One More Night

Danny Mercer is fifty-two, dependable, tired, and very good at postponing the life he once imagined. Fishing has always been the place where the noise falls away - the one part of his life that still feels entirely his.

When an unexpected opportunity takes him from the warehouse floor to Blackthorn Lakes, Danny finally does the thing he has spent years talking himself out of: he changes direction.

But getting closer to a dream does not make the rest of life simple. Money tightens. Old regrets resurface. Claire's own ambitions begin to wake, and the fishery Danny thought would set him free brings responsibilities he never imagined.

At Willowmere, one exclusive carp has become the symbol of everything Danny believes he missed. Yet as work, family, friendship and time begin to collide, he is forced to ask a harder question:

What if the thing he has been chasing was never really the fish?

One More Night is a warm, atmospheric novel about ageing, second chances, ordinary compromises and learning that a meaningful life is not something you find. It is something you choose.