Stone Ginger: An Original Short Story

by Tony Black

When Charlie 'Minty' Lamb meets the gorgeous Ginger down the local boozer he thinks all his Christmases have come at once. Even the boys on the back-shift can't believe his luck, that is until one or two start to notice that Ginger might be something other than she appears. Soon Minty's questioning himself, and everyone else, with good reason. A fast-paced noir short for fans of the classic London crime caper.

14 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2015

About the author

Tony Black is the author of more than 20 books, most recently Her Cold Eyes. He has been nominated for eight CWA Daggers and was runner up in The Guardian's Not the Booker prize for The Last Tiger.

He has written three crime series, a number of crime novellas and two collections of short stories. His acclaimed author interviews series was collected under the title, Hard Truths.

His novella, The Ringer, was adapted for the stage and the Ayr Gaiety performance can be found on YouTube.

A former Young Journalist of the Year, he still writes for the press regularly.

For more information, and the latest news visit his website at: www.tonyblack.net or his blog: www.pulppusher.blogspot.com or find him on Facebook, Twitter or Linked-In.

Reviews

[Kally Sheng · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not my cup of tea

The story is OK but don’t like the language, it’s too coarse, perhaps one could argue that it’s necessary and well suited to the context, still...

[David Gilchrist · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really enjoyable short story, an honey trap. Well written and keeps your interest until the end, the end was a bit of a twist in the tail.