Kingston Bridge
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Elvis - The Sani Man, is a dark, dangerous and often violent journey through the murky streets of Glasgow and is interspersed with black humour, whilst introducing the reader to Glasgow's illicit underworld of back-street meat traders in the mid-nineteen-seventies.
Ian Todd once again reacquaints the reader with some familiar faces from previous Glasgow Chronicles books, whilst introducing a whole new batch of the craziest and wackiest characters that were ever launched out of the Rottenrow delivery room back in the day.
One Hundred And Twelve Days is the ninth book in The Glasgow Chronicles series and is also available on Amazon:
Two gangsters and three police officers appear in court and are placed on remand to Glasgow’s grim Barlinnie Prison for one hundred and twelve days. All have been charged with various crimes, including corruption and murder.
It isn’t long before well-known gangsters start to turn up dead, whilst others suddenly disappear into thin air.
Elsewhere in the city, off the radar, an off-duty police inspector has been charged with the suspicious death of his wife, in what the authorities believe is just another domestic dispute that took a tragic turn. But was it murder?
Meanwhile, a small group of senior police officers have been meeting to prevent developments spiraling out of control, whilst they try to figure out exactly what’s going on.
Across the city, those in the know, including The Mankys, are either running for cover or sitting waiting, deciding if the time is right to make a move.
Ian Todd’s latest novel, One Hundred And Twelve Days, is a gritty crime thriller, set in Glasgow in 1975 and follows on from his previous eight books in The Glasgow Chronicle series, in this violent, dark tale of power and corruption, on the streets of the mankiest city of the empire.
Kingston Bridge is the tenth book in The Glasgow Chronicles series and is also available on Amazon:
With only a month to go before two of the most controversial murder trials in living memory begin at Glasgow's grim High Court, down in the Saltmarket, Wan-bob Broon continues to spin his dangerous spider's web across the city from his cell in Barlinnie Prison, in an attempt to influence and control the verdicts.
The question on the lips of those in the know is whether Wan-bob Broon is the only shark that's entered the murky waters amongst the shadows of the River Clyde, which snakes its way between the territories of two of Glasgow's most feared organised gangs.
As chaos reigns within the city’s police force and revelations explode from the typewriter of Glasgow's newest award-winning young journalist, Pearl Campbell, the race is on between the underworld, the police and the procurator fiscal's service, to see who can control and influence her for their own ends.
Meanwhile, The Mankys, one of the up-and-coming wee criminal teams in the toon, are desperately searching to find a way of keeping their heads down and intact, whilst they plan a comeback on those responsible for wiping out two of their members. However, like everything else in the mankiest city of the empire, things don't always work out the way they want them to.
If dodgy crackpot characters and the art of the double cross are up your street, then Ian Todd's new street thriller, Kingston Bridge, is sure to whet your appetite and more.
Ledmore Junction is the eleventh book in The Glasgow Chronicles series and is also available on Amazon:
A young couple escape Glasgow to start a new life on a remote croft in beautiful North West Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands. One is a district nurse and the other a budding author, attempting to reinvent themselves amongst the stunning scenery of Achmelvich Beach and Vestey’s Bay.
In their wake, the police in the second city of the empire are still trying to come to terms with the carnage of gangland violence that suddenly spiralled out of control after two of Glasgow’s most notorious gangsters, were assassinated eating breakfast in one of the city’s cafes.
Whilst the couple settle into their idyllic paradise, it’s not long before strange, unexplained events start to occur that leads Johnboy Taylor to suspect that they may be being targeted.
Everything seemed to be going to plan, until a strange bird of omen appears out of nowhere and takes up residence on their shed roof. Senga Jackson believes that it’s the same bird that has been following her around the remote district as she attends to her patients.
Whilst Johnboy suspects he has the answer to the bird’s sudden appearance, life at Little Vestey’s Croft starts to become complicated and relations strained, as the impending showdown between two unholy factions looms, threatening a love that has endured many turbulent trials and tribulations in the past.
Ian Todd’s latest novel in The Glasgow Chronicles series once again brings together a mad mix of past and present antagonists that threaten to break apart a young couple in search of paradise. Is this a new beginning for them or the end of a beautiful relationship?