John Frederick Burke

John Burke's novelization of the film, based on Alun Owen's screenplay, features some deviations from the finished movie.

"Rachel Petersen's husband had drowned in Holland - so who is the man who appears at her house and claims to be that husband, substantiating his claim with a passport and detailed recollections of their brief married life? From the moment the stranger calling himself Erik Flemming Petersen steps through the door, there is no peace for Rachel. She determines to unravel the tangled threads of the mystery - only to find they are more tightly woven than she could have suspected ..."--Publisher description. Rachel Petersen's husband had drowned in Holland - so who is the man who appears at her house and claims to be that husband, substantiating his claim with a passport and detailed recollections of their brief married life? From the moment the stranger calling himself Erik Flemming Petersen steps through the door, there is no peace for Rachel. She determines to unravel the tangled threads of the mystery - only to find they are more tightly woven than she could have suspected ...

"Dr. Caspian and his wife Bronwen, both possessed of genuine psychic powers, have gained a reputation as investigators of so-called psychic phenomena, exposing a number of fraudulent mediums. They are consulted by prominent politician Joseph Hinde, whose daughter Laura has become strangely withdrawn. He suspects she may be attending sẻances in an attempt to contact her dead mother. Asked to rescue her from the clutches of evil charlatans, the Caspians' investigations uncover a trail of people dying in strange and horrible circumstances..." --Publisher description.

Simon Lemuel was on his way to becoming a world dictator. The only way to stop him seemed to be to go back and ensure that he never started. This is the story of Clifford Marriott, who bridged the decades and struggled to prevent Lemuel's rise to power. In the course of his endeavours he met Naomi, and before the struggle was over, they had made one of the most amazing journeys ever undertaken — a journey not through space but through time.

"Mike Merriman's big band and his vocalist, Ingrid Lee, are extremely successful. However, returning from touring America, they are questioned by reporters concerning their relationship. Worse still, when Mike's wife disappears, Ingrid is subjected to a campaign of vengeance. The threats and attacks grow in savagery. At home or on stage, Ingrid suffers potentially murderous persecution. Meanwhile, Mike can only strive to put an end to the terror building up so remorselessly - the fear by instalments"-- Back Cover.

Maggie is in Prague on a Market Research project. But when a Russian tank rolls up outside her hotel, dashing all her plans, she decides to face the country's menacing and violent situation and drive towards the border. On the way, she acquires a passenger - a fugitive. Jan is a Czech archaeologist, carrying a valuable secret, ignorant of its significance or value. But when he eventually faces his enemies in Czechoslovakia, events prove more dramatic than he'd ever anticipated.

An innocent man is arrested for a murder committed by a woman ... A guilty man confesses to another murder - but the police arrest an innocent woman! A man finds the woman of his dreams - and finds he's in a nightmare ... The tenants of a new block of flats are so delighted with their new home that they don't really want to go out - little realizing that they CAN'T leave. Strange incidents from macabre stories of MURDER, MYSTERY ... AND MAGIC.