‘Stunning…Catalyst ticks all the right boxes’

Amazon Review

 
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The Blue Men - Main characters

UK
David Gerrard – retired Detective Chief Inspector
George Holland – neighbour and Friend of David
Marie Lockwood, David’s partner
Tony Dobson – freelance journalist
Rebecca – photographer & Tony’s partner
Jed Smithers – landlord of Dog & Duck
Mark Fellows – Professor, University of Highland & Island, Shetland 

Police
Jo Cottrell – Detective Inspector - Leicester
Seb Carter – Detective Sergeant & Jo’s partner
Harry Waters – Detective Inspector – Guildford
Craig Belmont – Detective Sergeant
Natalie Crusoe – Detective Constable
Alice Grantham – ditto
George Clancy – ditto
Beth Gordon – ditto
Lynsey Hargreaves – Detective Superintendent
Charlie Stuart – Detective Inspector, Highlands & Islands
Hannah Leasing - Detective Inspector – Metropolitan Police
Will Denton – Detective Sergeant
Danny Weaver – convicted murderer
Max Mobsby – Investment Analyst

Westminster
Andrew Donald – Prime Minister
Grace Goody, Ministerial Director of Justice
Jackie Hewlett – Home Secretary
Ruby Weller - Minister for Security and Counter Terrorism
Jonathan Latiffe – Justice Minister
Lawrence Harding – Permanent Undersecretary of State for Prisons
Linus Longhorne – American Ambassador to UK
Sir Roger Ashpole – Head of MI5
Joe Kilby – MI5 agent

Phoenix Operations
Brigadier Barrington Henshaw – Head of Section
Corporal Vicky Barrowclough
Jamie Walcott a.k.a. Oscar Strange

ST KILDA
Abu el Taqua – a.k.a. ‘The Shadow’

Mission Control
Lydia van Roden – International Hostage Rescue Services
Mike Needham – engineer & Hotel St Kilda designer
Jens Reinhardt – Mastodon engineer & adviser to rescue team

Red-One
Kade – mission leader & ex-US Navy SEAL
Sergei Rouschek – ex-Russian FSB
Robbie Burns, ex-SBS
Holly - SBS
Daz - SBS

Blue-One
The Major
Sam Hudson – sergeant

Blue-Two
Shirley-Anne Donnelly – ex-US Navy Seal
Jules Cartier – former GIGN, French counterterrorism
Enrico (Rico) Santana – ex-Peruvian commandos
Brig – ex-SBS
Romeo – SBS
Joss - SBS

NORWAY

Scandoil
Alicia Stenson –Production Director
Ove Fossen – Communications Officer (Mastodon)
Josef Solheim - Head of Security
Mikel Johansen - Chief Engineer
Inga Larsson - Communications Supervisor

PST - Norwegian Police Security Service
Milena Bakke, Director
Elsa Tongan – PST agent
Erik Sundstrom – PST agent
Silas Horne – CIA agent

OTHER
John Weston – President of the USA

 
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Catalyst - List of characters

Family
Tom Brown – Member of Parliament for Princes and Marlburgh
Margaret (Mags) Tomlinson-Brown – Tom’s wife
Katey Tomlinson-Brown – Tom and Mags’s daughter
Jack Tomlinson-Brown – Tom and Mags’s son
Jason Midanda – Katey’s school friend

Press
Tony Dobson – Freelance reporter

Westminster
Andrew Donald – Leader of the Opposition, later Prime Minister
Jackie Hewlett – Shadow Home Secretary under Andrew
Donald Grace Goody – Executive Assistant to Tom Brown
Gerald Portman – Home Secretary, later Shadow Chancellor
Jenny Britani – Tom’s PA
Shirley Topliss – Andrew’s PA

Cullen Field
Jimmy Brady – Gang leader
Kevin Brady – Jimmy’s brother and gang member
Karl Brady – Kevin’s twin and gang member
Lucille Ambrose – Alma’s next door neighbour
Barney Ambrose – Lucille’s husband
Mary Enderby – Resident
Winston Enderby – Resident, Mary’s husband
Joaquin ‘Jokey’ Enderby, Mary and Winston’s youngest son

Meadow Village
George Holland – President, Meadow Village 3AF
Irene Holland – George’s wife Fred Dawson – Secretary, Meadow Village 3AF
Arnold Danby – Speaker at 3AF meeting
Ben Neville – Farmer
Alistair Neville – Farmer, brother of Ben

