Tony Spencer: 20 books

Harry's a creature of habit and an observer rather than one who interacts, until an attractive woman introduces a little sparkle into his loneliness. Set in an Olde English tea-shop.

Hardly anyone has a bad word to say about family man Timothy Smith. He is a nice man, kind, generous, loving as well as successful, loyal, hard working, handsome and absolutely grounded in everything he does. He respects all around him, preferring neat, clean and tidy to chaos and corruption. One...

Love bites us all at some time in our lives. And love bites always leave a mark on soft tissue, branding your skin, showing the world that you belong to your lover. Even when that visible mark fades from the skin, they leave indelible scars on our attitudes, our memories, our souls. Even when the...

A collection of seven short stories with the common theme of the brevity of relationships or how quickly they can change from one state to another. Just to keep the reader on one’s toes there may also be the odd exception that proves the rule, whatever the rules are! Themes include: an allotment...

Alan Palmer sits in a coffee bar of a swanky hotel contemplating the loss of his relationship when the last person he ever wanted to see again pops up to compound his misery. Set in England.

When the hard-bitten Police Sarge in Traffic Control hears about a broken down vehicle on the motorway from a rookie patrolman and his partner, are they pulling his leg? A whimisical tale set just before dawn on Christmas morning. Set in England.

The telegram that has just arrived brings good news for Doctor Beth, giving her something to look forward to. However, it also reminds her of another telegram that her guardian aunt received on her behalf twenty years earlier. Ever since, Beth has waited. This is a short story of the grim affects...

Set in the English Middle Ages, Will the longbow maker and fletcher sells his wares in the shire market towns, taking part in the archery competitions to publicise his craft, earning more from wagers than prizes. Recently lost his banker with all his savings confiscated by the English crown, he is...

"No blurb or tags?" my wife said, not really sure what a tag is exactly, "Honey, you can't publish your 13th story without a blurb. How'll readers know what it's all about? Oh! Really? A relationship between a motorist and a Satellite Navigation computer? OK ... Knowing you as I do,"...

She slimmed, he slimmed; she cheated, so he fattenened her up and sent her to the market. Surely it's all over now bar the shouting?

Jim was fine with his new life, having left his family behind almost five years earlier. It wasn’t his fault, he tells himself but he was better off away from them. Now an accident brings his childhood sweetheart back into his life, which will never be the same again.

Jennifer Webster dreams of Santa coming into her bedroom every Christmas for most of her 29 years, not the fat bearded Santa of Christmas cards, but young and handsome, and comforting. But this year is different. Everything is conspiring to make this Christmas a nightmare.

Bobby is at the end of his tether, he has lost the love of his life, his job and now even his parents have given up on him. If only he could rewind his life back to when it all started to go wrong and do it all over, only differently, by not making the same mistakes this time. If only it was possible ...

All that sad, lonely Aussie truckie Mark Cornwall wants for Chrissie Day is a trouble-free road-train drive through the Australian Outback, coast to coast, south to north. He's delivering 60 tonnes of newsprint to the last place on Earth he would choose to visit: his ex-wife's workplace in Darwin,...