Dj Bennett: 7 books
Hamelin's Child
Hamelin's Child, #1
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2016
Michael Redford died on his seventeenth birthday – the night Eddie picked him up off the street, shot him full of heroin and assaulted him.
Now he’s Mikey and he works for Joss. With streaked blond hair and a cute smile, he sleeps by day and services clients at night. Sometimes he remembers...
Rat's Tale
Hamelin's Child, #4
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2016
Lenny’s turned his back on the past. In return for police protection and a lighter sentence, he’s grassed up his old gangland boss and he’s hoping that eventually he’ll be free to start a new life with Amanda.
But the past isn’t giving up on him yet. New man on the block Mick Carlotti...
Calling the Tune
Hamelin's Child, #3
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2016
It’s Eddie’s trial and Michael is reliving things he’d much rather forget. Giving evidence means he can’t hide, and there are still people looking for him and old debts to be repaid.
A year of counselling isn’t enough. Face to face with the man who raped him, Michael can’t deal...
Rat Run
Hamelin's Child, #6
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2016
Lenny’s been released early from prison. He’s got a normal and boring job, and he’s living a normal and boring life in a small flat in Liverpool. But Lenny’s never done normal. Or boring. Everything comes with a price and the local cops have already been in touch, expecting him to provide...
Paying the Piper
Hamelin's Child, #2
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2016
Michael is piecing his life back together after his time spent as a rent boy. But it's hard and although he's been clean of drugs for months, the nightmares are still too real and he can't come to terms with Lee's death and Eddie's impending trial.
Sometimes other people's troubles can seem...
Ratline
Hamelin's Child, #5
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2016
The DI handling Lenny’s trial seems to think he can control the rest of Lenny’s life too. He’s made him an offer – help the police pull in one of London’s biggest criminals and there might be a way to stay out of prison.
Lenny knows that going after Jackson isn’t going to be easy....
by Nicholas Royle, Claire-Louise Bennett, Neil Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
The nation’s favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its sixth year.
Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British...