Barny Books: 15 books

These memories were collected in the 1980s when Molly Burkett interviewed men who had been involved in the Second World War and decided their stories should be preserved for future generations to hear exactly as it was in the war and what they went through. A book was produced at the time and...

Fly-tippers cause havoc when they dump toxic waste on an unsupervised land-fill next to the old farm. Creatures start dropping like flies as the poison spreads. Animal meetings are held and the word goes out; Fly, walk, waddle, but take the next bus out.Myrtle Mouse and her surviving kid brother,...

When it is discovered that nineteen year old John Briggs, a married man with two young children, has seduced his thirteen-year old babysitter he is locked up for one year in a Young Offender’s Institution. His reputation forever tarnished because of the incident, and after a savage assault by a...

Late fifties, North-East England, and chaos in the Connelly Family as womanising husband, George, throws in the towel, abandons wife and children and disappears into darkest Yorkshire with his newest love. Vera Connelly, feisty and temperamental, reluctantly vacates her colliery home, moves herself...

This ebook is based on the original paperback but has been put back to the 1960s and amended slightly.The year is 1960. The Hill Family: Adam, Rebecca and son Charlie are all battling their own private demons; surviving - existing - in the wild and wonderful North-East of England.Rebecca,...

It’s midnight and security guard Shaun Wynn is having a well-earned break from his duties. On permanent nights at the local factory, the last thing he expects to hear is a distant cry for help from a frantic female. More through luck than good judgement Shaun manages to rescue the gorgeous Chantelle...

Touching sixty, with little money and even less pride, Patrick, brother of the late, infamous Michael Awkwright, leads a miserable existence fetching and carrying for his grouchy, pining sister-in-law.Fate suddenly points a Lotto finger at the old man when a bag of cocaine lands on his proverbial...

He was the biggest star on television. From a small, walk-on part in Emmerdale, the charismatic Levi James soon headlines Eastenders as bad boy Wayne Gibson. Some years later the ex-amateur boxer is lured to I.T.V. where his portrayal of Lothario Jake Thackeray adds a million viewers to the ailing...

Set in the North East in the early Eighties. Jackie 'Hovis' Brown is clinging to the gutter of life. A bully and an enforcer, he was imprisoned for blindly obeying the woman he loved, then set free to slide into a life of crime, longing to find a true love. His past looks like catching up to him and dragging him down but a twist of fate may yet lead him out the other side.

After a decade in prison, triple-killer Emanuel black is finally freed to resume a normal life. Within days of his release his ex-love - stripper and good-time girl, Melody Campion, is murdered. all fingers point to the ex-con. when the murder weapon is found the police start the search for a disgraced...

Samuel and Kieran O’Hara are brothers; the pair intelligent and strong-willed. Twins, although you would never know it. Samuel is tall and rangy with sharp, alert features. Kieran suffers from achondroplasia and has a typical dwarfs` features: he is short and dumpy with a jowly countenance and wispy,...

Late fifties. North-East hoodlum, Greg Tully, recently chased from of Middlesbrough by a rival mob, heads north where he raids a local businessman. Realising the true wealth of the family, the roly-poly criminal kidnaps the son and demands a ransom. Through fate and good fortune a tenacious youngster,...

King Coal was a world famous four-piece sixties rock band. Between the years 1960 and 1962 the group reigned supreme. The band hit the top spot twice in the U.K. and the U.S.A. With millions of records sold, worldwide adulation and respect from fans and industry alike, the boys from the North-East...

On the way to a new job as an engineer in Somalia, one doesn’t really expect to get kidnapped, especially when being accompanied by one’s wife!Although I had been trained as an agent I had never really utilised my skills in this area but now, separated within two complexes in the middle of the...