Mignon Warner

This is it, payback, and Johnnie "the Boot" Swann, boss of the East End Swann gang, has a master plan for taking out his rivals, the Beaney brothers and with them, Star Cleary, and it isn't going to be with all guns blazing. It all looks good for Johnnie, but then what goes round, comes round. Johnnie would have done well to remember this and been ready to expect the unexpected. No one could say he wasn't warned.The story of the Nine-to-Five Shelter continues in BAD book #4, scheduled to be published in 2016. The unexpected for Johnnie doesn't end with BAD FELLAS. And he isn't the only one to be caught up in what is to come. It is a bolt from the blue, and something neither he nor the Beaney brothers and in particular, Star Cleary, would have ever considered possible.

Emma Parson's invitation to thoroughly spoilt Willow Darling's birthday party was very specific. DRESS FORMAL Emma has only one problem with this, and it's a big one. Her mother cannot afford to buy her the dress she has set her heart on. With only four days to go before the party, Emma has to act fast.Somehow she has to find the money she needs.Emma has no option, she has to get a job, and the Wanted Urgently Situations Vacant card in a newsagent's window is the answer to her predicament. Fortunately, she has the required qualifications for walking a much-loved pet dog named Algernon and, after giving it much thought, she makes this absolutely clear when she sits down and composes the reference she must supply.Emma finds herself in a very sticky situation when she attends her job interview with Algernon's three owners at their very strange cottage in Witchypool Lane. The first obstacle she has to overcome is Algernon. He isn't a pet dog. The second, his owners - three, even stranger, very old ladies - are witches, who don't like children and can't be trusted.EMMA IS WARNED.BEWARE, TAKE CARE Emma Parson's invitation to thoroughly spoilt Willow Darling's birthday party was very specific. DRESS FORMAL Emma has only one problem with this, and it's a big one. Her mother cannot afford to buy her the dress she has set her heart on. With only four days to go before the party, Emma has to act fast. Somehow she has to find the money she needs.Emma has no option, she has to get a job, and the Wanted Urgently Situations Vacant card in a newsagent's window is the answer to her predicament. Fortunately, she has the required qualifications for walking a much-loved pet dog named Algernon and, after giving it much thought, she makes this absolutely clear when she sits down and composes the reference she must supply.Emma finds herself in a very sticky situation when she attends her job interview with Algernon's three owners at their very strange cottage in Witchypool Lane. The first obstacle she has to overcome is Algernon. He isn't a pet dog. The second, his owners - three, even stranger, very old ladies - are witches, who don't like children and can't be trusted.EMMA IS WARNED.BEWARE, TAKE CARE

GONE BAD continues the story from BAD APPLE, an East End gangster thriller, of Star Cleary, Mary, who manages the Nine-to-Five Shelter with Star's help, and the gang war between the Beaneys, who are rumoured to finance the shelter, and the Swann gang... A war that escalates out of control with devastating consequences for all concerned. Star Cleary's life, following the death of her beloved father, becomes a nightmare. As far as the police are concerned, she is still in the frame for the murder of Lily Henderson, and worse is to come. She is being blackmailed by Shaun Sawle, the contact man who set up the Henderson hit. Sawle has arranged another hit. Big money is at stake and Star finds herself with no alternative but to take on the contract. Further pressure is brought to bear on Star by her selfishly self-centred mother, Stephanie, this time in the form of emotional blackmail. Be careful what you wish for, it is said. Vicky Swann and her daughter, Libby, don't just make the mistake of wishing for something, they take the steps necessary to ensure that they get it by arranging for Johnnie "the Boot" Swann, to be murdered while he and Vicky are on their honeymoon in the Caribbean. Libby Swann takes over the Swann gang from her father, and then sets about making a catalogue of mistakes, not least of which is thinking that she is Krait Beaney's equal and that by bringing pressure to bear, he will agree to a merger between the two gangs. The East End Nine-to-Five Shelter story isn't going to end there. There will be more to come of the shelter, Star and the detective from the Met, who loves her and tries to protect her, and the ever-increasing hostilities between the Beaney and Swann gangs. It is going to get messy