An explosive insider account of grime, from subculture to international phenomenon.*****A group of kids in the 2000s had a dream to make their voice heard - and this book documents their seminal impact on today's pop culture.DJ Target grew up in Bow under the shadow of Canary Wharf, with money looming close on the skyline. The 'Godfather of Grime' Wiley and Dizzee Rascal first met each other in his bedroom. They were all just grime kids on the blo...

NOW A MAJOR BBC DRAMA, AVAILABLE TO WATCH ON BBC THREE NOW'An essential read for anyone with the slightest interest in the birth of Grime' The Wire'Sharp and nostalgic' The ObserverA group of kids in the 90s had a dream to make their voice heard - and this book documents their seminal impact on today's pop culture.DJ Target grew up in Bow under the shadow of Canary Wharf, with money looming...

Ida Pearl takes over Dark Cove and opens another poker and gin rummy scam. She gets run off into a yacht which she uses for her Social Club aka her card games with booze and LSD, cannabis, and cheap Chinese food. The FBI gets close to sending her file to the DOJ and the book will tell you the details. Lots of action and debauchery in this fun-filled romp about the history of Silicon Valley, CA USA. This is a short story worth reading.

A quick read on how Ida Pearl tries to take over the hill and ends up in a rented beach house with sand fleas. A Firebug, Judges, a Coroner an alcoholic Scientist all play cards at Ida's Hot and Heavy poker games hidden in her barns on an abandoned farm up in the hills of Saratoga, California. FBI agents are foiled and never get justice. Advanced technology is used in this fictional story of how the greedy never win. Ida gets V2K telepathy and is remotely tortured using directed energy wea...

This book is the third in a trilogy of fiction based in the Santa Cruz and Saratoga area of California. Ida rebuilds her farm and has more hot and heavy card games plus numbers running on her booky line. FBI tortures her and ends up taking her farm in civil forfeiture. Ida hires some shady people and has an informant try to take her down. V2K Telepathy and DEWs torture Ida no matter where she hides.