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The Beggar's Ransom and other stories
What do an ageing variety performer, an absent-minded dog lover, a retired French spy and a luckless council worker have in common?
Or a cup of tea? Monsters? Christmas? The end of the world, and, quite possibly, a very bad day?
Very little actually.
The Beggar’s Ransom and Other Stories is a collection of short tales where the ordinary can take an unexpected turn, the absurd can sit comfortably beside the sinister, and you should never be too sure where the next few pages will take you.
There are stories to amuse, stories to intrigue, and stories that may leave you looking at the world just a little differently.
Some are whimsical. Some are thought-provoking. A few are decidedly strange, but they all have one thing in common. They are meant to entertain.
Perfect for a journey, a coffee break, or those few minutes when you want to escape into another world.
Pick a story. Settle back, and prepare for the unexpected.
The Daley and Whetstone Crime Stories
Detectives Scott Daley and Deborah Whetstone are part of the North London Murder Investigation Team.
Hot-headed and impetuous, Daley's unremitting pursuit of the truth, regardless of the consequences, has earned him the nickname Suicide Scott Daley from his peers. He treads a knife edge, always trusting too much to his gut, but somehow Daley prevails, even if he tears up the rule book on the way.
Whetstone is Daley’s right-hand man—or woman. Mid-thirties and single, she can feel her life ebbing away. The job is everything, yet she is beginning to regret her move to Lambourne Road. Always two paces behind Daley, she struggles to make it out from under his shadow.
"Gritty and real—and more than a little disturbing."
Stark’s writing is a masterclass in British Detective Crime thrillers, action-packed and suspenseful, building to a jaw-dropping climax. Slowly building, reeling you in until you can’t put it down.
E. Shaw - Amazon Reviewer
Kept me guessing right up until the end.
F. Phillips - Amazon Reviewer
Gripping read. Rich in detail and disturbingly dark.
Dr K. Grant - Amazon Reviewer
Addictive, absorbing and baffling right up until the stunning, sinister climax.
J. Peters - Paperback Purchaser
3-dimensional characters and plausible scenarios gradually reveal the truth. Hurry up with the next one!
S Burke - Amazon Reviewer
The Aidan Beckett Thrillers - Amber Rock
Aidan Beckett used to be a US Marine captain until a sniper’s bullet cut short his career.
Now he works for TORUS, a security organization solving problems for the Government. Which government is debatable, and anyhow, if things turned bad, they’d deny all knowledge.
It’s Beckett’s job to sort things out, put things right. To bring back the status quo. In whatever way he sees fit. Quickly, discreetly, and without getting himself killed.
If only life was that simple.
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