Nobody asked them to do it. Nobody trained them for it. They were just two teenage boys — the kind you pass on the sidewalk and barely notice — leaning on their bikes in the summer heat when they saw something no child should ever have to experience. A man walked away with 5-year-old Jocelyn Rojas. She was supposed to be playing outside. She was supposed to be safe. And in that single, awful second — while most of us would have been paralyzed, reaching for a phone, waiting for someone with a uniform and a badge to show up — these two boys made a choice. They got on their bikes and they went after him. No hesitation. No waiting for permission. No "someone else will handle it." Just two pairs of legs pumping hard through the streets of Lancaster, eyes locked on a stranger who had a little girl that wasn't his. They tracked him. They stayed close. They didn't let him disappear into the afternoon like something that was never going to be found. And then they confronted him. Two teenagers. On bikes. Against a grown man who had already done the unthinkable. They forced him to stop. He let Jocelyn go. "The entire thing lasted only minutes." — Lancaster Police Minutes. Because two boys closed the distance fast enough to interrupt it. Because they were raised — by someone, somehow — to believe that other people's emergencies are your business too. When reporters asked one of them afterward why they did it, he gave the most deflating, most beautiful, most teenage answer imaginable. He shrugged. "I just felt like it was the right thing to do." No speech. No GoFundMe. No press conference. Just a kid who saw a little girl in danger and couldn't make himself look away. Jocelyn went home. She was reunited with her family. She got to grow up. Because of two boys on bikes who hadn't been asked, hadn't been trained, hadn't been paid — and did it anyway.

Oneworld is set to publish GR Halliday’s Scottish Highlands crime series featuring DI Monica Kennedy, as filming begins on a new ITV adaptation 👇 ebx.sh/dwvuGH

Guy who got famous for carrying his corgi in a dog backpack is now helping rescue dogs get adopted by carrying them in a dog backpack. This is Walter. [📹 madmax_fluffyroad]

Many kind thanks to Margot Weale for kindly sending a proof of From The Shadows by G R Halliday published in July, love the sound of this, soon to be a major tv series @gr_halliday @margotbookpr @PointBlankCrime #FromTheShadows

Being parent.

His greatest gift was the art of deceit... J R Thornton's stunning dark academia thriller is out on 19 March #Lucien

Published next week Caller Unknown by Oliver Johnson is an accomplished debut thriller packed with tension 5* one to watch out for, my review ⁦@oliverrjohnson⁩ ⁦@OneworldNews⁩ ⁦@margotbookpr⁩ #CallerUnknown amwbooksreviews.wordpress.co…

Many thanks to @margotbookpr for kindly sending a proof of Lucien by J R Thornton publishing 19 March by Magpie. Looking forward to reading @OneworldNews #Lucien

Caller Unknown: Oliver Johnson talks to Crime Time crimetime.co.uk/caller-unkno… via @crimetimeUK. #CallerUnknown 22.1.2026

Out Jan 2026 PJ Vernon's brilliantly twisty tryst-gone-wrong thriller #BATHHAUS. For a proof copy contact: publicity@oneworld.co.uk @pjvernonbooks

On my blog today is a review of #BadApples book 4 in @willrdean's #TuvaMoodyson series published by @PointBlankCrime . I listened to the @audibleuk audiobook version narrated byMaya Lindh. peterturnsthepage.wordpress.…

We're delighted to announce that Vengeance by @SaimaMir has been longlisted for The Diverse Book Awards! @The_DBAwards Congratulations to Saima and all the other longlistees! 👏👏

A distinguished & entertaining panel of author, agent & publisher-author: Lindsey Davis; Euan Thorneycroft & Oliver Johnson ⁦@CrimeFest⁩

Oliver Johnson will be talking about his new thriller #CallerUnknown at @Crimefest on Friday - 11.20 Thrilling for a Living - Writing Action Packed Fiction & 4pm Publishing Roles: Author, Agent Editor 'A sparkling new talent - and a name to watch.' Peter James. Out 7 August

Vengeance by @SaimaMir is out in paperback today! The trilling and gritty sequel to The Khan 🩸⚖️ Available to buy now! bit.ly/4jyB0vM

The Oneworld stand is all ready for #londonbookfair! 📖📕📚

Hugely enjoying this World Book Day. Paperback of #AProperMother @PointBlankCrime is out today and able to write new book outside. Sun may have his hat on but son sadly does not, having cruelly rejected Mr Gum costume at 8:15 a.m. that took his dad all evening to lovingly create.

Wonderful to see Camilla Bruce's At the Bottom of the Garden on @TheFantasyHive's Most Anticipated Releases of 2025 list! fantasy-hive.co.uk/2024/12/m…