Just a quicky lads and lasses to let you know that, in this our fifth year, we're going to celebrate by giving away kindle versions of our books now and then for FIVE whole days at a time.

We're starting with Andy Rivers seminal gangster classic (too much? bollocks, we liked it!) 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer' this top tome will be available FOR NOWT on your kindle from Thursday 23/5 through to Monday 27/5.

That's it, no catch, no money - just top fiction for FREE! So tell your mates, tell them to tell their mates and get yourself a little bonus courtesy of those nice Northern chaps down Byker boulevard.

Later.

Following on from our post about two of our 'Best Of British' series being shortlisted for awards we're pleased to let you know that '18 Days' won the best cover award in this years prestigious 'Spinetingler' awards.

So to celebrate we're showing it you again - don't say we're not nice blokes like...

An estate is an artificial environment. A microcosm of larger society with all of it’s issues and problems. There is the potential for thousands of personal triumphs and tragedies within just a couple of densely populated miles. Estates often have a bewildering network of roads in and out.