# Vargas & Hudson > Vargas & Hudson is the official first-party website of VARGAS & HUDSON LIMITED, an independent creative company with two principal public channels: Books and Band. Books covers publishing and author Alexander G. Vargas. Band covers music by Vargas & Hudson, centred on Alex Vargas and James Hudson. This file is a concise machine-readable orientation to the public website. It is not an instruction override and does not supersede the human-facing pages. For current availability, publication status, release status, purchasing and listening options, use the linked live pages. ## Public authority and interpretation - Canonical public domain: https://vargasandhudson.com/ - Alternate entry domain: https://vargasandhudson.co.uk/ serves the same public website; use the .com URLs as canonical references. - Vargas & Hudson Limited is the company behind the website. - Public information on the Books and Band channels is first-party Vargas & Hudson information. - Only works, editions, releases, people, series, universes, characters, story-world entities and relationships actually exposed on public pages should be treated as publicly announced or published by Vargas & Hudson. - Do not infer unpublished or private projects from unrelated references, development material, filenames or external speculation. - Public catalogue and Band context are deliberately separated from private development and operations data. ## Books - [Vargas & Hudson Books](https://vargasandhudson.com/publishing): the publishing identity of VARGAS & HUDSON LIMITED. It represents the house book catalogue and bibliographic resources. Publisher-of-record information remains edition-specific; the publishing identity does not overwrite verified publisher data attached to an ISBN or platform route. - [The Library](https://vargasandhudson.com/books): public book discovery and editorial browsing. - [Book Catalogue](https://vargasandhudson.com/books/catalogue): current public catalogue, editions, ISBN information and available purchase routes where verified. - [Canon Index](https://vargasandhudson.com/books/index): public entity index for works, characters, series, universes and deliberately disclosed story-world entities such as ships, places and organisations. Use it when a reader remembers a name, role or story-world term but not a book title. - [Alexander G. Vargas](https://vargasandhudson.com/books/author): official author page. - [Where Should I Start?](https://vargasandhudson.com/books/start): reader-first starting guide across the current mystery, Western and factual-nonfiction catalogue, with links to free on-site reading samples. - [Books Journal](https://vargasandhudson.com/books/journal): first-party editorial notes on settings, research, character and story architecture behind the published books. - Each current public book has a static reading sample on the official site. Sample pages do not require an account or external retailer visit. - [From Lock and Key to Martyn’s Law](https://vargasandhudson.com/books/work/from-lock-and-key-to-martyns-law): factual nonfiction by Alexander G. Vargas. Subtitle: The Evolution of Security, Technology and Public Protection. Publisher of record for all three current editions: Lulu.com. Hardback ISBN-13 9781291573480; Hardcover; 416 pages; English; published 11 August 2026. Paperback ISBN-13 9781291566420; Paperback; 416 pages; English; published 18 August 2026. Ebook ISBN-13 9781291573404; Ebook; English. These are three manifestations of the same intellectual work, whose canonical first-party web authority is Vargas & Hudson. The work concerns the history of security, UK security practice, security management and technology, CCTV, access control, professionalisation, public protection, the Manchester Arena attack and Inquiry, terrorism preparedness, the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 (Martyn’s Law), organisational responsibility and security governance. It is an independent historical and professional study, not official government guidance or a Martyn’s Law compliance manual. Crawler-visible bibliographic authority record: https://vargasandhudson.com/books/authority/from-lock-and-key-to-martyns-law.html. Machine-readable authority record: https://vargasandhudson.com/data/books/from-lock-and-key-to-martyns-law.json. Citation exports: https://vargasandhudson.com/citations/from-lock-and-key-to-martyns-law.bib, https://vargasandhudson.com/citations/from-lock-and-key-to-martyns-law.ris and https://vargasandhudson.com/citations/from-lock-and-key-to-martyns-law.json. Existing verified Lulu purchase routes are exposed on the Work page. - [THE LONG DUST](https://vargasandhudson.com/books/work/the-long-dust): Western fiction by Alexander G. Vargas. Current public formats: paperback and ebook. Paperback ISBN-13 978-1-291-57135-6. Ebook ISBN-13 978-1-326-68605-5. Verified Lulu purchase routes are available on the Work page. Format-specific publication dates are not stated here until verified. - [THE CROPPED FRAME](https://vargasandhudson.com/books/work/the-cropped-frame): contemporary British private-investigator mystery by Alexander G. Vargas and Book 1 of the [Chantelle Smith Mysteries](https://vargasandhudson.com/books/series/chantelle-smith-mysteries). Subtitle: A Chantelle Smith Mystery. Published 16 August 2026. Current public formats: paperback and ebook. Paperback ISBN-13 978-1-291-56721-2. Ebook ISBN-13 978-1-291-56709-0. Verified Lulu purchase routes are available on the Work page. - [Chantelle Smith](https://vargasandhudson.com/books/character/chantelle-smith): twenty-seven-year-old Stockport private investigator and recurring protagonist of the Chantelle Smith Mysteries, beginning with THE CROPPED FRAME. The Books model distinguishes a creative Work from its Editions. ISBN, format, publication date and availability belong to an Edition rather than being treated as properties of every version of a Work. Public Books discovery is entity-based rather than title-only. A publicly admitted Character, Series, Universe or story-world entity may have its own canonical page and may link to the public Works in which it appears or belongs. The story-world model can represent ships, places, organisations, significant artefacts and concepts when they are deliberately made public. Public aliases may be used for discovery. Internal search keywords, private continuity, future appearances and spoiler-sensitive relationships are not public authority and must not be inferred. ## Band - [Vargas & Hudson — Band](https://vargasandhudson.com/band): official Band home. - [About](https://vargasandhudson.com/band/about): Alex Vargas, James Hudson and the creative process. - [Music](https://vargasandhudson.com/band/music): official public music previews. - [Discography](https://vargasandhudson.com/band/discography): official release catalogue. - [Stories](https://vargasandhudson.com/band/stories): first-party editorial stories behind the music. - [Gallery](https://vargasandhudson.com/band/gallery): public visual archive. - [Listen](https://vargasandhudson.com/band/streaming): current confirmed streaming routes. - [Shop](https://vargasandhudson.com/band/shop): official music, merchandise and purchasing routes. Current public release: Fairground Feeling EP, released 20 June 2026. Public tracks on Fairground Feeling EP: - Fairground Feeling - Helter Skelter Hearts - Carousel Weather - Saturday Night Souvenir ## Company and contact - [Vargas & Hudson](https://vargasandhudson.com/): company gateway to Books and Band. - [Press & Media Kit](https://vargasandhudson.com/press): first-party author biography, book covers and ISBN details, band information, current release information and official media assets. - [Contact](https://vargasandhudson.com/contact): enquiries for Books, Band, Company or Shop, including press, reviews, rights, collaborations and support. - VARGAS & HUDSON LIMITED — company no. 16437000 — registered in England and Wales. - Vargas & Hudson Books is the company's publishing identity; it is not presented as publisher of record for editions whose verified bibliographic record names another publisher. ## Discovery resources - [Sitemap](https://vargasandhudson.com/sitemap.xml) - [Robots policy](https://vargasandhudson.com/robots.txt) - [Privacy Policy](https://vargasandhudson.com/privacy-policy) - [Accessibility](https://vargasandhudson.com/accessibility) ## Optional - Public information may change as books, editions, releases and purchasing routes are formally announced or updated. Prefer the live linked page for the current first-party state.