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THE BOOKS
Gurning Gnome publishes novels, scores and scripts by Nia Williams.
All novels available from Amazon and other online booksellers.
TOUCHED
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A tale of strange relatives, lost friends, surprising love stories and the small insanities of everyday life. There's Robin's eccentric mother Netty and her squabbling siblings. Nine-year-old Prosper, with his strange questions and uncertain future. Smelly Joe, who lives under a tree, and Quintus Drake, the elfin perfume magnate. Not forgetting the ghost of a ranting poet. At the centre of it all is an unwanted gift from Robin's mother. This isn't the kind of gift you can recycle, or hide in a drawer. This is an abandoned asylum.
BIRDCAGE
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Millie is six years old and dreams of skies and seas beyond her brief experience. But soon she must come back down to earth. She can hear Vincent crashing up to this loft, where she's just released his songbird and lost him a sale. Her flight is ending, and her life is about to change its course. BIRDCAGE traces 25 years of Millie's story, against the backdrop of London's transformation from medieval city to modern metropolis. It's a story of angels, and murderers, fraudsters and odd-bods who form the strange family of the Manor—a cut above the rest of the London slums.
BREAKAGE
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Nathan lives in a world of glass. Since childhood, he’s been mesmerised by its beauty and fragility. Now, in his middle age, he’s respected as a collector and connoisseur. At his gallery and in his home, he surrounds himself with superb craftsmanship, elegant design, fine music. His daily existence is the only work of art he has ever created. Apart from his regular visits to the cottage, his life is peaceful and serene. Then he sees Rosalyn. And lightning shatters his world. Love and jealousy; power and greed; art and civilisation. How easily things break apart.
HIDDEN GEMS
​Hestyn is a coastal town untouched by time. As more and more destinations fall victim to war and terrorism and are crossed off his beloved maps, travel writer Wilf Bromley finds himself exploring its dubious delights for his next book, Gems of the Coast. It’s a far cry from his past expeditions with Aggie, his feisty co-writer. But Aggie has disappeared, and Wilf’s visit to this bleak place is taking a very strange turn, as he's drawn into the bizarre world of landlady Gwen, local historian Warren and the mysterious Martha Crick. Then there's the abandoned manor house on the cliff, which harbours more secrets than any guidebook could possibly contain.
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