The Lady Bag books
Don't judge a book by its cover, or a bag lady by her appearance. "I didn't always look like this," she says. "Being barmy doesn't mean I'm stupid."
Lady Bag does have her problems - her close relationship with cheap red wine, for example. When she gets hammered she talks to her dog. When she's extra-hammered her dog talks to her. Guess who makes better sense.
She and her greyhound, Electra, wander through the streets of London, seeing a Dickensian side of the capital city that's only visible to the homeless. Together they accept the kindness or unkindness of strangers with the same wry patience. Until, on one dreadful day, they meet the Devil outside the National Portrait Gallery.
The second of the Lady Bag books is CROCODILES AND GOOD INTENTIONS. The cover and information about it appears in the central column of the site's home page.
Other stand-alone novels
All Birdie Walker wants is some justice for her husband, Jack. But since Jack was a rock star and the justice has to come from the music business, Birdie absolutely has to take some extreme measures.Click on the title for more information.
RIFT is set in the Ethiopia of the 1970s. BALLAD is the story of a girl with a miraculous musical talent. MISS TERRY is the story of what happens to someone who looks different from her neighbours when a grisly discovery is made. In GIFT OR THEFT a whole new world is revealed to a young woman who meets a fascinating older man.
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The story collections I co-edited for Britain's Crime Writers' Association.
All my short stories up to 2003 are in this collection. It includes two written specially.
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For my short stories between 2003 and 2021 check out MY PEOPLE and other crime stories.
In the early '90s I helped edit these three books - aiming them to be more annuals than anthologies. They include many things we're proud to have published.
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The Anna Lee series
I wrote six novels about Anna Lee.
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The Bucket Nut Trilogy
Professional wrestler Eva Wylie appeared in three novels in the '90s.
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