The search for Miss Amelia
Big Tom, a direct descendant of Merlin’s familiar, leads a cat colony that lives in a disused dockyard cared for by Artist Miss Amelia. The authorities redevelop the site and force a reluctant Miss Amelia from her home.
Chased by ailurophobe Bertram Grunge and his men, the cats scramble through the sewers then bump into Oliver, a large fierce black dog.  In a showdown with Bertram Grunge Oliver charges to the rescue. Big Tom rewards him with the accolade of “honorary cat”.
However, their adventure has only just begun because they embark on a hazardous journey and meet all sorts of weird and wonderful characters in their search for Miss Amelia.

He was a grammar school student and paperboy to writer Arthur C. Clarke, who lived in Nightingale Road in the forties.  Afterwards, he worked in the city. At the same time, he wrote poems and pantomime scripts and played alto sax in a jazz group. He was married in the early sixties then worked for a multinational company until they made him redundant in 1994. Living in Hertfordshire with his wife, they have two Siamese cats who rule their lives. Apart from that, he finds time to compose music, write poetry, lyrics, novels, short stories, play jazz-guitar for relaxation and is a trustee for The Connect Club, a mental health charity that runs two shops and a scrap store. He also mentors students in the WVU “Fiction for the New Millennium” writng course