The house is silent and empty. The garden is deserted. There is birdsong, and the robin who visits daily to peck in the plant pots makes an appearance as if to say goodbye. Sixty-three years as a family home. Soon and forever, destined to be occupied by strangers.
These characters were mainly from the East End, judging by their accents, although some were Essex locals apparently. Mostly men, who carried themselves with a certain swagger and self-confidence, they were well-known and 'respected' by the criminal classes to which they belonged. When they entered the bar a reverent hush descended. All eyes turned to them.
Blokes in black suits with lace ties and interesting bulges - in their jackets - squared their shoulders at one another other, whilst whispering into each other's ears as they drank their cocktails. Huge designer wristwatches flashed as others gesticulated, and every now and again there was a glimpse of a huge gold bracelet or a medallion nestling on top of an abundance of chest hair poking through tight-fitting shirts, jackets open exposing paunches of varying proportions. Their dyed black hair betrayed the lie their wrinkles proclaimed on faces stiff from too much sun.
I have been published before, but not in a book. I'd written articles for Music Magazines and I'd written biographies and press releases for some of the recording artists, record producers, singers, songwriters, and musicians when I lived another life managing their careers. Being included in a book was such a thrill.
Are you sure this is what you want? Your plan had better be watertight, without any plot holes. You can run but you cannot hide!
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Thanks to everyone who has visited, supported, and taken the time to read my ramblings and my writing this past year. I appreciate each and every one of you and I wish I could express my gratitude personally. I have been missing in action throughout December due to a family illness and consequent bereavement and I hope you understand the […]
I thought I'd share some photos with you. Every year I spend a lot of time taking photos of gardens, woods, villages, churches, cathedrals, and other places and items of interest.
Writing from memory should be easy, you'd think. After all, we all have memories, and putting them down on paper or onto a computer screen should simply be a case of organising one's thoughts, and getting on with it
Undercover: Crime Shorts is once again featured - 14th September 2022 - on the global author podcast, The Authors Show, where I chat to my fab host, Linda Thompson, about writing my collection of short stories, and the inspiration for them.
Undercover: Crime Shorts and me
Only One Woman written by two friends
Only One Woman
Only One Woman
Signing with Langtons International Literary Agency
Undercover: Crime Shorts in paperback & eBook
Graham Bonnet Rainbow, Alcatraz, MSB and Blackmore etc
Guest Author August 2019
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Only One Woman
Caroline Munro with Madame Movara's Tales of Terror
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