David Blake Books

David Blake is no gangster, or so he likes to think. He''s a white-collar criminal, working for gangster Bobby Mahoney, enjoying the good life while the money keeps on pouring in. Trouble is, a big chunk of that money has just gone missing along with Geordie Cartwright - and Blake is getting the blame. Has Geordie done a runner with the drop or has he been killed by a rival gang? In a desperate and bloody finale, Blake has to make an agonising choice and someone has to pay the ultimate price...

David Blake is a worried man. Despite enjoying the high life he has created for himself by murdering his girlfriend''s mobster father, things are not going well between them. When he meets the beautiful, troubled and undoubtedly intriguing Simone in one of his own Firms ''massage'' parlours, he becomes determined to save her from the seedy life she has chosen. He knows she can do so much better than she thinks. It''s an obsession that could end up killing them both.

David Blake is back in Newcastle, running three cities, top boy. Life is sweet until his bent accountant is arrested for murder. The money man is nailed on for a life sentence until he puts five million pounds out of Blake''s reach. Now Blake faces an agonising choice; fix the acquittal of a child killer or run out of the cash he needs to bankroll his empire. Meanwhile Serbian gangsters are slowly taking over his territory and a crazed Russian Oligarch wants to use Blake''s drug supply line for his own ends. Back at home, the Police are closing in, determined to take David Blake off the streets of Newcastle forever, and Blake''s girl Sarah is asking awkward questions about the death of her father that he really doesn''t want to answer. As he fights for his life, David Blake slowly uncovers a shocking truth about his own past, turning over stones until he finally reveals a secret known only to The Dead.