Police
David Gerrard – Detective Chief Inspector in charge of case
Joannita (Jo) Cottrell – Detective Sergeant
Geoff Drury – Detective Constable, part of David’s team
Murray Davenport - ditto
Catherine Baxter - ditto
Omar Shakhir - ditto
Allan Pickford – Detective Superintendent, David’s boss Military/Special Ops
Mike Hanson – Corporal, Royal Marines - sniper
John Deverall – ex-Major SAS; sniper
Peter Drake – Captain, Secret Service Agency
Vicky Barrowclough – Corporal, Internal Investigation Section Barrington Henshaw – Brigadier, Head of G2 (Phoenix Operations)
Clive Granville – Solicitor

The Old Bailey
Dean Calvert – Barrister, Lorimar’s defence counsel
Penny Cartwright – Barrister, prosecuting counsel Justice
Owen Templar – Judge, Recorder of London, presiding at Lorimar’s trial
Sir Charles Nicholson – Lord Chief Justice

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Heaven’s DoorNew characters

Mickey Kadawe – Friend of Jason and Jack
Megan – Jack’s girlfriend
Leila Midanda – Jason’s mother
Randall (Sammo) Sampson – Licensed drug trader
Lawrence (Laser) Newhouse – drug user

Media
Sylvie Hanker – BBC Chief Political Correspondent PTV 1
Calum Nicholson – Chief Prison Officer, Lochshore High Security Centre
G Alistair (Gally) McPherson - Calum’s deputy
Douglas Rankin – Captain of PTV1
Lawrence Harding – Permanent Undersecretary of State for Prisons
Mike Needham – Designer of Hotel St Kilda

Lochshore Trip
Josh Wilcox – pilot
Matty Jaynes – Tom’s aide
Cheryl Webber – Tom’s aide, companion for Mags Simon – Security guard

Lochshore meeting
Gordon Sutherland – Westminster MP Argyle & Bute
Eleanor Morrison – SMP Argyle & Bute
Allan Macready - Secretary of State for Scotland
Stephen Beresford - Head of Scottish Prison Service
Donald McClure - Head of Grampian Police

Police
John Mackay - Superintendent, Jo Cottrell’s boss, Guildford New Station Harry Waters – Detective Inspector, Guildford CID
Shana Whitelock – uniform PC, Guildford New Station
W W Wallace – Superintendent, Leicester police; nickname ‘Dotcom’
Seb Carter – Detective Sergeant, Leicester CID; later Jo’s boyfriend

Westminster
Jonathan Latiffe – Justice Minister
Kim Lacey – Jonathan’s PA

Guildford Crown Court
Daniel Hastings – Defence lawyer, friend of Tom and Mags
Justice Miles Pendle – Judge
Jeremy Forsythe – Prosecuting counsel
Lorna Prentiss – Defence counsel
Billy Wade – drug user (witness)
Jonnie Denver – Landlord of Cross Keys pub in Woking (witness)

 
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Lost SoulsNew characters

Oscar Strange – Tom’s neighbour at Balmaha, SW1

Sweet Rock Hall
Catrina Thompson – singer, stage name Lilli Bo-Peep
Dagger-Zee – lead guitarist, Abattoir Ratts

Police - Guildford
Craig Belmont – Detective Sergeant, member of Harry Waters’ MIT
Natalie Crusoe – Detective Constable, member of Harry’s MIT
Alice Grantham – ditto
George Clancy – ditto
Owen Bradley – ditto
Elizabeth (Beth) Gordon – ditto
Tina Ramirez – Detective Sergeant, Guildford CID
(Doctor) Amy White – Pathologist
Rory Jarvis – Senior SOCO (Doctor)
Donovan Menzies – Head of On-Site Forensic Services, Guildford
Louise Thornbury – woman helping police with enquiries

Police – Ullapool Charlie Stuart – Detective Inspector, Highland & Islands Region
Isabel Macken – Detective Sergeant, Wester Ross Division
Rob Cameron – Senior Officer, CSIU

Kade’s Team
Kade – Leader, ex US Navy SEALS
Lydia van Roden – Doctor of Psychology
Sergei Rouschek – ex Russian FSB
Shirley-Ann Donnelly – ex US Navy SEALS
Jules Cartier – ex GIGN – French counter-terrorism unit
Enrico (Rico) Santana – ex Peruvian commandos