New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Blake Pub 2002 Oct-Dec
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New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Blake Pub OCT-DEC 2002

Chris Brown Bovver Pbk published December 2002 by Blake Pub at £5.99 ISBN: 1903402859


It's the 1970s. The hair is shaved, the music is funky and the football is violent - very, very violent. Every Saturday, legions of football fans take to the terraces to do battle with each other. Chris Brown was in the thick of it. The regulation haircut, clip-on braces, shrunk Levis and bovver boots - he had the look that every self-respecting bovver boy tried for, and he launched himself into the culture of the decade with a passion. This is a story of those times. It is a story of the adrenaline-packed Saturday outings, a story of Tonik suits, terraces and The Maytals, of race riots, safety pins and The Clash by way of P.Funk, platform shoes and discos. A true story of the most maligned decade in British history - the music, the fashion, the violence. Welcome to the real 1970s - it ain't no boogie wonderland.


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Wensley Clarkson Murder in Room 1406 Pbk published October 2002 by Blake Pub at £5.99 ISBN: 1857825608

"Slumped in the closet, his neck hooked to the clothes rail with a shirt, his face hooded by a pillowcase, lay the body of a young man naked from the waist up." This scene in a hotel room at the Carrera Hotel in Santiago, Chile begins one of the most sinister mysteries in the recent history of British espionage. The murdered body was that of a young, ex-RAF pilot. The official cause of death offered by the British government: suicide. However, the Chilean judge charged with investigating the death found his progress hindered by British officials, they even implied that the former RAF man had been committing perverted sexual practices. In this book, investigative journalist Wensley Clarkson aims to uncover the truth behind this horrifying death. What was he doing there? Were the government lying? And what were they afraid of?

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Bob James Mr Happy Pbk published November 2002 by Blake Pub at £5.99 ISBN: 1904034284


One of publishing's great successes is Mr Nice, the autobiography of Howard Marks. Now comes another book set to be as big - if not bigger! Bob James made his first drug run for a laugh when he smuggled grass from Marakesh to London in the seventies. In the eighties he became caught up in the craze for ecstacy before becoming drawn into the darker, more sinister world of coke from Columbia - and being banged up for six years. As charming and funny as Howard Marks, Bob James makes no apologies for his disgraceful behaviour!


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John McVicar Dead on Time Pbk published October 2002 by Blake Pub at £6.99 ISBN: 1857825802

On April 26th 1999, an unknown gunman killed Jill Dando with a single bullet, fired into the back of her head. Cold, clinical and merciless, this was a hit that sent shock waves across the country. The police were baffled. Jill Dando was the archetypal girl-next- door and viewers warmed to her friendly, attractive, genuine persona - she was the least likely murder victim imaginable. Scotland Yard's response mirrored the public outrage and a force of 60 detectives was given one of the highest budgets ever allocated to a murder enquiry. Everyone has their own theories as to what happened. Here, John McVicar, a man who has been on both sides of the fence and understands the workings of the criminal world, takes the reader inside the murder squad and its investigation, and reveals to the public exactly what the police know.

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Keith Pedder Rachel Files Pbk published November 2002 by Blake Pub at £4.80 ISBN: 1904034306

No one could have imagined that when Rachel Nickell went for a walk on Wimbledon Common with her son, it would have resulted in such an appalling crime. This is the inside story of the case, including letters between the police and the chief suspect.

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Cass Pennant Want Some Aggro? Published October 2002 by Blake Pub at £15.99 ISBN: 1904034578



Cass Pennant, Micky Smith

In the 1960s and 1970s, the Mile End Mob ruled Upton Park. Long before the days of the ICF, they were the guv'nors of the terraces, striking fear into the other West Ham mobs and fans. Indeed it was the reputation of the Mile End mob that drove the ICF to establish their rule over the terraces in the 1980s. Co-author Micky Smith was in the thick of the action in the 60s and 70s, when there was no mercy for an away fan at Upton Park. He was there at the clashes between the rival skinhead London mobs, the taking of terraces up and down the country and the run-ins with the authorities.


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Karl Penta A Mercenary's Tale Published November 2002 by Blake Pub at £15.99 ISBN: 190340259X



Karl Penta, Mike Ridley

As I rose to my knees behind the cover of a giant tree, I brought up the barrel of my FAL assault rifle, flicked the weapon to automatic, and took aim at the truck full of troops. There were all staring down the road ahead. One of them was leaning with his left arm over the edge of the truck, a rifle clutched in his right hand. Over the haze from the muzzle blast, I saw men bouncing and jumping. Another burst straight into them. Click - the mag was empty... Karl Penta is a tough, wiry Liverpudlian with a Scouser's natural dark humour. He has served in many of the world's horspots, Lebanon, Sri Lanka and Kosovo. It was whilst in Sri Lanka that he saw an advert: MEN WANTED. Ex-military personnel to work abroad. Underneath was an Amsterdam phone number. Soon, Karl found himself in Surinam. His brief: to bring down the government. Within weeks, the government was on its knees: KARL PENTA IS THE ONLY MAN EVER TO CRIPPLE A GOVERNMENT SINGLEHANDEDLY. The twists and turns of this amazing operation are still going on, but Karl feels it is now safe to tell the whole, incredible story. This is it.


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Mark Brandon Read Chopper Pbk published November 2002 by Blake Pub at £6.99 ISBN: 1904034144


Bullied at school, and growing up dreaming of revenge, Mark "Chopper" Read determined to be the toughest in any company. This autobiography tells how he became a crime commando who terrorized drug dealers, pimps, thieves and armed robbers on the streets and in jail - but he boasts never to have hurt an innocent member of the public. As a streetfighter, gunman and underworld executioner, he has been earmarked for death a hundred times but has lived to tell the tale.


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Martin Short The Enforcer Pbk published November 2002 by Blake Pub at £6.99 ISBN: 185782525X



Albert Donaghue, Martin Short

Albert Donoghue was Reggie Kray's right hand man, his minder and chief executive. He was deeply implicated in their criminal rackets, collecting protection money and acting as paymaster to the other members of the firm. But then the Kray's made what was to be one of their most dangerous mistakes. They tried to get Donoghue to admit to the killing of Frank Mitchell. Albert, who had become increasingly appalled by the violent turn the Twin's business affairs had been taking, testified against them. His evidence landed the Kray's 30 years. In this book, Albert Donoghue reveals the shocking events he witnessed - it is the inside story of the Krays from a radically different standpoint. It charts the rise of the country's most notorious criminals, and their final descent into self-destruction.


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