There is a name for someone who's involved in murder, bribery,
corruption and fortune - Dan Starkey
Dan Starkey - international man of inaction - rides again.
How far can he fall this time?
Ex-journalist Dan Starkey is stuck in a grimy Belfast bedsit.
His life is a disaster, and his only solace is the pub round
the corner (and the last can in his hand). He needs to get
out more particularly since the sessions at Relate with his
wife Patricia have been cancelled and she's hooked up with
new man Clive. He really, really needs something to get his
teeth into.
Fellow ex-journalist Mark Corkery provides that something.
Corkery, whose secret persona is The Horse Whisperer, an internet
horse-racing gossip, wants him to investigate Geordie McClean,
the man behind Irish American Racing. Simple enough for a
man with Dan's experience, surely? But Trouble is Dan's middle
name. And trouble is what he finds.
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Ivan Connor’s publisher has just turned down his wonderful
new novel, CHAPTER AND VERSE. His agent is out of ideas, and
the only person to turn up at his latest reading is his mum.
He’s desperately jealous of the marketable Francesa
Brady, a hugely successful author of fat romantic books for
fat romantic people, whose expansive hair and bright red lipstick
attack him from posters everywhere he goes. He’s also
living at home since his marriage broke up, and his ex-wife
is furious that he collected the wrong child from school.
But Connor has a brilliant idea. He’s going to beat
Francesca at her own game. All he needs is the right woman
to play the part. And ‘April May’ is perfect.
The media will adore the stunning calender girl. No one will
guess she’s actually all wig and make-up, and on the
run from prison…
