David Hughes

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  • Bibliography:
    25 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1985
  • Latest Book:
    September 2020
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Book List in Order: 25 titles

  • The Pork Butcher

    During the Second World War, a unit of the German army of occupation in France was troubled by partisan activity and decided on reprisals against the town of Oradour. As a result of that decision, the name of that small place is known around the worl...

  • Winter's Tales

  • The Little Book

    Every novelist is an assembly of his own characters. Hughes (The Joke of the Century, 1986, etc.) here has the inspiration to make all of his characters himself.In this anti-story, he's his own publisher's literary editor, the coquettish Davina Darle...

  • Walking the Dog

    An epic debut graphic novel from an acclaimed illustrator -- dark, funny, beautiful, disturbing, each page a surprise Approaching 50, and warned by his doctor that he's drinking too much and needs to take more exercise, David Hugh...

  • A Woman under a Roof and Other Stories from the Chinese

  • Road to Glory

    Twenty-six year old Adam Runner is an English teacher and head varsity boys' basketball coach at a small high school. Popular and successful as a coach and teacher, his emotional life away from school is in shambles. Distraught over the deaths of h...

  • One Act Plays For Boys

    Five original, one act plays, written specifically for a small cast of boys - ideal for high school performance / exam work. Includes synopses, character outlines and staging ideas. The Heist - A gang attempt to break in to a high security bank vault...

  • Printers' Tales

    Printers Tales is a compilation of over 30 stories, from various authors, about the printing industry in the pre-digital age. Before computers became common-place in the late 1970s, to produce a printed page required the skill and expertise o...

  • One Act Plays For Girls

    Five original, one act plays, written specifically for a small cast of girls - ideal for high school performance / exam work. Includes synopses, character outlines and staging ideas. Verdict - A kidnapped woman is forced to stand trial for her past c...



  • Miles to Go Before I Sleep

    Finally reunited after three months of misunderstanding, confusion, and separation, Glory Meredith, a college student in Illinois, and Adam Runner, a young basketball coach at a small Ohio high school, are set to embark on their life journey up a roa...

  • Purple Jade

    All the excitement has gone out of Tom and Lucy Davies' marriage. Tom is depressed and Lucy increasingly feels that she has been cheated by life and the years have been passing her by. However, for Tom and Lucy and their two daughters everything is a...

  • A Contemporary Christmas Carol

    Despite his vast wealth Scrooge is a miserable and mean spirited man. He is infamous for his devious dealings, uncharitable nature and his hatred for anything related to Christmas. However, during a visit from his deceased business partner, Jacob Mar...

  • Hellfire Landing

    The UK threat of mainland attack, as we stand today, remains at 'substantial'. This means that a terrorist attack remains a strong possibility and could occur without warning. Figures revealed that the number of terror arrests had risen by sixty per ...

  • Deadly Puzzle

    What do you get when you put a group of people together at an island summer camp with the one person who has a grudge to hold against everyone there? This is one boy you never should have bullied. WARNING: This book contains very descriptive, violent...

  • The Cloned Identity

    Detective Inspector Roger Watson is getting nowhere. A forty-year-old spinster is in a coma in the hospital, and he is convinced she has been raped by the Reverend Thomas Wright. The investigation is floundering for lack of evidence, so the Inspector...

  • Different Women Same Love

    Tongues are set wagging at the post office when Emily and Jane make their home together running a B & B in the small close-knit village near Nottingham, but the gossips are taken by surprise when Emily suddenly becomes pregnant. Only Emily and Ja...

  • The Pillbox

    On holiday in Suffolk, a boy and his dog discover a World War II pillbox half buried on a deserted beach. When he returns the next day with his parents, the pillbox has disappeared. They learn that there had been a pillbox there and a boy had once be...

  • Book One of Five

    David Hughes presents five intriguing short stories in which scheming and plotting are uniting themes. In 'Dragon Lady' a young boy is unwittingly used as a drugs mule by his manipulative grandmother; 'Jail Break' tells how a group of convicts were a...

  • Once Upon A Time Ages Ago & That



  • Benny Becomes an Architect

    When Benny is tasked with a daunting homework assignment to tell the class what he wants to do when he grows up, he is thrust into a journey of wonder and self-discovery. Will an enlightening conversation with his grandfather change everything? In hi...

  • Benny Becomes and Architect

    How should I pick a college? What is a major? Benny is unsure of how to do his homework, which is to tell the class what he wants to do when he grows up. From the time Benny could walk, he was always playing with Legos. Can this help him with his hom...

  • Book Three of Five

    David Hughes has written a further five intriguing short stories put together in this collection, Book Three of Five. In the first, 'Deadly Chocolates', the police are in a race against time to catch a lethal poisoner, who seems to be attacking the g...

  • The Calling of Joshua Rain

    In 2014 the Chinese are on the brink of perfecting the science of weather modification as a method of warfare. The plan is to destroy the United States by unleashing all the forces of nature that will soon be at their disposal. As the final field te...

  • Book Four of Five

    Book Four of Five is the latest collection of five gripping short stories from prolific author David Hughes. Once again, he has written stories that will keep the reader speculating on the subject, with plot lines that compel you to think about life ...

  • The Honest Liars

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

David Hughes has published 25 books.

David Hughes does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Honest Liars, was published in September 2020.

The first book by David Hughes, The Pork Butcher, was published in January 1985.

No. David Hughes does not write books in series.
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