Two films and numerous books have attempted to tell the shocking story of two of Britain's most ruthless gangs. For 20 years, the Essex Boys firm and their successors, the New Generation, controlled a lucrative drugs empire in Essex and throughout the south east of England by using intimidation, gratuitous violence and murder. Rampaging through the streets and clubland, they destroyed anything and anybody that dared to get in their way.Eventually torn apart by greed and paranoia, t...

Steven Ellis couldn't believe that he had been banned from Mia Zwart's own Zwart's Cafe! He has no choice but to take up with Merri's Cafe which is attached to Lenny's Casino. Little does Steven realize that those around him want to seek help, especially with his estranged son Simon who was formerly involved with the military based in San Diego.

Simon, Margret and Eddie have decided to join Steven and Carol Ellis for July 4th weekend. Little does Simon realize, his father is about to use his son Eddie as a prop as an attempt to gain trust among those who had banned him from various establishments from Hawk View Point. Ranging from Lenny's Casino to Zwart's Cafe...it works until he's caught...

Steven Ellis is about to make the most important apologies in his life. First with Lenny's Casino and second with Zwart's Cafe. But the July 4th event presents a challenge -- forgiving bullies especially when it comes to his grandson being targeted as a prolific dream warns Steven of such events.

Ford Edwards is stuck in a dead-end job as a sous chef and has lived an unnoticed life. So when a beautiful woman picked him up and took him home, he was surprised. When she dies the next day in a bombing at the Medical Clinic where she worked, he was crushed. When the Police made him their main suspect, he was shocked. With the help of his friends, Ford is forced to leave the safety of his mundane life and act as his own advocate to prove his innocence. 

Steven Ellis finds himself in quite a predicament. He wants redemption, but often gets himself in further trouble. Such as getting banned from Lenny's Casino. But with what luck, he tries to use his grandson Eddie to try to get people to change their minds. Only to have that backfire upon him. He will have to be brave and navigate it properly if he wants to set a proper example to his grandson.

Ford Edwards's cozy little life has been turned upside down.He is damaged goods, suffering from Post Traumatic Stress over the fact that a couple of months ago, he had killed someone. It was in self-defense. The classic him-or-me scenario, but the fact is he had taken a life.Now Ford has a chance at redemption, working as assistant to a celebrity chef on a wine train that is traveling from Los Angeles to New York.Only there's a murder, his boss is accused. Can Ford ...

This book analyzes the interactions of international criminal tribunals established since the 1990s with international, national and regional bodies, making recommendations for the International Criminal Court (ICC) as it goes forward. Placing the core issues within the statutory framework of the Rome Statute and major policy considerations, the authors examine ways in which the ICC can best coordinate with other accountability mechanisms on national and regional prosecutions, the UN Secur...

Historically, science fiction has a reputation of being created by men for other men. Women who wrote speculative fiction often used their initials or male pseudonyms to conceal their gender. During the '50s and ‘60s, only ten percent of pulp fiction stories were written by women, many of whom have since been lost or forgotten.This anthology attempts to preserve the place of women in American society and imagination by collecting some of the best stories by women pulp writers, including Ka...

Look at this picture. Tell me what you see…The American South is rife with stories of a haunted past—especially its houses. In this eclectic and impressive collection, thirteen novelists were asked to build their tales around the photo of a dilapidated mansion. They were given two requirements—the house must appear in the story, and it should be a Southern Gothic tale. And they delivered.From childish demons to a mad novelist, from the Mississippi ...

We made a deal… one I thought I’d never make.I’m trying not to judge myself but it’s a bit shameful.Rent was due and I simply didn’t have it. I love the big city and I’ve done everything I could to make it. But after a rough few years, a break up that nearly destroyed me, and a personal issue that I just can’t talk about… I’m broke and hit rock bottom.Then there’s Graham.Richer than most could ever imagine, devilishly handsome with a charming smile, and a sp...

The works of Poe were dark and often disturbing. From dismembered corpses, rivals bricked behind cellar walls, murders in back alleys, laments for lost loves, obsessions that drive men - and women! - to madness, his stories have had a profound impact on both the horror and mystery genres to this day.In Quoth the Raven, we invite you to answer the call of the raven and revisit Poe's work, re-imagined for the twenty-first century. Here, the lover of mystery and Gothic horror will fin...