The Crack and The Snow
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DRUGS...
An insidious menace that taints the entire population of the globe: addicts’ families must suffer some of the disgrace; targets of crimes committed by junkies desperate for a fix must feel the pain; while the users of the iniquitous narcotics themselves, who are more to be pitied than pilloried, must - if they keep on living, that is - forever bear the stigma attached to such a social No-No, even were they to get ‘clean’!
Faithlie is a Scottish fishing town where deaths, ruined lives, and general drug-related mayhem is spreading like wildfire. Grampian Police know that one man is behind it all, yet they are impotent to act, for he shields his identity so well: by hook or by murder! As Liam ‘Basil’ Brush, recovering addict and petty thief, didn’t live to tell: after innocently snatching £250,000 from the drug baron, he is tracked, brutally murdered and incinerated.
Gawayne Brigand (the ‘hero’ of the piece, who was engaged in computer larceny in France), hears the news and decides to avenge his lifelong friend. But the self-styled ‘White Knight’ has troubles of his own. In Paris, he met Jacqueline, his own ‘Damsel in Distress’: an evil man, whom she blames for her papa’s death, is hounding her. He orders his goons to silence them both for good.
If the duo survive, they must clear up Basil’s case, assisted only by Jock (who raised Gawayne since his mum vanished during his second birthday party and his dad was murdered in front of him).
But as Gawayne gets into the case, he discovers that his mother’s disappearance, his dad’s murder, Liam’s murder, the area’s drug problems (and soon some serious trouble befalling Jacqueline and Jock) are inextricably linked in a maze of murder, mayhem, mystery... and mirth.
The 'White Knight' must deliver Jock and Jacqueline from the spider’s web of evil, avenge his dad and Basil, discover the mystery behind his mum’s disappearance, and break the drugs’ ring - without being killed himself! Only then can the duo return to France and settle some scores.
But whoever said life was that easy?
ISBN 0-9521061-2-4
An insidious menace that taints the entire population of the globe: addicts’ families must suffer some of the disgrace; targets of crimes committed by junkies desperate for a fix must feel the pain; while the users of the iniquitous narcotics themselves, who are more to be pitied than pilloried, must - if they keep on living, that is - forever bear the stigma attached to such a social No-No, even were they to get ‘clean’!
Faithlie is a Scottish fishing town where deaths, ruined lives, and general drug-related mayhem is spreading like wildfire. Grampian Police know that one man is behind it all, yet they are impotent to act, for he shields his identity so well: by hook or by murder! As Liam ‘Basil’ Brush, recovering addict and petty thief, didn’t live to tell: after innocently snatching £250,000 from the drug baron, he is tracked, brutally murdered and incinerated.
Gawayne Brigand (the ‘hero’ of the piece, who was engaged in computer larceny in France), hears the news and decides to avenge his lifelong friend. But the self-styled ‘White Knight’ has troubles of his own. In Paris, he met Jacqueline, his own ‘Damsel in Distress’: an evil man, whom she blames for her papa’s death, is hounding her. He orders his goons to silence them both for good.
If the duo survive, they must clear up Basil’s case, assisted only by Jock (who raised Gawayne since his mum vanished during his second birthday party and his dad was murdered in front of him).
But as Gawayne gets into the case, he discovers that his mother’s disappearance, his dad’s murder, Liam’s murder, the area’s drug problems (and soon some serious trouble befalling Jacqueline and Jock) are inextricably linked in a maze of murder, mayhem, mystery... and mirth.
The 'White Knight' must deliver Jock and Jacqueline from the spider’s web of evil, avenge his dad and Basil, discover the mystery behind his mum’s disappearance, and break the drugs’ ring - without being killed himself! Only then can the duo return to France and settle some scores.
But whoever said life was that easy?
ISBN 0-9521061-2-4
The Singular Case of Sherlock Holmes and Jack The Ripper
It’s 1888 and a killer stalks the foggy streets of London: the legendary ‘Jack
the Ripper’ is at large, slicing and dicing his way through the swarming mass of
human detritus that makes up the underbelly of the biggest city on
Earth.
But who exactly IS he?
Only one man knows - Sherlock Holmes!
Come and join the master consulting detective as he finally unmasks the most infamous serial killer of all time - and figure out who he was!
The title story, an intriguing yarn that fuses fact and fiction, is just one in a collection of short stories that share the universal and inevitable theme that ties us all together - DEATH!
ALSO INCLUDES:
Is That You, Johnny?
A defenceless old woman is in fear of her life from visitor who is not welcome, not invited, and possibly not human;
Faith:
A young man, dying of cancer, meets a strange old man with special powers;
The Fountain:
A vain woman in search of eternal youth gets more than she bargained for!
The Murder In The Orient Express:
An old maid meets a man from the Internet...
And Many More!
If you like murder stories, horror stories, short stories - or just have a taste for good old blood and guts! - you will LOVE this!
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The title story, an intriguing yarn that fuses fact and fiction, is just one in a Short Selection of Sanguinary Stories that share the universal and inevitable theme that ties us all together - DEATH!
This collection of short stories was published on the 1st of November, and is available now. Simply order in the usual way, pay via PayPal, and you will get a SIGNED FIRST EDITION copy delivered asap.
But who exactly IS he?
Only one man knows - Sherlock Holmes!
Come and join the master consulting detective as he finally unmasks the most infamous serial killer of all time - and figure out who he was!
The title story, an intriguing yarn that fuses fact and fiction, is just one in a collection of short stories that share the universal and inevitable theme that ties us all together - DEATH!
ALSO INCLUDES:
Is That You, Johnny?
A defenceless old woman is in fear of her life from visitor who is not welcome, not invited, and possibly not human;
Faith:
A young man, dying of cancer, meets a strange old man with special powers;
The Fountain:
A vain woman in search of eternal youth gets more than she bargained for!
The Murder In The Orient Express:
An old maid meets a man from the Internet...
And Many More!
If you like murder stories, horror stories, short stories - or just have a taste for good old blood and guts! - you will LOVE this!
************************
The title story, an intriguing yarn that fuses fact and fiction, is just one in a Short Selection of Sanguinary Stories that share the universal and inevitable theme that ties us all together - DEATH!
This collection of short stories was published on the 1st of November, and is available now. Simply order in the usual way, pay via PayPal, and you will get a SIGNED FIRST EDITION copy delivered asap.
