Nik Morton

I Celebrate Myself Nik Morton

24 tales of crime and adventure! Many kinds of crime are committed in these pages. Hijacking a plane - or even a hovercraft - creates problems not only for those hijacked! Crooks come in all shapes and sizes - from the petty to the bold. Occasionally, however, the individuals doing the stealing have good motives... Borough council chicanery rubs shoulders with business betrayal. Spies face incapacitating poisons and death. Private eyes tread the mean streets, righting wrongs and investigating dodgy birth rights. Here you'll find Mafia hoods, murderous hoodlums, and disgruntled book critics. Besides death and destruction, you'll encounter humorous and uplifting stories. Beware, though, some of these tales are not for the faint-hearted! 'I Celebrate Myself: ... story shares a keen awareness of social and economic plights that are empathetic rather than didactic, as well as a brooding anxiety over the fate of the next generation. In Morton's latest story, a police officer is called to dig through a trash compactor in the projects after someone claims to have heard a baby crying inside. Vividly caressed details make the characters and situation all the more real and relatable.'