Stephen Richards
1) The taxman
Author
Publisher
John Blake
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Using nothing but his hands as weapons, he has patrolled the streets, clubs and raves of Britain in order to keep order and to 'tax' those whose ill-gotten gains he sees fit to take a share of. Drug dealers and shady club promoters everywhere know that, if The Taxman is in town, it's time to pay up or get out. All know of the appalling violence this man can exert on his enemies, and of the incredible presence of body and mind that he possesses. Yet...
Author
Publisher
John Blake
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Viv Graham and Lee Duffy led parallel lives as pub and club enforcers, raging their gangland turf wars with a frenzy of brutality and unremitting cruelty. This book is a riveting double portrait of two of the North East's most feared men whose bloody rivalry was cut short when they each met horrifically violent ends.
Author
Publisher
Blake
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Investigative journalist Steve Richards charts the life, career and death of Viv Graham, who worked his way to the top of the criminal elite in the North East of England until his grip on its activities extended to the darkest corners of the underworld.
Author
Publisher
John Blake
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Viv Graham and Lee Duffy led parallel lives as pub and club enforcers, raging their gangland turf wars with a frenzy of brutality and unremitting cruelty. This book is a riveting double portrait of two of the North East's most feared men whose bloody rivalry was cut short when they each met horrifically violent ends.
Author
Publisher
John Blake
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Jimmy Holland was born into a family suffering at the hands of their drunk and abusive father. At the age of just two weeks, he was placed into care, and the beginning of a life lived in a constantly changing environment of homes, authorities and institutions began. Let down and frequently abused, it wasn't long before Jimmy strayed onto the wrong side of the tracks. Before long, the mould for a problem child was set. He quickly turned from substance...