Along with her mother Bonnie, little Maggie McKay migrated from Glasgow to London in the summer of 1972. It was a very reluctant move by her mother but she was forced to join Maggie's father after borrowing more money from friends and family than she could ever realistically pay back. Brice McKay had been in the city for just over a year after being made redundant in his native Glasgow. It hadn't taken him long to gain employment with the Pimms crime firm who worked out of an old railway arch on Pinchin Street in Whitechapel. Brice wasn't a natural fighter, yes he was more than able to take care of himself but the one thing that put him aside from the rest was his business aptitude and that ability saw him rapidly rise through the ranks to become Harry Pimms' second in command and natural successor. From the tender age of just five years old Maggie had spent time at the arches and had become accustomed to the hard-nosed gangsters that always had a willing smile and a bag of sweets for the boss's little girl. The years passed swiftly by and with her father's decline in health, she was almost running the firm and would indeed take over completely by her early thirties. Maggie was a hard boss, violence didn't bother her in the least as long as she wasn't on the receiving end and she had the same business aptitude as her father but that was where any similarity ended. Brice had made a good living for himself and his men but had continued in the usual illegal trades of prostitution, pornography, loan sharking and robberies. He had been happy with the money the firm brought in but when his daughter took charge, things began to change, greed was an understatement as far as Maggie was concerned and there wasn't anything she wouldn't undertake to see her coffers swell even further. When she began to trade in the unthinkable it caused people in the capital to live in constant fear and the Metropolitan Police to launch a task force to solve these horrendous crimes. How long would it take? Could Maggie get away with the truly unthinkable or would she be brought to justice?'Greed' is the harrowing account of one evil woman's hideous slide into complete and utter depravation and murder.

Greed!

At a young age, Samantha Whitman is left all alone in the world. Securing lodgings at the home of Doris Franklin, former mistress of the late notorious gangster Archie Miller, Sammy slowly starts to enjoy life again. After a chance meeting, she is swept off of her feet by a handsome stranger and is totally taken in by his charm. A whirlwind romance ensues and through no real fault of her own and only due to her desperate need to be loved, Samantha soon finds herself a prisoner in a brutal, loveless marriage. Like so many before her, she hides it well from those she has regular contact with and to most on the outside world, she is happy and content. Suffering in silence for several years at the hands of her sadistic husband Gerry, Sammy always has a smile and painstakingly conceals the cuts and bruises. Told many times, that if she ever tries to leaves he will kill her, Sammy is broken and scared. Finally, she realises that things have to change or she will inevitably die. Now Sammy faces a dilemma in the choice she has to make, does she walk away and spend the rest of her life looking over her shoulder or take the law into her own hands? Finally, she realises that things have to change or she will inevitably die.

Bodily Harm

Psychopaths are arrogant and have an inflated sense of importance. They are well organised, plan their crimes well in advance and leave few deliberate clues. Simon Mason, unfortunately for the rest of the human race, is one such person. Six months have passed since Katie was incarcerated in Rampton High Security Hospital but Charlie Thorn isn't giving up and vows to prove her innocence. Simon on the other hand has a different idea. Will Katie Eden gain her freedom or will Simon once again outwit them?

A Dangerous Mind: Book Two: The final countdown

In childhood, Shauna O'Malley lived a nightmare of poverty and abuse and when the ultimate tragedy happens her short life is thrown into turmoil. Years spent in care with only one true friend she can rely on hardens the young girl and when she reaches adulthood Shauna decides that she has to have revenge. There is just one problem; the person in question is a notorious London gangster who takes no prisoners when he's cornered. Can Shauna avenge the man she blames for her tragic life or will she be made to suffer all over again? 'A score to settle' is an emotional pursuit of one woman who sets out on a mission to find justice.

A Score To Settle

Stella Nicholson lives in the East End of London, she is old school and has raised her four children as a single parent. When a vast inheritance is left to the wrong person, Stella sets out to regain what she believes rightfully belongs to her family. There is just one problem, she can't do it alone and in the end, is forced to ask for the help of notorious gangster Tony Miller. Stella and Tony have history from way back and it wasn't good. Things are complicated from the off so when the pair meet up again after more than thirty years, she doesn't expect all of the old feelings she previously had for the man to resurface. Family First is a novel about loyalty, about people that love and care for each other but who, when push comes to shove, will do anything to protect their own.

