For struggling author Billy Dye, ghost writing the memoirs of Manchester gangster Malcolm Priest seems like a great way to make a quick buck, but when Priest tires of the wry writer he hires a vicious hitman to take him out. When the assassin--named Rawhead--turns out to be a schoolfriend he hasn't seen in years, Billy's life is spared and the killer vows to protect him. As the tension mounts and the bodies pile up, Billy discovers that his friend is a terrifying psychopath who will stop at nothing to defend him. And when Rawhead takes an interest in Billy's career, no one--not even in the publishing world--is safe.
Violent, fast-paced and hilarious, the novel builds to a stunning climax that will jolt the most jaded suspense reader and leave them breathless.

The Death You Deserve: A Novel

Humor & Entertainment

Bowker, David

Humor

Minotaur Books

Manchester, England. Death stalks these streets in the form of a hired killer named Rawhead--a shadowy yet powerful figure desperate to control a ruthless mob family called The Priesthood. He will stop at nothing to invade their inner sanctum. Author Billy Dye has finally found success after years of struggle. But now Rawhead, his childhood friend turned maniacal assassin, has reentered his life and involved him in a plot to take over The Priesthood and wrest control of the Manchester underworld. Nobody is safe in this action-packed, violent, and often hilarious crime novel. David Bowker is the new voice of British crime and the most original author to burst on the scene in years.

I Love My Smith and Wesson: A Novel (Rawhead Series)

Literature & Fiction

St. Martin's: Griffin

Mark is a mild-mannered twenty-three-year-old bookseller who makes endless lists about stupid things. His life changes when he reestablishes contact with his old girlfriend, Caro. At seventeen, Caro was an implausibly sexy, promiscuous, druggy big-mouth. Six years later, she's exactly the same and Mark falls in love with her all over again. Caro, who has nothing but contempt for Mark's list and his choirboy attitude, asks him to prove his love by giving him a list of her own: a list of people she wants him to kill for her. As things begin to spiral out of control and the bodies pile up, Mark himself becomes a target and realizes that to survive, he needs to be as ruthless and decisive as his enemy. Violent, edgy and with a wicked sense of humor, How to Be Bad establishes David Bowker as one of the premier crime writers working today.

How to Be Bad: A Novel

History & Criticism

Struggling author Billy Dye agrees to ghost the memoirs of Manchester gangster Malcolm Priest. But Priest soon wearies of Billy's big mouth and hires his best hitman to take the writer out. The assassin, Rawhead, turns out to be a schoolfriend Billy hasn't seen for twenty years, so he spares Billy's life and hides him away in an old dark house. After Priest learns that Billy is still alive, he lays a trap for Rawhead. As the violence escalates, Billy discovers that his old friend is a terrifying psychopath who will literally stop at nothing to protect him. And when Rawhead takes an interest in Billy's career, no one - not even in the publishing world - is safe . . . 'A very funny book . . . I loved it.' Independent on Sunday

Rawhead

Pan/Macmillan

Fast Lane Student Book A Skill Based Intensive Course (1999 publication)

EDITORIAL MACMILLAN DE MEXICO S.A.DE C.V

The Death Prayer: The York Mysteries

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Gallopade Intl

The Butcher of Glastonbury

Gollancz

Award-winning writer Guy Lockheart has a column in "Woman of Today" which has made him the agony aunt of thousands of readers of both sexes. The public Guy is a New Man, but the private Guy is just as confused as everybody else. This humorous novel uncovers the problems of men and women today.

The Secret Sexist

Victor Gollancz

The Death Prayer

Vista

In her Glastonbury home, a 13-year-old girl discovers the brutally murdered bodies of her family. Chief Superintendant Laverne and DI Savage find their efforts to solve the murder hampered by the obstructive behaviour of their hosts. Meanwhile, a second family is slaughtered.

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