Bøker av Jim Lawler

'Next steps are better than consequences'Pub owner and ex-fence Mike Bishop has a problem. Drug dealer Ned Davies and wannabe gangster Ash Jones want to run the county line from Liverpool to Aberystwyth. Hot head Ash assaults rival Ned in The Anchor, the pub Mike owns. The assault of Ned leads to retaliation and more violence. Mike is loyal to Ned, his best customer, and also to an old mate Louis Beaumont, the father-in-law of Ash Jones. Louis is married to Ruth. Because of what happens to Ash, an emotional Ruth Beaumont swears vengeance. She hires Big Beard Mo to kill Ned. Mike needs to keep the peace between Ned, the Beaumonts and the dangerous Big Beard Mo. Mike also has to convince his fearful wife and a suspicious policeman from the past, persuade them that he remains reformed and innocent. Mike will only survive if he is cautious and treads carefully.'Crawling Back' is the sixth hard hitting thriller from resident Red Rattle Books hardman Jim Lawler.

Cora Tucker is waiting for her divorce. She is surviving by living a quiet life that consists of not much more than her job as an economics lecturer in a Liverpool college. She has few friends and a family that worries about her future. Next door neighbour Zuzanna Kowalski is murdered. Detective Sergeant Lewis thinks Cora is connected to the murder, especially when it is revealed that the accountancy firm of the separated husband of Cora launders cash for criminals.A parcel intended for Zuzanna is delivered to Cora by mistake. The parcel contains £50.000. Andrew, her separated husband, demands help from Cora to evade the police. Charming Mark, the criminal partner of Andrew, issues threats to Cora. Her mother is suspicious, and Detective Sergeant Lewis persists in her investigation.The life of Cora Tucker is no longer quiet. Somehow, though, she will have to survive.

YOUR ALL LIARS Matt has spent twenty years trying to forget his violent and dissolute youth. But Rory, a friend from the distant past, is shot and murdered. Days before the murder of Rory there is another incident. After being beaten up the ex-brother-in-law of Matt commits suicide. Hannah the ex-wife of Matt then receives threatening telephone calls. Old friends reappear from the past and tell their stories. Matt hears about a secret crime and a valuable missing manuscript written by Nobel Prize winning American author Theodore Thornburg. Matt and his ex-wife Hannah need to work together to if the manuscript is to be found. But Matt is not sure what is the truth and who can be trusted. Amidst accusations and the deceits of the others even Matt has to tell lies.

'I'M NOT A BAD FELLA.''NO, YOU'RE NOT. YOU'RE A NICE FELLA.'Joe walks into a bar and sees his sister, Alex, talking to Turkish gangster, Talip. Alex is in trouble with big time drug dealers. Joe agrees a deal with Talip that prevents his sister from going to prison. But the deal changes the life of Joe. He becomes involved in kidnapping, prison violence, drug dealing, robbery and murder. Joe is led to the wrong and into a vicious and amoral world where he can trust no one including the person he is pledged to protect, his own sister.LED TO THE WRONG is the fourth crime novel by Red Rattle Books author Jim Lawler. It has the same satisfying mix of sly style and bold surprises that makes his books different, readable and memorable.'Plenty of twists and surprises, Lawler mixes sharp, cynical dialogue and hard hitting set pieces. There are many satisfying moments.'Crime Chronicles

Ex-bank robber Harry Dunn returns home to Liverpool. He wants a quiet life. But Ms Mint thinks Harry should return to his security job in Saudi Arabia where he can help British Intelligence. Meanwhile his ex-wife Pearl, who betrayed Harry, and Roy and Ritchie, who stole the money Harry robbed from the bank, need hard case Harry to protect them in a gang war. And, if a decrepit mother to look after is not enough to keep Harry busy, there is a badly dressed crazed assassin from Belarus who is called Victor, and he wants to kill Harry. "'Hate Until Warm' is a cracking hard-case thriller. The opening is stunning and this alone would make the book an essential read" Crime Chronicles.

'I meant a real policeman, not you, Nathan.' Nathan Wrench is a police detective and a tortured soul. Self-destructive Nathan has a complicated relationship with everyone, especially his girlfriend, Esther Welles. She reports Nathan to the authorities. Esther alleges that Nathan is corrupt and that Nathan and his boss, Superintendent Carl Hart, are controlled by local gangster, Alex McGrath. When Esther is discovered murdered, an out of control Nathan becomes the main suspect. Nathan reacts but his response causes more problems. 'James Elroy meets The Catcher In The Rye. Original, tense and violent, dark and funny.' CRIME CHRONICLES