This image is the cover for the book Walking on Paths of Stones

Walking on Paths of Stones

The year is 1919 and the seven members of the Watkins family are finally enjoying a summer of peace, but everything is about to change. Plunged in to poverty by two unexpected events the family are forced to leave their village in Lancashire and head to London in search of work. On arrival in London with little funds and nowhere to go, they meet by chance the famous and charismatic society photographer, Patrick Lawrence. He offers them accommodation and employment, but is he everything they think him to be. Before long unimaginable secrets are exposed, putting the family at odds with one another and causing almost irreparable damage.

Susan Stokes

As a child Sue Stokes spent hours scribbling in exercise books creating stories. Her ambition to be a journalist was forgotten when a speech given by the matron of a local hospital, at school prize giving inspired her to become a nurse. After gaining her SRN she trained to become a health visitor. On retiring, Sue took up writing classes, her first novel was born from a short story exercise. Sue is a keen member of her local drama group. She also enjoys reading, and visiting coffee shops selling huge scones. She lives with her husband and dog in Lancashire.

Austin Macauley Publishers