Tim Bowler Books in Order

A fifteen-year-old boy with restricted growth suffers abuse from his older brother while their father remains unaware. Dreaming of sailing his own boat, he discovers an unusual power that brings new possibilities and troubling questions.

After taking a stone from Dragon's Rock, Benjamin suffers terrifying dreams of a pursuing beast. Returning to the site seems his best hope of ending the visions, but the danger intensifies and begins threatening other people.

Young swimmer Jess struggles with her grandfather's failing health and his determination to finish a final painting. Visiting the river of his childhood, she meets a mysterious boy whose challenge becomes entwined with her impending loss.

Jamie endures his father's abusive determination to make him a squash champion. Finding a frightened girl hiding in his shed draws him into her escape from danger and challenges him to confront the violence in his own home.

Fin blames himself when his sister Ella is kidnapped during a storm after he leaves her alone. As the family responds to demands and searches for answers, buried secrets complicate the struggle to bring her home.

Grieving pianist Luke Stanton falls under the influence of a violent gang that orders him to rob a widow's house. Finding an unexpected child inside draws him into a mystery that challenges his loyalties and understanding of loss.

A sailing accident strands Kit and his parents on an isolated island whose inhabitants greet him with hostility. Strange encounters and his parents' disappearance force him to search for answers while trying to survive the islanders' threats.

Visiting Totnes Castle, fourteen-year-old Will hears the voice of a Saxon boy killed during the Norman occupation. Retrieving a buried knife draws him into a terrifying experience of the past as he attempts to release the restless spirit.

Gifted pianist Luke struggles with grief and family tensions while a local gang pressures him into burglary. What he discovers inside a widow's house changes the direction of his life and exposes secrets he could never have anticipated.

Angry during a holiday with his father, Stevie takes a broken bell left by a strange old man. Ghostly visitors draw him into the lives of medieval outcasts, forcing him to confront persecution and his own prejudices.

A mysterious boy's late-night call draws Dusty into a search connected to her missing brother. As police and violent pursuers also hunt the stranger, she must decide whether he can provide answers and what finding him might cost.

Will survives an accident with almost no memory of his life, then encounters disturbing visions and hostile strangers. A mysterious child may offer clues, but uncovering the town's concealed history puts him in danger from people determined to protect it.

Severely injured and unable to rely on his usual street skills, Blade discovers that his enemies have found him. Escaping their pursuit also means confronting the past he has spent years trying to leave behind.

Blade flees with Becky and her young daughter Jaz while enemies from his past continue hunting him. Accused of killing a gang leader, the pair also face Becky's former companions and struggle to find somewhere safe.

A teenage fugitive calling himself Blade survives alone through careful observation and anonymity. An encounter with a gang disrupts that fragile security, drawing him into dangerous relationships and a pursuit that threatens to expose the past he hides.

Blade returns to the city he has spent years avoiding after criminals capture little Jaz. With a companion unfamiliar with its dangers, he plans a rescue while trying to evade the enemies who still control his old streets.

Still badly wounded, Blade escapes one set of pursuers only to fall into the hands of another. Unsure who has captured him or what they want, he must survive without the independence he normally relies on.

Blade has turned criminals against Hawk and supplied police with information, but his powerful enemy remains free. Exhausted and desperate for a clean break, the teenager faces an escalating hunt by men determined to find him.

With Jaz still missing and his most dangerous enemy back in his life, Blade decides flight is no longer enough. Holding a hostage gives him bargaining power, but turning hunter brings risks that could destroy his remaining chances.

Blade prepares to confront Hawk, the man whose power has shaped his desperate life. Reaching a guarded hideout requires more than street cunning, and the final confrontation tests whether he can defeat both his enemy and his own fears.

Maya makes a horrifying discovery in a forest, then begins experiencing disturbing noises and a sense of being watched at home. Drawn back by a mysterious fox, she struggles to understand whether her fears reflect reality.

When a strange woman washes ashore, solitary islander Hetty feels an unexplained connection with her. Suspicion grows after a death, pushing Hetty to act as a storm approaches and mysterious voices seem to call from the sea.

Zinny is followed by strangers while his parents conceal troubling secrets. After his mother is hospitalized and his father disappears, protecting his family may require cooperation with the very men he has been trying to escape.

Mikey fears open spaces and relies on his sister when venturing outside. Witnessing a terrible incident involving a gang destroys that fragile sense of safety, especially when the people involved discover where he lives.