Bøger af Tim Battersby

The Richard Madigan Affair is the story of a young investigative journalist, Jamie Stroud who has been assigned to write a piece on a local Chicago businessman who had been accused of inappropriate behavior with a school board member. As she begins her investigation murky details start to emerge about his life. Upon further investigation, this self-professed family values man appears to be heavily involved with less than savory characters including members of the Russian Mafia. The article she is writing becomes a 6 part series called Betrayal and tells the story of a man lured by greed, into the depraved world of murder, drugs, kidnap, corruption and money laundering.

Paperback Writer is a collection of 9 short stories, one of which is the story of my mother who in her early life was a ballerina with the Rambert Ballet Company and who when World War 2 broke out in 1939 became a Freedom Fighter in France working with the brave men and women of the french resistance. Available on Audible1) Precious Friend. The story of the life of an 80 lb brown lab called John Lennon living with a Yuppie family in Arlington Virginia. John during his life gets up to all sorts of wild pranks.2) The Ballerina. Annamarie became an orphan at 2 years old and Ballet became her life, until World War II when she became a freedom fighter with the resistance3) Windsor Square. Young Trevor Langdon discovers he can travel through time.4) The Paperback Writer. Ciaran Reilly, a writer gets caught up in the murder of his parents which he attempts to solve.5) Set the Table. 5 poems. Set the Table examines all the loved ones that families have lost this year because of Covid.6) Murder for Hire. A good old-fashioned whodunnit murder mystery that'll keep you on the edge of your seats. 7) A Wonderful World. Tim's musical background comes into play in this entertaining nonsense story that links famous songs to form a cohesive if somewhat odd storyline. 8) Laugh On. Comedy is the genius of comedians like Robin Williams, John Cleese, Monty Python's Flying Circus Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Rowan Atkinson, Eric Sykes, Lucille Ball, Ruth Buzzi, Rodney Dangerfield and Rowan, and Martin's Laugh-in and of course Tommy Cooper and so many many more. This is their tribute9) The Satchel. Joe Wilson is an ordinary bloke. He drives a double-decker bus for a living after he returned from active duty as a sniper in Afghanistan. One day while checking his bus at the end of his shift, he discovers a satchel full of money that was left by mistake. Being an honest bloke he intends to turn it in but before he can he is burglarised by drug dealers looking for their money. How do they know where Joe lives? The Satchel is a compelling mystery that will keep you guessing right until the end.

The Newspaper Chronicles is the story of a young investigative journalist assigned to write an article about a local Chicago businessman who was accused of consorting with prostitutes. As she investigates the case, murky details are revealed about the businessman that lead her to discover this 'family values' man is heavily involved with the Russian Mafia. Her article a 6 episode series called Betrayal tells the story of a man lured by greed into the depraved world of murder, drugs, kidnapping, corruption, extortion, bribery, money laundering and racketeering.