Second Tana Standish psychic spy thriller

THE TEHRAN TRANSMISSION COVER IMAGE PENDING
Nik Morton

Iran, 1978-1979. Tana doesn’t hesitate to kill evil men. Iran is in ferment. The British Secret Intelligence Service want Tana’s assessment because the CIA agents are painting too rosy a picture. Because they’re colluding with the state torturers? Allegiances and loyalties are strained as Tana saves a CIA agent’s life and combats the sinister secret police, SAVAK. Is there any threat to the MI6 listening post near the Afghan border?

And what about Yakunin, the psychic Russian who is tracking Tana? Can he save her without being discovered? Or will he be betrayed by the jealous Raisa? Then there’s Aksakov, an elite Spetsnaz fighter assigned to abduct Tana; her dedication takes Aksakov into the heart of Tana’s secret headquarters in Oxfordshire. Tana makes new friends - and new enemies - as Iran stumbles towards the Islamic Revolution.

A Libros International paperback - to be published 2009.

Third western

I received acceptance of this manuscript on my birthday last year (2008). It was a great birthday present!




















THE $300 MAN
Ross Morton

What’s a life worth? $300, maybe. Half-Mexican Corbin Molina lost a hand during the Civil War but he has adapted. Now he’s on a mission to Walkerville. On the way, he prevents a train robbery and finds an old friend. Corbin always carries $300, which is significant, since that’s what he was a paid as substitute soldier for the Union. When Corbin starts asking questions about Walkerville’s law and administration, he discovers that the Walker family, who seem to have bought and paid for loyalty and position, dominates the townspeople. Inevitably, Corbin’s questions attract plenty of trouble. And his past emerges to confront him during a tense showdown that threatens not only him but also his newfound love.

A Robert Hale Black Horse Western - published 29 May 2009

First Tana Standish psychic spy thriller

THE PRAGUE MANUSCRIPT

Nik Morton

Czechoslovakia, 1975. Tana is a spy - and she's psychic. Orphaned in the Warsaw ghetto during the Second World War, she was adopted by a British naval officer and his wife. Now she works for the British Secret Intelligence Service. Czechoslovakia's people are still kicking against the Soviet invasion. Tana was called in to restore morale and repair the underground network. But there's a traitor at work.

And she learns about a secret Soviet complex, concealed in a colliery in the Sumava Mountains.

Unknown to her there's a top-secret psychic establishment in Kazakhstan, where Yakunin, one of their gifted psychics, has detected her presence in Prague. As he gets to know her, his loyalties are strained.

With her old flame Laco, Tana infiltrates the Sumava complex. When she's captured, a desperate mission is mounted to either get her out or to silence her - before she breaks under interrogation.

A Libros International paperback.

First Sister Rose crime thriller

PAIN WEARS NO MASK

Nik Morton

Before taking her vows, Sister Rose was Maggie Weaver, a Newcastle policewoman who suffered severe trauma while uncovering a serial killer. Nursed back to health by nuns, she joins their Order. In her new calling she finds herself sent to London to run a hostel for the homeless. Here, while doing good works, she combats prejudice and crime.

As Sister Rose attempts to save a homeless woman from a local gang boss, events crystallize, taking her back to Newcastle, the scene of her nightmares, to play out the final confrontation against drug traffickers, murderers and old enemies in the police. She finds her spiritual self and a new identity. She is healed through faith and forgiveness. This is also about her surviving trauma and grief, a triumph of the human spirit, of good over evil.

A Libros International paperback.

Second western

LAST CHANCE SALOON

Ross Morton

The Bethesda Falls stage is robbed and Ruth Monroe, the stage depot owner, is being coerced into selling up by local tycoon, Zachary Smith. Daniel McAlister returns from gold prospecting to wed Virginia, the saloon’s wheel of fortune operator. He hits a winning streak but is bushwhacked, his winnings stolen. And newcomer to town, Horace Q Marcy, seems to be playing a game close to his chest, too. Virginia sees this romance with Daniel as her last chance of happiness. No matter what, she’s determined to stand by her man, ducking flying bullets if need be. Daniel and Virginia side with Ruth against Smith and his hired gunslingers. Only a deadly showdown will end it, one way or another.

A Robert Hale Black Horse Western.

First western

DEATH AT BETHESDA FALLS
Ross Morton

It was a great feeling to hold this attractive hardback in my hands. After many years of sending off MSS, I'd finally become a published author. Not self-published - I've been there and done that too many years ago - but a fully paid up author.

Jim Thorp had killed plenty of men. They deserved to die. Thorp was a hard man, made so by a bloody Civil War. But he didn’t relish this visit to Bethesda Falls. His old sweetheart Anna worked there as a school-teacher and he was hunting her brother, Clyde, for armed robbery and other more terrible crimes. He didn’t want to hurt Anna but it looked like he would anyway. Clyde, the foreman of the M-bar-W ranch, is due to wed Ellen, the rancher’s daughter. He’s also poisoning the old man to hasten the inheritance. Thorp’s presence in town starts the downward slide to violence, when not only is Ellen’s life in danger, but also that of Anna and Thorp himself. It is destined to end in violence and death.

A Robert Hale Black Horse Western.

Robert Hale is a good publisher to write for, as they're prompt in their response times.

DEATH AT BETHESDA FALLS is now out of print but a large print version has been issued by Linford.