Nick Stafford: 6 books

I want you to do yourself proud, Joey. You go and drive those Germans back where they've come from, and then come home to me. At the outbreak of World War one, Joey, young Albert's beloved horse, is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France. Caught up in enemy fire, fate takes Joey on an extraordinary...

1795: England is at war with France, women are seen but not heard, and the Prince Regent, a man with 'an undeserved reputation for enjoying the amusements of his position whilst not embracing duties', is under pressure to marry and produce and heir.

11 a.m., 11th November 1918. Just when Philomena thinks Dan's going to make it home, her fiancé's slain on a battlefield in France. Four months later, grieving Philomena travels to London to meet three soldiers who fought with Dan. Soon she discovers a terrible possibility: Dan's death wasn't...

The Mercer family's fortune started in eighteenth-century England, increased via South African gems in the nineteenth, and is managed on an ethical basis today. But when a modern Mercer begins digging beneath the surface, the family's past suddenly appears less clear-cut than the gems they once traded....

The need for love is intensified by grief. When the last guests leave Vince's wake, his immediate family turn to each other, longing to connect. But the family proves to be a burden as well as a refuge as they struggle to find the comfort they crave. Love Me Tonight premiered at the Hampstead Theatre, London, in October 2004.

Katherine Desouza is missing, possibly murdered. Possibly by Kevin, possibly not. Languishing in prison for a series of killings of which he claims to be innocent, Kevin's regular visitor is his old flame Fay. Katherine's father befriends Fay to establish the truth behind his daughter's disappearance....