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Dennis Bisskit and the Missing Masterpiece
Dennis Bisskit and Stinky Blackshaw have completed their service in the British Army, but where to next?
Luckily, Dennis has a cunning plan.
As an avid reader of Sam Spade novels, he realises that while America appears to be teeming with Private Investigators, Dudley is expected to manage without one. Well, not anymore.
It's 1969, and man is about to set foot upon the Moon. Meanwhile, back on Earth, a masterpiece has vanished from the Birmingham Art Gallery and Museum, leaving the police baffled.
This looks like a job for Dudley's finest, Bisskit and Blackshaw Private Investigators.
Yes, the boys are back. Older but no wiser in Dennis Bisskit and the Missing Masterpiece.
Crime has never been so hilarious.
Formally, Dennis Bisskit and the Man from Paris with the Very Large Head, now re-edited and re-published
Luckily, Dennis has a cunning plan.
As an avid reader of Sam Spade novels, he realises that while America appears to be teeming with Private Investigators, Dudley is expected to manage without one. Well, not anymore.
It's 1969, and man is about to set foot upon the Moon. Meanwhile, back on Earth, a masterpiece has vanished from the Birmingham Art Gallery and Museum, leaving the police baffled.
This looks like a job for Dudley's finest, Bisskit and Blackshaw Private Investigators.
Yes, the boys are back. Older but no wiser in Dennis Bisskit and the Missing Masterpiece.
Crime has never been so hilarious.
Formally, Dennis Bisskit and the Man from Paris with the Very Large Head, now re-edited and re-published
371 pages, Paperback
Published July 26, 2024
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About the author
Stephen Ainley
12 books20 followersBorn in Birmingham, UK in 1952. Served in the British airborne in the 1970s before emigrating to Western Australia.
Now...
It’s the Winter of 1963, and Detective Inspector Jack White, with the unruly haircut and matching attitude, is battling ice, snow, and a cold-blooded killer. The Winter of ’63 is the latest standalone crime thriller from Stephen Ainley and, once again, takes the reader back to the post-war unforgettable and unforgiving East End of London.
Spike first introduced DI Jack White. It’s 1961, and London’s Aldgate is rocked by two brutal murders. Spike is a brutal crime novel set in the heart of the 1960s East End, which is still recovering from the ravages of World War Two bombings.
The author’s next crime novel was The Broken Detective, in which the DI struggles with guilt that no amount of alcohol can assuage. A young girl goes missing, and a man’s wife disappears, but Jack’s own demons won’t stop him from investigating.
The Winter of ’63 is the third Jack White novel by Stephen Ainley.
The author was born in Birmingham, UK, and served in the British Airborne in the 1970s before moving to Australia. He is currently re-editing and re-publishing the hilarious Dennis Bisskit Series, filled with family, fun, colourful characters, and disasters. Available now are The Dennis Bisskit Story and, Dennis Bissit and the Missing Masterpiece,
His first serious novel and Amazon Bestseller, Jessup, takes place in 1950 and spans the battlefields of France and Northern Africa, to the East End. Jessup is a heart-rending story of a former soldier with undiagnosed PTSD, with one last chance to turn his life around.
And now comes, The Winter of ’63. It’s the coldest winter in 200 years, so cold in London that people can skate on the river Thames. On one of the worst nights, only two men are unfortunate enough to be out on the streets in the East End, Jack White and the man he finds encased in snow and with an axe wedged in his spine. It’s the unforgettable Winter of 1963.
Join Jack White with his unruly hair and dark humour as he tries to solve these crime thrillers. There are many more to come.
Now...
It’s the Winter of 1963, and Detective Inspector Jack White, with the unruly haircut and matching attitude, is battling ice, snow, and a cold-blooded killer. The Winter of ’63 is the latest standalone crime thriller from Stephen Ainley and, once again, takes the reader back to the post-war unforgettable and unforgiving East End of London.
Spike first introduced DI Jack White. It’s 1961, and London’s Aldgate is rocked by two brutal murders. Spike is a brutal crime novel set in the heart of the 1960s East End, which is still recovering from the ravages of World War Two bombings.
The author’s next crime novel was The Broken Detective, in which the DI struggles with guilt that no amount of alcohol can assuage. A young girl goes missing, and a man’s wife disappears, but Jack’s own demons won’t stop him from investigating.
The Winter of ’63 is the third Jack White novel by Stephen Ainley.
The author was born in Birmingham, UK, and served in the British Airborne in the 1970s before moving to Australia. He is currently re-editing and re-publishing the hilarious Dennis Bisskit Series, filled with family, fun, colourful characters, and disasters. Available now are The Dennis Bisskit Story and, Dennis Bissit and the Missing Masterpiece,
His first serious novel and Amazon Bestseller, Jessup, takes place in 1950 and spans the battlefields of France and Northern Africa, to the East End. Jessup is a heart-rending story of a former soldier with undiagnosed PTSD, with one last chance to turn his life around.
And now comes, The Winter of ’63. It’s the coldest winter in 200 years, so cold in London that people can skate on the river Thames. On one of the worst nights, only two men are unfortunate enough to be out on the streets in the East End, Jack White and the man he finds encased in snow and with an axe wedged in his spine. It’s the unforgettable Winter of 1963.
Join Jack White with his unruly hair and dark humour as he tries to solve these crime thrillers. There are many more to come.
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October 4, 2024
Dennis is an accident waiting to happen. Chaos in trousers. Usually. He has an eccentric take on life and as he stumbles his way through, he goes from one disaster to another. At first the reader may think that he is just a bit dense but then the story really winds up and there were some laugh out loud moments of sheer madness that compensated for the slower bits of the book.
Dennis and his best friend Stinky are now PI’s. At least that is what their cards say but they are still waiting for some jobs. Even the ones that they are able to procure are hardly earth shattering and often end badly. So why would they become obsessed with the theft of a Picasso from a local museum. The picture has just disappeared and the police have no idea where to look. This is where Dennis and Stinky prove there may be more to them than meets the eye. Doggedly they pursue the truth. Naturally, there are the expected wrong turns and close calls but ultimately they put the pieces together and not only earn the reward but more clients than they can handle. The sad sack wins the day and the reader has to cheer.
Four purrs and two paws up.
Dennis and his best friend Stinky are now PI’s. At least that is what their cards say but they are still waiting for some jobs. Even the ones that they are able to procure are hardly earth shattering and often end badly. So why would they become obsessed with the theft of a Picasso from a local museum. The picture has just disappeared and the police have no idea where to look. This is where Dennis and Stinky prove there may be more to them than meets the eye. Doggedly they pursue the truth. Naturally, there are the expected wrong turns and close calls but ultimately they put the pieces together and not only earn the reward but more clients than they can handle. The sad sack wins the day and the reader has to cheer.
Four purrs and two paws up.
September 11, 2024
1969 was more than just a serious year. It was Peter Sellers, Alan Arkin, Gene Wilder, John Cleese, and Mel Brooks. What hilarious fun! It's also the time of Dennis Bisskit and Stinky Blackshaw who are out of the army and trying to make money doing PI work and doing verbal pratfalls instead. Satire or farce you decide, I'm too busy laughing my sox off!
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