Böcker av Allan Hudson

Sometimes, a compelling short story is all you need.Let our tales of gods, ghosts, alien worlds, mystery, secrecy, love, loss, and horror get under your skin for a while.Nine North Atlantic writers have collaborated to create this anthology, the third in a series of multi-genre fables that will entertain, possibly unsettle, and cause you to think about the present in which we live.Curl up on the sofa and allow yourself to be lost in the pages of this fascinating book.

Aircraftsman 2nd Class Jeremy Carter is the rawest recruit at Royal Canadian Air Force Station Scoudouc - a training center for British, New Zealand and Australian pilots during World War 2. Ordered to clean debris from the back fields, he makes a startling discovery. Reporting the incident directly to his superiors, he's warned to keep the finding to a small and select group of airmen of which the base's commanding officer is one. There are too many secrets at RCAF Scoudouc for this to go public. Warrant Officer Stefan Kravchenko of the Royal Canadian Air Force is with the Service Police and his reputation is on the rise. Stationed at RCAF Saint John, he works out of the Milledgeville Airport. Thinking his day is finished, he's called to the office of his commanding officer. He receives orders to proceed to RCAF Station Scoudouc, 150 miles away. Immediately. He's not given a reason why, only that it is orders.A German spy was sent to New Brunswick by the Abwehr before the war broke out. German intelligence receives rumours of the existence of a highly classified device leaving England, destined for the shores of Atlantic Canada. Iron Spear is activated and sent to Scoudouc.

The Alexander Saga continues. Who was the woman he saw in Halifax in Volume 1?Dominic has his up and downs as life continues in his new country. His business is growing. His wife is expecting their first child. The Roaring 20's brings speakeasys, flappers, a booming stock market, disregard for prohibition. Everyone who can is investing in the future. Europe is rebuilding after the war and supplies from North America are in high demand. Will Dominic get on the investing train, or will he be cautious? The words of his late Uncle Duff ring loudly in his mind - "Watch your pennies, lad. Don't waste your money."Will Dominic's decisions keep the business intact, or will he follow the crowd?

Jo Naylor has to leave the sunny skies and beaches of Thailand. It's too dangerous for her to remain. A return home to Canada isn't an option. Stepping off the plane in Paris, she's greeted by freezing rain and a new adventure. Befriended by an older man, Jo is introduced to the glamourous city and unforgettable characters. Brandy Williams is an Australian expat who dreams of reporting for Le Figaro, one of Paris' leading dailies. The lead she uncovers of forced prostitution may be her last.When Brandy disappears, Jo is not one to turn away from trouble. She wonders who she can trust with her own secret. She doesn't know the city well enough to search on her own. Bertrand Poitras, a small time bookie and man about town offers to help. Having been a cop for so many years has made Jo leery of his type. Handsome, tough and with the right connections, she decides to give him a chance.

Deep in the wilderness of the Peruvian Andes lies a monument hidden for centuries. Who were the builders? Why was it abandoned? What secrets will it reveal?In 1953, an amateur rock climber makes a startling discovery. He decides to report his findings as soon as he returns from climbing the mountain. It will take another fifty years before anyone reads his findings.In 2004 when Drake Alexander hears of the strange discovery, he and those dear to him are plunged into a nightmare of avarice, impairment and death. Using his skills as an ex-soldier, can he and his accomplices save his tormented friends from the raiders that thirst for the secret lying within the mountains?

The master vintner at Chateau Lambert Estates, Jean-Paul Chouinard, stares up the rise at the family cemetery, where the darling of the house was laid to rest yesterday. The grave site is surrounded by four men and a woman. The people whose service Mireille Lambert was in when she died. One of them was her lover. One of them is Drake Alexander.Chouinard knows what they do. He knows who Alexander is. He hears the whispers. Vigilantes.He grieves knowing the brothers who are responsible for his daughter's death twenty years ago have not been apprehended. Maybe it's been too long. Maybe the brothers are already dead. Maybe, if he asked, Alexander and his people could find them.

Jo Naylor is on the run. Wanted back in Canada for questioning regarding her father's suicide. She has no intention of returning. With a new identity, she takes up temporary residence in a foreign country. She may not be a detective any longer but once a cop, always a cop. A distraught woman pleads with Naylor to find her daughter. Should she help? She doesn't know anyone in Thailand, doesn't know the geography but that doesn't stop Naylor from sticking her nose where it shouldn't be. Naylor and her new sidekick, an orphaned girl, join up with a local PI. There's more than a missing child at stake.