Crime doesn't pay, or does it? A tale set in the East End of London and spanning over half a century. An unwanted pregnancy, a forced adoption, a life of crime, murders and complete and total loss is nothing new to this family. Ruby Chilvers was a simple girl, not gifted with high intelligence, getting pregnant at sixteen was devastating and when her child was snatched from her arms she didn't think she would ever get over the loss. Marrying a brute her life turns into a living hell and ev...

Jason Frasier grew up in the East End of London and was always told to look out for his younger brother. He did this willingly and could never see in Vincent what others could see, that he was a thoroughly nasty piece of work. The brothers were as different as chalk and cheese. Vincent had a nasty jealous streak, and what he wanted he usually got, even if it was at the expense of his beloved brother. Vincent had a knack for dragging Jason into his dodgy schemes, which is how Vincent and Ja...

In childhood, Shauna O'Malley lived a nightmare of poverty and abuse and when the ultimate tragedy happens her short life is thrown into turmoil. Years spent in care with only one true friend she can rely on hardens the young girl and when she reaches adulthood Shauna decides that she has to have revenge. There is just one problem; the person in question is a notorious London gangster who takes no prisoners when he's cornered. Can Shauna avenge the man she blames for her tragic life or wil...

Along with her mother Bonnie, little Maggie McKay migrated from Glasgow to London in the summer of 1972. It was a very reluctant move by her mother but she was forced to join Maggie's father after borrowing more money from friends and family than she could ever realistically pay back. Brice McKay had been in the city for just over a year after being made redundant in his native Glasgow. It hadn't taken him long to gain employment with the Pimms crime firm who worked out of an old railway a...

The Steel's are old school East Enders. Family matriarch Sandra, fiercely protects her brood and won't have a word said against any of her children. Kenny, the head of Steel Security and who with the help of his brothers Vic and Charlie, runs a successful business that manages the doors of some of Essex's biggest and most prestigious pubs and clubs. The baby of the family Michelle, is the apple of Kenny's eye and he will go to any lengths to keep her happy. His mother knows that her eldest...

Tess Davey is an ambitious, hard-working police woman. After ten successful years in the service, she has risen to the rank of detective and earned herself an enviable reputation. But after the unexpected death of her beloved father, Tess is shocked when previously well-kept secrets about her family history are revealed. Determined to find out the truth once and for all, Tess leaves the security of her home in Spalding and gets a job transfer to Soho, London. As she begins her search for a...

As a young child, Shauna O'Malley is made to physically suffer at the hands of up and coming London gangster Davey Wiseman. When the man kills not only her mother but inadvertently her baby sister as well, Shauna is placed into care.Almost twenty one years later Shauna sets out for revenge. Her heart burns with vengeance but her target is now a serious player and far more unscrupulous than her. Initially things go well and Shauna almost succeeds but after Davey is imprisoned and sen...

The only grandchild of a Judge, Angela Canning Brown had been raised within a wealthy family and has lived a life of opulance. Always believing her father had died before she was born, Angela is shocked to learn on her twenty fifth birthday that he had been alive all along and living in London. His premature death two weeks before her birthday now saw her spiral into emotional turmoil. The further revelation that he was in fact an east end gang land crime boss shocks her to the core. Angel...

In Holloway two brothers, Ritchie and Michael Spires are aspiring gangsters. Michael is kind and placid but Ritchie is nasty, self-centred and the driving force behind the brother's future success. In Barnet, best friends Sue Nelson and Ellie Evans are young, free, single and out for a good time. Ellie, like Michael, is sweet and kind whereas Sue is the mirror image of Ritchie but when the four meet it isn't a case of opposites attract. Within a year and after a pregnancy and a forced marr...

After his father suffers a serious stroke, Nicky Stanton becomes the head of a notorious London crime Firm. Married to a stunningly beautiful woman named Diane, the couple seem the epitome of married bliss, but looks are definitely deceiving. The firm deals in anything illegal that makes money, from protection rackets to drugs and armed robbery, and is renowned for its high level of violence. Nicky Stanton is a great leader and boss, but he's always had the dream of stepping away from the ...

Billy Jacobs was no worse and no better than any other twenty year old. Not exactly lazy he still did little to find employment. Given an ultimatum by his girlfriend, Billy finds work in a local care home. There he befriends one of the residents and after taking up the offer to rent her home, dark and tragic secrets that have been hidden for over fifty years begin to emerge.Bell Lane in the beginning is humorous and heart warming but as the reader delves deeper a taboo subject that ...

Psychopaths are arrogant and have an inflated sense of importance. They are well organised, plan their crimes well in advance and leave few deliberate clues. Simon Mason, unfortunately for the rest of the human race, is one such person. Six months have passed since Katie was incarcerated in Rampton High Security Hospital but Charlie Thorn isn't giving up and vows to prove her innocence. Simon on the other hand has a different idea. Will Katie Eden gain her freedom or will Simon once again ...