Tangled Webs

by Peter Harrison

Overview

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, Joe Keaton, discovers the captive boy and foils the plot. Young Joe is instrumental in jailing Greg Tully and his accomplice, Nathan Scott.
Years later Joe starts work at the local colliery. After witnessing a horrific accident he resigns his job at the mine and finds work on a building-site. Meanwhile Greg Tully secures an early release from prison and, persuaded to join old rivals, kick-starts his life of crime. A robbery is planned. A huge building site is targeted. Fate sees Joe Keaton and his friends in the wrong place at the wrong time. They are captured by the crooks. When the conscious-stricken Tully recognises young Joe he releases the youth, contacts Middlesbrough police and runs for cover.
When the Boro constabulary fail to appear, Tully discovers corruption at the highest level. He contacts the Durham Force. His garbled telephone-call, cut short when he is shot, causes mayhem amongst police force and the criminal fraternity.
Pandemonium ensues when cops and crooks start their own investigations. A can of worms is unearthed that changes lives forever.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940046349030
Publisher:	Barny Books
Publication date:	10/15/2014
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	536 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Peter Harrison was born on 8 November 1946, left school at 15 and worked at the local colliery Easington).
At 18 Peter was living in Southhall, West London working in a tyre warehouse (offshoot of Firestone) general warehouse work, forklift driver etc. He then returned to the North East and worked at the local Water Company.
It was there (middle of winter, digging ditches in the snow) when an old school friend of Peter’s drove past bipping his horn and waving at him. He was driving a Mercedes! Peter had helped this same lad at school (he was a bit slow). It got Peter thinking ... "I'm digging holes in the snow; he's driving a posh car."
Peter was in his twenties and going nowhere. He started studying (didn't tell anyone because he thought he would have been laughed at.) A year later he scrapped 3 O levels. The next year, another 3. Peter was lucky to be accepted on a three year course at Durham.
While he was studying to be a teacher he took A levels. When he finally started teaching he took a BSc part time, followed by a MA, Peter ended his days as a Head of Dept, at Shotton Hall Comp School.
In the meantime he decided to spread his wings and brought a fish and chip shop ... He did rather well, 10 years later he had 6 shops.
Peter always wanted to write (so much to write about) ... he left home at 16, had several years in different lodging houses ... many different jobs ... had met so many people and so had lots of material.
Peter describes himself as a wild young man ... By 14 he was covered in tattoos from his finger tips to his chest. Months before starting collage he had 3 operations on his fingers and hands to get rid of the tattoos.Whilst teaching he had worn an adapted armband around his wrists to hide the tattoos on his arms.
Peter has two daughters and two ex wives. He lives in a one bed flat in Wingate. He owns numerous properties as he says "I'm a land lord ...I'm a happy chappy. "