Böcker av Gavin Boyter

"It wasn't entirely clear what the furry purple... creature... was supposed to be. Even before it lost one eye, most of one arm and had half its polyester body melted into a black sheen of carbon, it could either be a bear, a marsupial, or some sort of shrew. Its paper toe tag bore only the inscription "Aleppo, Feb 2019." 48 more emissions from the hyperactive imagination of Gavin Boyter, these unpredictable tales transport you to peculiar Parisian junk stores, post-apocalyptic Mongolian steppes, and deep space, where the world's only sentient AI falls in love with its human companion. In other tales in the collection... -A stained glass window provides a stuffy academic with the clue to an ancient crime in a quiet English village...-A spectral mischief maker haunts an Edinburgh bookshop, turning it into a library of impossible texts...-A father hands his quadriplegic son one final gift as the world comes to a shattering conclusion...-And in the title story, a Belgian couple accidentally create a popular museum dedicated to the child victims of war and disaster. "Gavin Boyter's fiction brings the reader into another place and time. It is a rare writer who can make a situation far away seem real and relatable and Gavin's story does just this." LISA C TAYLOR, FICTION EDITOR, WORDPEACE. "Gavin Boyter's work exhibits a unique mastery of whimsy. His words gratify the reader's familiarity, even when the subject matter is otherworldly." PHILLIPE M. CHATELAIN, EDITOR, IN PARENTHESIS. "Boyter's stories work within mysterious settings, taking the reader into places that are both familiar and uncomfortable, revealing the psychological depths of their characters. These stories investigate the principal questions of humanity: growth, progress, change, decay." DANIEL MORGAN, EDITOR, THE CLOSED EYE OPEN.

People carry specific vibrations. All vibrations resonate.Vibrations of others that go well with you are seen as positive, those that don't synchronize with you become negative. It is subjective to each alone. I do not consider myself to be an egotist, and yet -The more people I relate to, the better understanding I get about what goes well with me.Vibrations are not good or bad. They only appear to be so, based on who I am.Vibrations collect in people: by their thoughts and actions, performed day after day -Adding that charisma, that aura to one's personality.That charisma, that aura, decides: whether thy emanates fear or love, arrogance or compassion, joy or grief, knowledge or ignorance.When there is someone at the door, there is an element of surprise for some, unless their innocence depleted making them disbelieve in the idea of co-incidences. Over time I observed whether my feelings were in symphony with the person at the door and I made a note whether I pored out warmth or cold. It is an opportunity for me to learn something about myself.To know, how I come across as a living being, to others.Have you answered the door bell, yet?

It takes one woman on the edge to solve the murder of another. Elena Balan should be laying low. After all, she's on the run from a horrible mistake. A Romanian single mum, Elena arrives in London to discover that her lover, Frances, has vanished. To find her, Elena's 14-year-old daughter Ana enlists the help of a police officer, the disgraced former DC Robin Yarmouth. Although Frances' whereabouts remain a mystery, things begin looking up. Elena and Ana find an apartment, a job, and a new school. Then Elena's sex worker neighbour and friend is found dead. The police are certain it's suicide. Elena suspects otherwise and her instincts are not to let it go. But will Elena's investigations with Yarmouth prove her own undoing? ---- Elena in Exile is the first book in a projected series about the irrepressible Elena Balan and her journey towards becoming a Met police detective. Set in London's Soho, forever on the cusp of escaping its sleazy past, the novel has a cast of rogues, misfits and eccentrics including Elena's impetuous teen daughter Ana, her film-loving boyfriend Chris, and Italian cafe owner Luca. Blending the observation and humanism of Henning Mankell with the narrative drive and darkness of Jo Nesbo, Elena in Exile is a shocking and surprising debut. "Fast-paced... As the story draws to its unexpected conclusion, you begin to already imagine Elena in uniform, which bodes well for future stories in the series. 5 stars from me" -- TK Geering, UK Crime Book Club "Gavin Boyter is an amazing mystery writer. He keeps us on our toes as we wait for the killer to be unmasked... Elena's past is also an intriguing mystery. All this keeps us glued to the book till the end." -- Onlinebookclub.org Booksoffice Top 20 Title

Approaching his middle forties, Gavin Boyter wondered what his life was all about. A Scot living in London, single and with no kids, he was living for the job and the dwindling hope of a career in film. He had been a club runner all his life, pretty good but not at the front all that often. He was what he called an ordinary runner and he came to wonder just what an ordinary runner might be capable of. How about John O'Groats to Land's End, the longest linear run in Britain, and how about making a film of it? And how about writing a book? As usual, Gavin was neither the first nor the quickest but Downhill from Here is his real triumph, written in such an engaging and witty voice the reader accompanies him every step of the way.