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Book Description:
Some Family feuds just won’t go away… For 40 years the Dolans and the Marshalls have lived side by side on the same rundown housing estate in east London. While teens Gary Marshall and Arnie Dolan forge a close friendship, fighting constant battles to survive both on the streets and closer to home, the relationship between their parents is complicated and, at times, toxic. Gradually family secrets emerge which have their roots in the early 80s… and Gary and Arnie realise their entire upbringing was built on lies.
MY REVIEW
Here is my review of each of the books separately.
Crossing the Whitewash
When I picked this up I didn’t realise there’d be sports in it. Now I’m not a sporty person and when sports is mentioned I usually tune out. However I really enjoyed this read so well done to the author for keeping my attention.
Gary Marshall and Arnie Dolan are two completely different kinda characters who became friends when they were thirteen.
One afternoon something happens that changes their lives forever.
When the story jumps forward we find that Gary has moved away and changed his name to Gareth.
Although Gareth wants to forget his past it’s about to come back and haunt him.
This is a brilliant read and I can’t wait to jump into book two.
Spark Out
This is book two in the Boxer Boys series. I highly recommend you read Crossing the Whitewash before you read this one.
Another subject I don’t like reading or talking about is politics yet this author managed to keep me reading.
Big Mo is a force to be reckoned with. He is a nasty crook who will do anything to get what he wants.
Well told story with a good storyline
Dying Seconds
This is the third book in the Boxer Boys series. I do recommend you read the previous two books.
Bad guy Arnie Dolan is back.
Gary Marshall now known as Gareth Prince is trying again to put his past behind him.
A murder forces these two together to find out who killed Marshall’s father.
There is lots going on in this story yet it kept my attention throughout. This may have been my favourite of the three books.
Author Bio:
NICK RIPPINGTON is one of the victims of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal you never hear about.
As the newspaper’s Welsh Sports Editor, he was made redundant with two days notice when Rupert Murdoch closed down Europe’s biggest-selling tabloid in 2011.
On holiday at the time, Nick was never allowed back into the building, investigators sealed off the area with crime scene tape and seized his computer, which contained all the secrets to his Fantasy Football selections.
Handed the contents of his desk in a black bin bag in a murky car park, deep throat style, Nick was at a crossroads – married just two years earlier and with a wife and 9-month-old baby to support. Options were limited but self-publishing was booming. Having hit on an idea for a UK gangland thriller taking place against the backdrop of the Rugby World Cup, in 2015 he produced Crossing The Whitewash.
The book was praised by many, received an honourable mention in the genre category of the Writers’ Digest self-published eBook awards and more than 25 five-star reviews on both sides of the pond.
Almost two years after Crossing The Whitewash came the second in the Boxer Boys series, a prequel called Spark Out, which was released in paperback on July 1 and for Kindle on July 10, 2017. The book received an award for best cover of 2017 with the Chill With A Book website, along with a readers award, before receiving the IndieBRAG medallion from a prestigious site covering Independent writers and publishers throughout the world.
The third book in the Boxer Boys series Dying Seconds, a sequel to Crossing the Whitewash, was released in December 2018.
Married to Liz, Nick is now a full-time back bench designer on the Daily Star sports desk and has two daughters – Jemma, 36, and Olivia, 8. A Bristolian at heart, he lives near Ilford, Essex. In the past he has worked for the Sunday Mirror, Wales on Sunday and Media Wales in Cardiff as an executive editor.
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Thanks so much Philomena x
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