Kirjahaku

This collection brings together poems from all the corners of Keith Armstrong's imagination.

Veteran SAS soldier Doug McGee, was on sick leave, convalescing after receiving serious injuries when his parachute failed to open fully, on a recent exercise. He is asked by his commanding officer, to return to active duty urgently, after the British authorities become aware of a plot to mount a military coup in Africa, with use of nuclear and chemical weapons.An arms-dealing company based in Pakistan, are orchestrating the planned coup, after reaching an agreement with a deposed former leader, to supply mercenaries and these deadly weapons. Their aim is to overthrow the government of Zambatu and restore the previous head of state to power.McGee is asked to organize a crack team of SAS operatives and devise a plan to prevent this from happening. They travel out to Africa to take on these mercenaries, however things do not go entirely as they had planned. A fast moving action-packed situation develops, as they hunt the plotters from country to country throughout southern Africa. The terrorists leave a trail of death and destruction behind them as they try to elude the SAS in this roller coaster adventure.

Beautiful socialite Megan, daughter of Colonel Roderick Offington-Smythe, wanted to marry a cabinet-maker, but her father had serious doubts about this union, he felt she was marrying beneath her station. As usual, she got her way in the end and they were married in extravagant fashion at her family seat, Wigglesworth Manor, the event was the highlight of the social calendar.However, after a couple of years Megan got bored with married life, and started a string of extra marital affairs, bed hopping from one conquest to another.When one by one, her former lovers are found murdered in brutal and bizarre ways her husband Luke is the prime suspect. Was he really responsible for the killings?Find out in this story of deceit, infidelity, murder and mayhem carried out in an atmosphere of police harassment, corruption and incompetence.

When a Conservative politician has his life savings stolen as a result of the so-called 419 scam emanating from Nigeria, Doug McGee, a former SAS Commander, is sent to Africa by the British Government. His mission, to find the culprits behind this and numerous other frauds, that are relieving people of their hard earned cash. The main suspect called, Mohamed Elsessi, is a hardened criminal. When he realises he's under investigation, he goes on the rampage in a vicious campaign that involveskidnapping and murder, before he is finally tracked down and stopped.

Get a Proper Job is the story of a standup comedian touring the clubs in Northern England. When several vocalists are murdered he is taken in for questioning when it becomes apparent they all appeared on the same bill as him. The police are convinced he is responsible when they discover this connection and when more vocalists are murdered he becomes the number one suspect as the serial killer. Despite his denial that he had anything to do with these terrible crimes, the police continue their harassment of him, determined to find the evidence they need to convict him. A roller coaster ride follows as he tries to prove his innocence in a backdrop of laughter, murder, drugs and police incompetence. He suffers a huge personal tragedy whilst he battles a police vendetta as the fast moving action moves from England to Ireland.