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Short Grift

In the world of the Short Grift, the plans are desperate, the criminals are questionable, and the outcome is usually messy. Simon Maltman delivers a masterclass in modern noir, blending razor-sharp crime fiction with a dark, cynical wit that cuts right to th Read more of this blog post »

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Blood Like Ours (Blood Trilogy, #2)

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The Living Daylights - a James Bond Short Story (James Bond)

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“If, for some reason, I had resisted that first childish impulse to grab, perhaps my restless heart wouldn’t be forever waiting for The Next Nice Thing To Steal. Was”
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“that. I wriggle into my trackies and toss my gym bag onto the back seat. My vest top barely covers the bits that matter but that doesn’t account for the shivers that are currently rippling up and down my spine. Turns out, six weeks playing a fifty quid prozzy delivered unexpected consequences. I made new friends, despite Fuller’s advice not to get too close. Friends who thought I was one of them, women whose pitiful no-hope lives made mine seem almost bearable. Girls who now rest in a jumbled heap on a mortuary slab because I thought I’d caught a break, thought I knew better than the whole of serious crimes unit put together – and DS Neil Fuller believed me. Like I said, God takes the good ones and leaves the rest of us to fight among ourselves. The”
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“She reminded me of a can of Coke. Full of fizz and promise but if treated badly, might explode in your face.”
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