Colin Bateman

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Title: Maid Of The Mist: Description:
New novel from the bestselling author of Divorcing Jack and Empire State. Nothing much ever happens in Niagara Falls. It is a sleepy town full of honeymooners and tourists, and that's how Inspector Frank Corrigan likes it. He saw enough trouble as a cop in Northern Ireland. Now he's happy dealing with parking offences and the odd drunk, although since his wife has left him and taken their daughter, 'happy' may not quite be the word. But then a reincarnated Native American princess by the name of Lelewala canoes over the Falls and survives. Or so she says. And Frank falls in love. And finds himself confronting the greatest terrorist of the age at an international gathering of drug dealers. And then the music starts...Funny, moving, crazy, dark and thought-provoking, this is Bateman at his brilliant best

Title: Divorcing Jack: Description:
Dan Starkey is a journalist in Belfast, who shares with his wife Patricia an appetite for drinking and dancing. Then Dan meets Margaret, a beautiful and apparently impoverished student, and things begin to get out of hand. And then Margaret is murdered. This novel won the 1994 Betty Trask Prize.

Title: Driving Big Davie: Description:
For many years Dan Starkey has been a journalist of some repute - mainly ill. Now he is back with his wife Patricia, and while they try for a baby he is aiming to keep himself out of trouble. Had he not been caught in a rather awkward position when he received a phonecall from Big Davie Kincaird, he might not have decided to return to the village of Groomsport. And had he not drunk too much in order to cover the awkwardness of seeing this friend he hasn't known for 25 years, he might not have found himself agreeing to go on honeymoon...in Florida...for three weeks...with Big Davie. What else could possibly go wrong? About the Author Colin Bateman was a journalist in Northern Ireland before becoming a full-time writer. His first novel, DIVORCING JACK, won the Betty Trask Prize, and all his novels have been critically acclaimed. He wrote the screenplays for the feature films of DIVORCING JACK, CROSSMAHEART and WILD ABOUT HARRY. He lives in Ireland with his family.

Title: Empire State: Description:
A wild American adventure of two Irish exiles, culminating in the accidental kidnapping of the US President on top of the Empire State Building.

Title: Chapter And Verse: Description:
Writer Ivan Conner is desperate. His publisher has turned down his wonderful new novel, his agent is out of ideas, and the only person to turn up at his latest reading is his mum. He's deeply jealous of the marketable Francesca Brady, a hugely successful author of fat romantic books for fat romantic people, whose expansive hair and bright red lipstick mock him from posters everywhere he goes. He's also living at home since his marriage broke up, and he's just collected the wrong child from school. But one night Connor stumbles on a route back to the top, via a beautiful model, two deranged psychopaths, a multi-million pound publishing fraud, true love and utter heartbreak! From the Publisher Written with Colin Bateman's inimitable satirical style, this book is easy to pick up, easy to read and side-splittingly funny. It has a bit of a tongue-in-cheek dig at the publishing industry and a brilliantly hilarious scene where the main character, failing writer Ivan Connor, realises that he has managed to pick up the wrong child from school.Colin’s characters are warm and partly because of his background in screen-writing, they are very entertaining indeed. You will not be disappointed by this gem of a tale. About the Author Colin Bateman was a journalist in Northern Ireland before becoming a full-time writer. His first novel, DIVORCING JACK, won the Betty Trask Prize, and all his novels have been critically acclaimed. He wrote the screenplays for the feature films of DIVORCING JACK, CROSSMAHEART and WILD ABOUT HARRY. He lives in Ireland with his family.

Title: Maid Of The Mist: Description:
Nothing much happens in Niagara Falls. It's a sleepy Canadian town full of honeymooners and tourists, and thats how Inspector Frank Corrigan likes it. He saw enough trouble as a cop in Nothern Ireland and now he's happy dealing with parking offences and the odd drunk, although since his wife left him and took their daughter, 'happy' may not be quite the word. But then a reincarnative Native American Princess by the name of Lelewala canoes over the falls - and survives. Or so she says. And Frank falls in love. And finds himself confronting the greatest terrorist of the age at an International gathering of drug dealers. And thats before the music starts...