Alan S Dale: 4 books

Jonathon was head of a typical middle-England family. As Zorba the Greek once said, 'Wife, children, house; the full catastrophe.' They live in Worcestershire and his wife Katie, and the two children experience the usual financial ups and downs of a rural upbringing. But all is not as idyllic...

Tom Reardon is a Master Mariner but is now ‘on the beach’. Persuaded to manage what remains of a family shipping business, he takes up the challenge. The company’s only floating asset founders in a storm and sinks with all hands including its Captain. Reardon is puzzled at a government...

This is a screenplay. One of the stars is a brittle and combative head of a US conglomerate. She is surrounded by a gang of makeup artists, hairdressers and a manicurist to keep the corporate nails sharpened for the fray. She is very successful, but has one last ambition; to take over a rival. She...

Some properties feel as if the sunlight has danced on their roofs and dappled their walls since the day they were built. In contrast, a considerable number feel as if someone has died there the day before. The cold dankness of them can be felt from across the street. The house in the book has...