Axis publisher releases book of thought-provoking short stories

Axis magazine’s co-publisher

Aaron Gransby is publishing his second book, a collection of visionary short stories called Destination, on Thursday 8th June.

Aaron’s debut novel, a dystopian thriller called Outside, was released in July last year and was well-received, garnering five-star reviews, and a follow-up to that is due out next year.

Like Outside, Destination is published by Gerard Books. It is a highly readable but devastatingly prescient collection of stories,

Former local journalist publishes latest in his Italian crime series

which blends suburban ordinariness with an unsettling portrait of what lies ahead of us. Thought-provoking and highly original, these visionary stories will make you stop and think about the world we are currently hurtling headlong towards. Destination is available as a limited-edition hardback (£14.99) from Aaron’s website, and as a paperback or ebook on amazon. co.uk. To buy Destination and to find out more about Aaron’s work, visit aarongransby.com.

A Hertford-born author has just had his latest novel published – the fourth in his critically-acclaimed mystery series set in the beautiful Italian city of Bologna. Tom Benjamin, who was educated at The Broxbourne School and Hertford Regional College, also used to work as a journalist on the Hertfordshire Mercury before becoming a media spokesman for Scotland Yard. He moved to Bologna 15 years ago where he first came up with the idea for the British-born private detective Daniel Leicester who has been the main character in his books. His first three books in the series, all published under Little, Brown’s Constable imprint, are A Quiet Death in Italy, The Hunting Season and Requiem in La Rossa.

The fourth book, which was published last month, is called Italian Rules.

Italian Rules is available in paperback (£9.99) from bookshops and online and also as an ebook.