Screwed

by craig lowndes

Prison Officer Ian ‘Gilly’ Gilmore is an ordinary man with an ordinary life. That was until a chance encounter with a sultry blond in a local bar took his life in a whole new direction. Seduced by a lifestyle of champagne, VIP bars and exclusive parties, Officer Gilmore soon finds himself in the unenviable position of having to do ‘favours for favours’. His newly adopted nickname of Razor couldn’t be further from how Gilly feels as his life spirals out of control and into the murky world of drugs, corruption and murder. How long will it be before the jailer becomes the captive?

420 pages, Paperback

Published December 11, 2017

About the author

Craig Duncan Lowndes was born in May 1976 in Staffordshire. By the time he was twenty-nine, Craig had made his first million and retired to a life of sun, sea and sangria on the island of Tenerife; Seven years later, due to some disastrous investments, poor life decisions and the Spanish property crash - all of his hard-earned money was gone. Cunningly, he used his knowledge and business acumen to make money through illegal means.
Unfortunately, Craig’s luck ran out in 2014 when he was sentenced to a four-year prison sentence for masterminding a £1.8 million VAT fraud; he served the first six months of his sentence in HMP Doncaster, where he recorded the day-to-day life of a first-time prisoner.
‘Doncatraz- A Prison Diary’ - Craig’s first success at writing, which was published in 2016, while he was still serving the remainder of his sentence in HMP Sudbury.
Remorseful of his actions in what he refers to as his former life, now Craig works as a full-time plumber but still manages to put time aside for writing. After a huge amount of success, with the prison diary – which sold in its thousands - Craig tried his hand at crime fiction. He used his criminal experiences along with some of the characters he encountered in prison as inspiration for his books. Craig’s first fiction book ‘Screwed’ was published in 2017 with the prequel ‘Vodka And Tonic’ scheduled for November 2018. Craig uses ‘being there, seeing it and doing it’ to inspire his works of fiction

Reviews

[Tammie · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fast slippery slope

What a book. This has everything you want to keep you gripped and turning the pages.
Martin is a prison officer who does his job goes home after it and is happy , that is until a striking blonde catches his eye and turns his head, his usual day to day life suddenly becomes fast paced and on a slippery slope.

[Amy Millward · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book. Took me about 6 chapters to get into, but then I couldn't put it down. It seems pretty clear that the author writes from a certain amount of experience. Can't wait to read the next one.

[Tracy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not my usual genre but I really enjoyed Screwed. Great characters, pace of the story was just right. Interesting storyline

[Allison johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant

Another absolutely brilliant read by the author ..if you haven't read any of his books before..Do! You won't be disappointed

[annette howell · Rating 5 out of 5]

enthralling

I loved this book, all the conniving and grittiness.
The characters were well portrayed too, it had me enthralled all the way through.