Linda Acaster: 8 books

‘Stay away from me. Don’t you understand? People close to me die.’ Nick believes Alice is overreacting. She’s been unlucky in her life, that’s all. Coincidences – they happen all the time. It had been coincidence that they’d caught each other’s eyes during the lecture,...

Written by the author of over seventy published short stories and four novels, “Reading A Writer’s Mind: Exploring Short Fiction – First Thought to Finished Story” shows the detailed thinking behind the writing of ten stories across a range of genres and using different modes of delivery. From...

Some Lots are best left in the auction room. Elaine haunts auctions held in crumbling country mansions, dreaming of a find to make her and Gary rich. A plain wooden shipping trunk has no key to its iron-banded locks but is far heavier than it should be. What might it contain? Finding out could change...

The Bull At The Gate – Book 2 in the 'Torc of Moonlight' trilogy of paranormal romantic thrillers set in northern England."…a crafted blend of Crime, Thriller and Myth makes the reader question their grasp of reality…"Nick has moved to York, a walled mediaeval city of...

The Torc of Moonlight boxed set contains three time-spanning Fantasy novels set in northern England based on the Celtic belief in water deities. Have you never tossed coins into a wishing well? Book 1: Torc Of Moonlight – Hull : Celtic Book 2: The Bull At The Gate – York : Roman Book 3:...

The Dark, it remains our greatest fear. The six stories in this collection of speculative fiction explore some of the terrors we might find lurking. Or worse, might find us. 'The Lake' - a couple seek tranquillity at the site of a high caldera which seems protected by a duststorm. Despite no...

When Kristin Jeffries steps into the wrecked apartment of a missing artist to assess a group of paintings, she steps into a surreal environment of deceit and obsession where artworks are hidden and signatures missing. Can she trust the client who admits he's not the owner? Concentrating on...

Book 3 in the ‘Torc of Moonlight’ trilogy of contemporary time-spanning fantasies set in northern England. "History lies mere inches beneath our feet."Nick Blaketon leaves Durham to free Alice from the Celtic deity holding her prisoner at the Pool, echoing pilgrims who, 900 years before...