is a journalist who has worked in Latin America since 1977, including nine years as a foreign correspondent in Chile. She has reported for ABC News, The Economist, The Financial Times and Newsweek.

In The Overnight Fame of Steffi McBride (Blake Publishing) Andrew Crofts creates the memoir of a fictional young soap star who becomes a national icon. All her dreams come true when she lands a starring part in the country’s biggest soap opera, has a number one Christmas single and wins a Bafta. But someone out there knows a secret about Steffi’s past . . .
Andrew has turned his hand to fiction before, but he's best known as one of the country's leading ghostwriters. His Ghostwriting guide reveals that he’s penned the stories of numerous villains and celebrities as well as ordinary people with a tale to tell.

A topical thriller of murder and espionage set in Iraq, Corinne Souza's Jasmine's Tortoise (Picnic Publishing) is a saga of enduring friendship between three families – Anglo-India Roman Catholic traders of Mesopotamia, a Jewish family of Britain and Iraq and a mixed Sunni-Shia clan.
Corinne's background is as exotic as that of her characters. She was raised in Baghdad and, later, in a London suburb, and knew without being told that her father was involved in espionage. She related his story in an earlier work of non-fiction, Baghdad Spy.

Tony Lock was arguably the finest left-arm spinner in English history, dominating the English county scene with the all-conquering Surrey side of the 1950s. In Tony Lock, Aggressive Master of Spin, Alan Hill has written the first definitive account of his controversial career.
Alan is one of the foremost biographers of English cricketers, with highly acclaimed biographies of Bill Edrich, Hedley Verity, Johnny Wardle and Les Ames under his belt. He has won the Cricket Society Literary Award more than once.