Introduction
Crime and establishment
Part I
Police & Thieves
Backgammon
by Desmond Barry
Loaded
by Ken Bruen
Rigor mortis
by Stewart Home
Maida Hell
by Barry Adamson
Part II
I Fought the Law
I fought the lawyer
by Michael Ward
I hate his fingers
by Sylvie Simmons
Park Rites
by Dan Bennett
Trouble is a lonesome town
by Cathi Unsworth
Chelsea three. Scotland Yard nil
by Max Décharné
Part III
Guns on the Roof
Love
by Martyn Waites
Sic transit Gloria Mundi
by Joolz Denby
New Rose
by John Williams
Penguin Island
by Jerry Sykes
Part IV
London Calling
She’ll ride a White Horse
by Mark Pilkington
South
by Joe McNally
Who do you know in heaven?
by Patrick McCabe
Betamax
by Ken Hollings
Acknowledgments
About the contributors:
