Graeme Kent – författare

"It''s not the years in your life that count. It''s the life in your years." Abraham LincolnCongratulations dear, you''re 60 years young! Take the plunge and realize some of those lifelong dreams. You now have the experience and wisdom to accomplish anything you set your mind to. Whether it''s getting that tattoo you''ve always wanted, learning to line dance, or writing poetry, it''s time to live life outside the comfort zone. You might surprise yourself.This book will help you think positively, with things like this to look forward to:- Organize a disco-dancing session with your most energetic buddies- Take up golf - or even archery or pole-vaulting- Dig out that old guitar and form a musical group- Treat yourself to a Caribbean cruise at Christmas instead of spending it with the family

"As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides." George SandSo what if you''re turning 70? After all, with age comes wisdom and a lot of perks. The early years of retirement can be more fruitful, fun-packed and adventurous than any that went before, with the time and space to explore the countless possibilities that life still holds. But what should you do and where should you start? Whether learning how to play the guitar, or writing that novel you''ve always had in you - don''t just kick back in your armchair and let the golden years pass you by. There is a big, wide world out there.This book will help you think positively, with things like this to look forward to:- Expand your horizons - if you want to get into surfing, go for it- Make a list of your top ten films and find the time to watch them- While you''re out on the town, test the bartender''s cocktail expertise- You''ve spent a lifetime learning. Put it good use and enter local quiz competitions

Sister Conchita, the young nun with a flair for detection, is immersed in another Solomon Islands investigation when an islander who claims to be a reincarnation of Noah is drowned outside his ark. To make matters worse, Conchita suspects that the murderer might be a Japanese soldier, still prowling the jungle fifteen years after the end of World War II. Once again she enlists the aid of her friend Sergeant Ben Kella of the Solomon Islands Police Force. Together they try and track down the malevolent Killman, a professional assassin who is introducing a reign of terror to the beautiful but dangerous island of Malaita that they both love so much. This time their perilous quest takes them as far as the wild Polynesian island of Tikopia, the almost legendary tiny island of the four kingdoms.

1960, and Sister Conchita, the young nun with a flair for detection, has been forced to leave her beloved Malaita and assume reluctant command of a run-down mission in the lush, primitive Western District of the Solomon Islands.The group of three elderly sisters currently there are rumoured to have ''gone native'' and Conchita tries to grapple with these eccentric, tough-mind insurgents and the secrets they are keeping when an American tourist is murdered in their mission church but perplexingly, the colonial authorities want nothing to do with this bizarre crime.Help is at hand for Sister Conchita in the shape of her friend Sergeant Ben Kella, the local police officer but also the aofia, the traditional law-bringer of the islands. Together, the idealistic young nun and practical witch doctor set out to solve the mystery. In the process they discover links to a local independence organisation, a powerful international logging company, and, most puzzling of all, to John F. Kennedy, a former wartime US naval officer in the area but now, thousands of miles away, about to become the 35th president of the USA.Praise for Devil-Devil:The mystery takes a back seat to [Kent''s] knowledge of the exotic location and the combustible chemistry of his protaganists (the oddest couple since The African Queen), which add immensely to his story''s charm. Kirkus Review

It''s 1960 and Sergeant Ben Kella of the Solomon Islands police force is only a few days into a routine patrol of the most beautiful yet dangerous and primitive areas of the South Pacific. Yet, already, he has been cursed by a magic man, stumbled across evidence of a cult uprising and failed to find an American anthropologist who has been scouring the mountainous jungle in search of a priceless erotic icon.To complicate matters further, at a local mission station, Kella discovers the redoubtable Sister Conchita secretly trying to bury a skeleton, before a mysterious gunman tries to kill her.Mission-educated yet an aofia - the traditional peacemaker of the islands - Kella is forced to link up with Sister Conchita, an independent and rebellious young American nun, in order to track down the perpetrators of a series of bizarre murders . . .