The Good Delivery

A GANG OF NINE MEN SET OUT TO COMMIT THE PERFECT CRIME

Set in the grim, still-war-damaged South London borough of Battersea in 1962, a known gang of hard-core criminals plot the most audacious crime. The gang leaders, tough men John Russell and Daniel Geddes, have only one element missing, so they employ the services of the unknown young man, Billy Tumbler. But can Billy – mired in emotion and close to poverty – fulfill the work he has been engaged to perform? This is the authors first novel, revealing a detailed exploration into the work of the criminal mind of the time, along with the attitude of the police trying desperately to understand how it could happen, while focusing on the lives of the characters, inextricably entwined with their hopes, loves and fears. Read the meticulously researched story and see how the greed of some draws in the innocent lives of others around them. Imagine the feel, the sounds and the smells of a huge swathe of working-class South London, populated by millions going through their dour daily routines, where the tourists never tread.

Sean Currie is yet to be a best-selling author, but this is his second book and first novel, so there's time yet. He was born into the suburban life of south east London, the last of the baby boomers, in a relaxed world of the English semi, Association football and Carry On films. He grew up reading of other places and other peoples. Being a rebellious child and almost ugly for no reason, with increasing disillusionment of industrial action, power cuts and the Sex Pistols, he decides to see the world, from the inside out. His career has taken him to every continent and a lot of places where he met astonishment, poverty and war. He's never won a writing award, but he's pretty good at formatting. He had ups and downs in life, like most people, but in 1988 he found serendipity and has been happy ever since. He tells old stories. Sean is married to his best friend, the best cook and the most beautiful Danny, who has never written a book but has agreed to read this one. They live together in Washington D.C.