15 Days Without a Head by Dave Cousins

A more serious read: Laurence’s mother is an alcoholic. Often it’s left to Laurence to look after and keep an eye on his deceptively angelic-looking 6 year old brother Jay, whilst his mum struggles to keep two jobs and avoid the gaze of the social services. Then one day Laurence’s mum doesn’t come home. He’s not too worried at first-

POD by Stephen Wallenfels

I’m frankly astonished this one hasn’t been mentioned more often and made more of a fuss of.  I also had no idea until a quick bit of Google-fu five minutes ago that this book has a sequel! Break out the party streamers! So without furthur ado, allow me to introduce you to POD Publisher: Templar Publishing, image above used with