Thriller writer Kenneth Dekleva is a psychiatrist in Dallas, Texas and, for many years, worked for the American State Department as a physician-diplomat. His postings included Russia, India, Mexico and the United Kingdom. He went on to become director of the State Department’s worldwide diplomatic mental health program and currently holds the McKenzie Foundation Chair […]
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Purpose, Passion, Grit with Humphrey: Paul de Savary
Paul de Savary has a mission to transform social care. He is not a politician. Nor is he a social worker. Nor did he ever envisage himself being a pioneer for an issue which is constantly described as being in crisis. Paul’s story is very personal and uplifting. When his daughter, Laura, was six months […]
Read MoreInside Story with Humphrey: A. J. Chambers
The Vicar is a debut thriller written under the pseudonym of A. J Chambers, a British army veteran deployed to Northern Ireland for much of his military career. Chambers introduces Terry Nolan, a British intelligence officer, who discovers that his cover is blown, and millions of lives are at stake. Officially, Terry Nolan has been […]
Read MoreBook Of The Month with Humphrey: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad’s famous novella, Heart of Darkness, is about a treacherous river journey to find a man who has lost his mind to the African jungle. Conrad is skilled in bouncing a myriad of meanings off his story-telling which is why Heart of Darkness is one of world’s most studied and critiqued books. The story itself is told […]
Read MorePurpose, Passion, Grit with Humphrey: Alexander Scrimgeour
Alexander Scrimgeour treats anxiety and stress disorders through innovative reflexology techniques that he learned primarily at the Institute of Traditional Vietnamese Medicine in Ho Chi Minh City or Saigon. It is housed in Vietnam’s largest teaching hospital where a whole floor is dedicated to the treatment and palliative support of cancer, another for stroke rehabilitation, […]
Read MoreInside Story with Humphrey: Austin S. Camacho
Hannibal Jones is a trouble shooter, fighter of evil and a dogged investigator who finds himself up against organised crime and city corruption helping victims who are mostly the sick and most vulnerable. Hannibal’s creator is Austin S Camacho who returns to Goldster Inside Story on the publication week of his latest in the series, […]
Read MoreInside Story with Humphrey: Michael Arditti
Playwright, critic and literary novelist, Michael Arditti, tackles deep moral issues in his latest book The Choice which revolves around the rector of an ancient country church in Chesire. She chances upon the chief bell-ringer and husband of her closest friend, fondling a fifteen-year-old boy. Will she choose friendship or conscience, sympathy or her official […]
Read MorePurpose, Passion, Grit with Humphrey: Corie Map
A Lance Corporal in the British Army, Corie Mapp lost both legs when his military vehicle ran over an explosive device in Afghanistan in 2010. Among other injuries, he suffered a broken jaw, severed lip and punctured lung. Three years later he was representing Great Britain at the European Championships for sitting volleyball. And, since […]
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