Empire Publications: 174 books

Prison Officer Joan lives with her cantankerous mother, has a dormant love life and low self-esteem. Her colleague and best friend Trevor is a middle aged man whose face would best be described as 'lived in' - he hasn't had a leg over in years.Katrina and Cath share a cell at Maple Prison. When Cath's...

Canon Brendan O Farrell of Holy Saints Catholic Church, Salford, is nearing retirement when a series of gruesome murders takes place among his congregation. In this the second of David Menon's DCI Sara Hoyland mysteries, the detective finds that the trail of clues leads to questions that may be a little too close to home.

MORRISSEY IS A CULT FIGURE. But what drives his fans’ devotion? What makes them trek halfway round the world to catch his shows in the US or South Americawhen he is playing in their city a few months later? Why do they fi ght over pieces of his shirt, thrown each night into the crowd?Is this healthy?...

Caroline Burch experienced every parent's worst nightmare when her son Elliot was diagnosed with cancer aged just six months old. To document her experiences she kept a diary detailing the ups and downs of her son's treatment and the emotional anguish of their situation from diagnosis to remission.Ten...

Within living memory, Manchester United have won every major honour available - yet for many supporters of a certain vintage their favourite season of all was spent not battling for top honours but in the second fl ight of English football. Following a spectacular decline following the break-up of the...

THE 1995-96 SEASON was one of the most remarkable in recent memory.On the eve of Euro '96, it provided one of the most memorable title races English football has ever seen and a Cup Final more memorable for the attire of one of the teams than the match itself. It seems a strange land now as British players...

When Manchester United were relegated in 1974, just six years after winning the European Cup, it was front page news. How could such a thing happen to the biggest club in Britain? Such a scenario would be even more unthinkable today than Leicester City winning the league.The story is one of the most...

Michael Gomez was a talented featherweight with the world at his feet but his meteoric rise was derailed by his activities outside the ring. Yet he was lucky to be alive at all; born in a car crash into a penniless Irish traveller family, every day was a fight for survival. Then, when he discovered an...

For almost 25 years, Tony Sullivan has been a member of some of the most violent gangs following Manchester City. He has also toured Britain and Europe as a professional 'grafter'. Sullivan ran with the Mayne Line Motorway Service Crew in the early 80s. Here he details how they gained a fearsome reputation...

BILLY MEREDITH was one of football’s most extraordinary and controversial characters. Ninety years after his last match, his name is still one of soccer’s most famous. Born at Chirk, Denbighshire, in 1874, Meredith began work as a coal-miner when he was just twelve before his breathtaking soccer...

We accompany an awestruck, seven year-old Salford boy at his first game in 1966 watching Best, Law and Charlton in their pomp, through relegation, raucous away days and foreign adventures. There’s bucketloads of beer, banter . . . and Barcelona’s Nou Camp for the greatest night of all! The cast...

My Black Master - Part One : Meet Me At Midnight... Cynthia Crenshaw is 32 and married to wealthy but boring Colin. When her job as a fashion magazine writer leads her to Kyle Benson, a charismatic black model, her world turns upside down. His powerful personality soon overwhelms her and she...

Cynthia Crenshaw is 32 and married to wealthy but boring Colin. When her job as a fashion magazine writer leads her to Kyle Benson, a charismatic black model, her world turns upside down. His powerful personality soon overwhelms her and she turns from a faithful wife into Kyle's whore, prepared to do anything her black master requires....explicit sexual scenes.

Jacqui Dawson had been best friends with Nina since their college days, and now Jacqui found herself getting divorced as Nina enjoyed an idyllic family life with her husband and son.When Nina goes away with her husband on business for the summer, Jacqui decides it's time to get to know Nina's son...