Hawkwood Books

"Jimmy Endicott was murdered."Maxwell Reid was part of something big once. At least for alittle while. As bass player for post-punk darlings La Plage, he touredthe world with their wondrous hit single (and single hit) KreuzbergWiedersehen. Great days. So he keeps getting told. Forty years on - and now a part-time lecturer, part-timeNorthern Soul DJ - Max investigates the death of his old lead singer, JimmyEndicott. Set on a journey that brings him face to face with bitterex-bandmates, post pandemic cults, corrupt council employees, conspiracytheorists and a messianic club owner - all the while helped (or hindered) byDebs Endicott, volatile adult daughter of the deceased - Max discovers that thesecret behind Jimmy's death lies in a past he has mostly managed to forget. Until now. Told over 45 tracks, and divided into Side A and Side B,"Black Vinyl" is part mystery, part alternative history, part fracturedmemorial to the ghosts of the 80s music scene, all played out as though on ascratched record that keeps skipping back to the same haunting refrain: "Jimmy Endicott was murdered."

When young Pear arrives at Kopolka's mental asylum on theday of his mother's death, he is summoned to a cavernous midnight rendezvouswhere he meets Mystery, an enigmatic patient with a penchant for philosophy. Heis soon tricked into her service which, at first, requires little more thanhelping her torment a school tyrant and retrieving a shipwreck for a seaboardshelter. All seems well, particularly during his sojourns to the mollifyingWater, a fantasy, underwater world in which he finds himself a whale in thecompany of erudite octopus Mr Octaveley. Soon, though, he discovers thatMystery harbours dangerous delusions of her own and, as the price of replacinghis mother becomes ever more challenging for his shy, quiet nature, the linesbetween reality and fancy begin to shake. The question is, will Pear let themcrumble or can he fight back?

An addictive, hard-hitting YA thrillerfilled with poisonous twists, 'Hidden Toxins' will keep you hooked. Perfect forfans of, 'One of us is lying' and 'A good girl's guide to murder'. Six audacious teenagers. Far too manysecrets. A corrupt politician. Stalking... Murder... One thing's for sure - Cedar and Sorrel are in way too deep. Risk-taker, Cedar, and his sarcastic,introverted, female friend, Sorrel have real reasons to trust each other. Cedar's excluded from school, after being accused of hitting a homophobicbully. Now he's stuck with his dad, doing a landscaping job for a politiciancalled Charles Fenwick. Cedar witnesses a guy being viciously assaulted byFenwick. The victim claims Fenwick and his mates are psychopaths and anyone whoworks for them ends up linked to their corruption. There's no way Cedar'sletting his dad get dragged into anything suspect. Cedar's gut feeling is onhigh alert. Needing help, he tries to track down the one person Sorrel can'tcope with seeing, the enigmatic girl, Eyam, who days before, turned up at theirschool asking questions about a governor and his 'criminal associates'. Why hasEyam disappeared? Sorrel is having panicattacks, convinced that Eyam has cut off contact because she knows Sorrel has amajor crush on her. Cedar is in enough trouble and Sorrel is determined to stophim diving into any more danger. Not everyone is allowed to live.

A Hawkwood Books collaboration withartificially unintelligent small wooden people. Basedon the very real and wonderful model village in Stanley Park, Blackpool, hereare glimpses into the lives of those that thousands of visitors never get tosee. Written by various authors they show you the solitary inmate at HM Prison Porridge, the mystery of the White Horse, the lonely lighthouse keeper and many more. A light and humorous new look at a very special place. Authors include David Hogarth, Vic Peterson, Steve Hall, Sarah Coyne and Eugene O'Toole.

Lucy Miller knows a secret. She wanderedinto Daddy's garage one day to find Danie, her beautiful, great silky dog,neatly parking her bicycle, with little Pekie sitting in the basket. You see,they look to all the world like normal dogs, but they are not normal at all -they have a very special gift. They can speak to humans. Not everyone can hear them, mind you, onlychildren, and adults who are not too distracted or haven't lost the magic of childhood. We will join them now as they wake upone glorious sunny morning, for the start of many an adventure.

As you turn the pages it’s a variedcollection. United by being human and our sharedconnection. The human spirit, capturedconscientiously. Insight laid bare, structured sobeautifully. By an Urban Griot, a unity creator.  A lyrical master a thought generatorAwarded Citizen of honour in 2022and a Lifetime Achievement in recognition too. A proud Black man a must to be heard,having also received a black penmanship awardPoetic pictures with the colours ashis words, of facts and home truths that cannot be ignored. Jamaican heritage, yet a scouser withpride. Levi's voice is where lyrics reside,  A wordsmith, with a newscaster’sintuition. Political knowledge but not apolitician. In this book there are tones of humourand grace, poetry inviting us all to embrace, diversity,  love andcommunity. The beautiful traits of where humanity should be. kindness and compassion connecting ouridentity,thought provoking so profound in everyword you read. About how to be resilient and the bestthat we can be, in an evolving world where we can live as a human family.