Bøker av Ian Searle

After the death of his wife Louise, Frank Whitaker faces many changes in his life, coping with his loss is one, but now the challenge of finding his own true identify becomes even more important.

Ralph Cobden's refusal at the age of eighteen to take over the family farm has disastrous effects and leaves him with a burden of guilt. By his early thirties he suffers a series of losses that destroy his mental well¿being. Grief results in eccentric and potentially self¿destructive behaviour. Professional help and the loving support of close friends are needed for him to survive. The result is an uplifting story of triumph over grief.

It's not every day that your father presents you with a tumbledown building and the funds to convert it into a hotel. It's not every day, either, that you learn his financial empire was built on theft.In this warm romantic story young entrepreneur Tom Hammond takes on the challenge but the struggle to survive and succeed in a small town community threatens to defeat him when major setbacks arise from his dysfunctional family. The experience affects his health and forces fundamental changes in his personal relationship.

A murder mystery set in a fictional village near Reading in the south of England.

When two boys, Korali and David, literally stumble across the remains of an old canoe, it is the beginning of an exciting but terrifying adventure. The traditional ceremony, used by Solomon Islanders, Korali's pagan ancestors, to launch such canoes, involves a magic spell. Transported into the past, the two friends find themselves stranded, in danger, caught up in tribal warfare. Is it magic, or is there a rational explanation? The experience is to have a profound effect on their friendship.