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'Third and Indiana'
'One Bang-Up Job'
'Yardie'

BY: Steve Lopez, PRICE: £6.99, PUBLISHER: Penguin (1995), ISBN: 0-14-023945-6.

Intriguing crime thriller set in Philadelphia. A mother tries to save her son who has become involved in a drugs gang. Fast paced and well written.

RATING: 3/5

ONE BANG-UP-JOB

BY: Gerald Laurence, PRICE: Unknown, PUBLISHER: Berkley Books (1989), ISBN: 0-425-11390-6.

Story based on one mans master plan to rob everything in San Francisco in one swoop. Not a masterpiece but worthy of a look

RATING: 2/5

YARDIE

BY: Victor Headley, PRICE: £4.99, PUBLISHER: Pan Books (1992), ISBN: 0-33-33042-X.

Excellent crime thriller a young west indian arrives in London and precedes to start his own crime wave. This book was written well before the Yardies in England gained notoriety. Excellent tale.

RATING: 4/5

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