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The Beast of Bethulia Park
S.P.Caldwell

When Ray Parker dies unexpectedly in Bethulia Park Hospital, his suspicious family launch a campaign for justice. They recruit the young and idealistic hospital chaplain Father Calvin Baines to find a beautiful nurse who might unmask the doctor they believe is guilty of murder. When Emerald Essien enters his life, the priest finds his high principles are put to the test in a way that drives him to the edge of despair as he is propelled into a dark world of sexual obsession, danger and death ...

“The Beast of Bethulia Park is a gripping psychological novel with Catholic themes but is also a wonderful thriller in its own right. Caldwell is an exciting new voice with a journalist's eye for crime detail and medical research. The priest belongs in the top literary gallery of priest protagonists who are all too human and find themselves up against clerical authority. A major new talent has arrived.”    William Cash

978 085244 700 0

400 pages   

£20.00

Lady Mabel’s Gold
S.P.Caldwell

Freelance journalist Jenny Bradshaigh feels she is flogging a dead horse when her story about a raid on a Crusader’s grave is rejected by newspaper editors. But a mysterious murder and a burglary at a second vault thrusts the reporter toward the biggest story of her career as she leads the hunt for thieves using trafficked children to find the most valuable treasure trove since the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb.

Simon Caldwell has produced a pacey historical thriller with echoes of Graham Greene. Lady Mabel’s Gold is a truly original novel with excellent writing, clever plot twists and a cast of memorable characters which put Caldwell at the front rank of Catholic novelists today.                                                                   William Cash

 

Simon Caldwell is a writer of real integrity. This is an immensely readable novel, with an outcome that goes beyond life and death, because it deals with redemption and damnation. Few contemporary novels do as much.

Melanie McDonagh

 

Caldwell's ability to suggest the presence of grace in disgraceful situations is a rare gift indeed. He takes us into the dark to lead us to the merest suggestion of the light. Rarely have I found myself so excited by the emergence of a new literary talent.                                                                                                                Joseph Pearce

Simon Caldwell has worked as a journalist since the 1990s, spending more than a decade on the foreign desk of the Daily Mail, and in 2022 Gracewing published his debut novel, The Beast of Bethulia Park (see below). He lives in Lancashire where he continues to work as a journalist and media consultant.

978 085244 487 0

442 pages   

£20.00