Family First

Katie Eden is young beautiful and a grade A student who has the world at her feet. At University she gains the degree needed to secure a top position in the financial sector of city banking. Katie is loved by everyone around her and has many friends but her kind heart see's that she always champion's the underdog. When out of kindness she befriends Simon Mason, a geeky loner, she is totally unaware how the relationship will affect her in the future. The vicious acts carried out by Simon while at university see him incarcerated in a mental institution for five long years but he is already fixated with Katie who he one day plans, in his depraved mind, to marry. A dangerous mind is a suspense novel that takes the reader on an emotional ride of someone so besotted by another human being that they will stop at nothing to get what they desire. Will Simon Mason continue to outwit the law or will he finally get what he deserves. Can Katie Eden survive or will the nightmare she is thrown into never end?

A Dangerous Mind

Jessica Metcalf is the only child of Bob and Annie and was born and raised on Horton Road in the East End of London. She is beautiful, happy and has all the trappings that money can buy. Known as Jess to her friends and family but Mistress to her clients, she earns her living as a high class prostitute and dominatrix. Business is going from strength to strength, she enjoys her work and it's a lucrative career that has enabled her to purchase a swanky apartment in upmarket Kensington. Everything in her life changes when by chance she replies to an advertisement in the local newspaper. Within a few weeks Jess's world seems to spiral out of control, when through no fault of her own, she gets caught up in a murder. Can Jess survive, or are outside forces just too powerful. Phillimore Place takes the reader through the trials and tribulations of peoples lives; it will cross class boundaries to show that no one, no matter how wealthy they are, can shield themselves from pain.

Phillimore Place

The Steel's are old school East Enders. Family matriarch Sandra, fiercely protects her brood and won't have a word said against any of her children. Kenny, the head of Steel Security and who with the help of his brothers Vic and Charlie, runs a successful business that manages the doors of some of Essex's biggest and most prestigious pubs and clubs. The baby of the family Michelle, is the apple of Kenny's eye and he will go to any lengths to keep her happy. His mother knows that her eldest son's fascination with his sister isn't normal but as long as he never puts his fantasies into practice, she is happy to turn a blind eye. The family reside in Canning Town, London and outwardly everything appears to be running smoothly. The business brings in a good profit, which enables them all to live a comfortable lifestyle but things are about to change when Kenny decides to once more branch out into the world of drug smuggling. Innocent lives are shattered when Kenny involves ordinary people who have no experience of the Steel's world, a world where life is cheap and no one is indispensable. Can the Steel's get back on track or will events spiral out of control. A Family Of Steel moves the reader at a fast pace through the lives of a not so ordinary family, a family that has one member who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.

East End A Family Of Steel

Je suis devenu tellement anxieux assis sur la chaise de maquillage pendant des heures avec mon visage couvert. J'ai demandé à mon médecin d'écrire une ordonnance pour Valium. Je n'aurais pas pu le faire sans la pilule.

Le seul problème était que je ne pouvais pas communiquer avec Dario. Il parle italien et je ne le fais pas. Nous avions un traducteur tout le temps. Je sentais juste que quelque chose était perdu avec le départ. C'était un homme délicieux, mais j'aurais aimé pouvoir parler la même langue.

Ce qui est terrible d'être mis sur liste noire en tant qu'actrice, c'est que même si, intellectuellement, vous saviez ce qui se passait, vous vous êtes toujours demandé si vous n'étiez pas embauché parce que vous n'étiez pas bon.

Beaucoup de films modernes semblent se contenter d'être violents, sexuels ou autres, sans faire le lien avec ce qui se passe à l'intérieur de l'être humain. Mais de temps en temps, il y en a un qui le fait, et c'est une joie.

Je considère mon travail comme des méditations visuelles sur l'expérience humaine et mes tentatives de capture le royaume mince et autrement par exemple, il y a entre ce que nous voyons et ce que nous ne pouvons pas.

Mon agent m'a envoyé le script et j'ai adoré. Je me demandais comment ils me transformeraient en chimpanzé. Mon agent a dit que cela n'impliquerait probablement pas beaucoup de temps. Juste des cheveux et du maquillage. J'ai découvert que ce n'était pas si simple.

Je me souviens que Scott Jacoby était un gentil jeune homme.

Certaines choses qu'une femme ne dit pas.

Je pense que c'est parce que c'était une histoire émotionnelle et que les émotions passent beaucoup plus fortes en noir et blanc. La couleur est distrayante d'une certaine manière, elle plaît à l'œil mais elle n'atteint pas nécessairement le cœur.

Il est difficile de comparer les acteurs de différentes générations.

Le roi et la reine ont fait le tour après le film. On nous a dit comment nous devions répondre, et nous étions en semi-cercle dans le salon du cinéma, ils sont venus après le roi, la reine et les deux princesses.

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