I was wanted for a murder I did not commit. Now it's time to tell my story. Time for you to read it. BBC radio presenter Dotun Adebayo woke up and remembered he was wanted for murder. The only way he can prove his innocence is with the help of all the previous years of his life. They come together for the first time ever in this true and twisted tale that's created a genre all of its own: NOIR-MOIR (a memoir that always looks on the DARK side of life). That's EFFRIES in a nutshell. The tit...

'A deeply satirical and thought-provoking thriller' Sunday ExpressA couple of ice cubes, first, then the apple that really started it all. A loft apartment in London's East End; cool but doomed, demolition and redevelopment slated for the following week. Ken Nott, devoutly contrarian leftish shock-jock attending a mid-week wedding lunch, starts dropping stuff off the roof towards the deserted car park a hundred feet below. Other guests join in and soon h...

She’s lost in the land of the living. He’s desperate to keep her from the land of the dead.An unscheduled visit to church sees London based PI David Good sign up for what appears to be a straightforward missing person case. But it's not long before he lands up in hospital and finds his emotions being taken on a roller-coaster ride he wasn’t expecting, as he races to save a desperate woman from herself.If that wasn’t enough, an ex-convict with revenge on his...

Fancy a slice of lemon with that, love?As you can tell, I'm a good-looking guy and quite a hit with the ladies...some proper bang tidy lasses too. I've been honing my game for a few years and now, at last, I reveal all. In my book, I reveal the 69 rules of being a succ-sex. Clever, right?So why not slip into something a little more comfortable, take my hand and I'll guide you through the rules of attraction, chat-up lines, first dates and relationships Lemo...

Ken Bruen's explosive Jack Taylor series, set in the streets of Galway, place him among the greats of modern crime fiction. Now, for the first time, the first three books in the series are available as an eBook bundle:The GuardsOusted from the Guards, Ireland's police force, Jack Taylor is stuck in Galway with nothing to look forward to, until a dazzling woman walks into the bar with a strange request and a rumor about Jack's talent...

This book is a window into the world of Danny Dyer - and he's seen more of the world than most so he's got one or two things to say about it.Tackling such vital questions as 'Where have all the old school boozers gone?' 'Are there such things as ghosts?' and 'Am I middle class?' Danny shares his unique take on life with characteristic honesty and humour and reveals why it is that:· What goes around comes around - he learnt the hard way· You can take the boy out of th...

She’s hot, well read, and absolutely mad—and she won’t let him goBank robber Cooper picks her up at the supermarket, where he spies her shoplifting and warns her that the store detective is watching her. She puts the stolen food back, and he buys her lunch. It’s the worst mistake he’s ever made.What this pretty young American girl is doing in South London is a mystery to him. Her name is Cassie, and she acts sane until they get home. She’s normal as he take...

Meeting the perfect woman can have its downsides, as London based PI David Good is about to find out.Good girls can seem ten-a-penny at times and some people would have you believe they're sweet little things that wouldn't harm a hair on a squirrel's back. And in 1980s south London, private investigator David Good thinks he's been lucky enough to find his very own example of well-behaved perfection.But he really ought to have known better and it's not long ...

They call me Sour. The opposite of sweet. Shanking, stabbing, steaming, robbing, I did it all, rolling with the Man Dem. I did it because I was bad. I did it because I had heart. And the reason I reckon I got away with it for so long? Because I was a girl.SOUR is the true story of a former Brixton gang girl, drug dealer and full-time criminal. A member of the Younger 28s, a notorious gang that terrorised the postcodes around Brixton in the 90s, Sour escapes a troubled family life t...

'IN MY GAME, THE CHOICE IS A JAIL OR A GRAVE...' Carlton Leach is a man to be reckoned with. He has earned himself respect throughout the deadly underworld he occupies - make a friend of Carlton and you have an ally for life. Cross him at your peril. For twenty years he has ranked among the toughest of Britain's brawn brigade. He was a key member of the dreaded Essex Boys gang which ran riot in the eighties and the nineties, sparking a savage drugs war which saw three of his pals wiped out...

LONGLISTED FOR THE EDGE HILL SHORT STORY PRIZEFrom a comic mastermind comes this brilliant collection of storiesThree teenagers believe they are witches.A woman defaces a local billboard.A bored landlord tries to influence his son’s best friend.A cul-de-sac WhatsApp group discusses eggs at length.A heavily pregnant woman finds a way to time travel and a girl discovers joy on a stolen bicycle . . .Each tale paints a life i...

Tim Winton's That Eye, the Sky is a tale about a boy’s vision of the world beyond, and the blurry distinctions between the natural and supernatural.At twelve years old, Morton – Ort for short – is not quite a child, but not yet an adult; his isolated outback world is an intriguing combination of boyish innocence, adolescent confusion and burgeoning awareness. When his father is seriously injured in a car crash, however, that world is suddenly thrown into c...