SaigonSighs 28 Hi, like to shout out my new book ‘The Great Escape’

14 Jun
Terry was bigger, fitter, harder, stronger than all those around him, why should he stay locked up?
Richard was a mild murderer, he had a strategy for prison. Keep quiet, don’t rock the boat, smile and do as you were told and you’d be out on your first parole board. For both of them time inside was time wasted. Irreplaceable and valuable . Terry had a plan, Richard was his cell mate, Terry’s plan needed two people. Richard was the man. Happy Christmas! But what about love?

Yes I know it’s the same as the film but there are no motorcycle jumps in it or Steve McQueen. Available as an Ebook on Kindle and as a paperback if you prefer to hold something in your hand. Search under my full name – John Arthur Cooper – The Great Escape – Amazon.co. uk (adult content).

Previous titles include:-

Chrysanthemum Ben.

When you’re the cousin of the Emperor of Japan. A Royal Prince of the Chrysanthemum Throne, no one looks into your eyes. No one smiles at your face. When your word kills thousands of people. It is a lonely place. Japan, China, The Philippines, South east Asia in the thirties and forties. All for gold, nothing else. The red and gold Chrysanthemum emblem on his chest marked him as the relative of a living God. But Prince Takeda was a man. He needed love, companionship and friendship as much as the naive innocent farm boy that brought his water and everything else. When you try to save thousands of lives and fail. When the flower dies and you become mortal. When you love but cannot have—. Did I mention love?

The Ten Bob Notes

Can really bad things just happen to good ordinary working folk? Duane, Frankie, Arthur, Syd, Slim, Harry, Dave, Jack. Reg, Sheila and Tony, make up “The Ten Bob Notes” a jobbing part time dance band playing in the Black Country ‘Brumijum’ in the 1950’s. (Yes there are eleven but Duane’s the leader/conductor so he doesn’t count!) Is Frankie really that bad? A ‘Ted’ with a dangerous quiff who dabbles in dodgy deals and a bit of fast transport with his black Austin Atlantic convertible.
Syd, a very sad clarinet player who harbours dark thoughts since his soulmate suddenly died.
Harry has unending talent but a propensity for beer and extra’s that he hates but cannot forsake.
Jack is young and as smooth as the slide on his new trombone as he finally manages to separate his Dad from his 500cc BSA motorbike and sidecar. Only to find it leads him to uncertain decisions.
Reg and Arthur who share work at the foundry, a green Ford Esquire van and a love of music and fishing.
Sheila Salvadori the sultry dark haired singer who croons with Tony but swoons with Frankie.
Slim who adores from afar, his chubby profile and safe personality confining him to the also rans of life, until fate makes him an attractive option. And Dave who’s tensions and compulsive obsessions find release in rhythms and beats. Bright ballroom lights provide essential relief for the men and women of the dirtier side of the industrial revolution as they provide the old time dance music of the forties and fifties. But what about the Jonny?

New Horizon.

When you’ve been a policeman long enough to know that ‘it’s not working’ for many people over thirty, trapped by drugs, crime, and prison. What do you do?
The answer for PC Jack Carter, as he slid rapidly towards his retirement, was to create and run a small residential support home for guys who wanted help. Wanted change, but couldn’t do it on their own.
As a registered charity it needed trustees. Jack assumed that all trustees were good honest people but if they’re not! What do you do?
When someone steals what you’ve created. When someone poisons the mind of your best friend.
What do you do?

Counting on it.

Grissholme De Montry Burlingham. Born rich, elite, privileged. Overtly homosexual in an age when it was illegal. Eton, Cambridge and the world, for him there were no rules. The law and it’s requirements were for other people, not him. It was an age when Nuclear Armageddon was a distinct possibility, when oblivion was only seconds away. Could love save the world? Then there was the demon within. How to silence it, or at least make it quieter.

The Great Pretender.

February in Wales just has to be bleak and wet, so what do you do after work? Who’s the group, who’s the singer? What’s the song? Of course it’s fiction. Or is it? Can you love a cat that much? When it’s cocaine and ‘Stoli’ between meals what’s real?

Subject to Status.

A fictional novel set against the juxtaposed backgrounds of life on the lower deck of British aircraft carrier in the 1960’s and the emerging new age eco minded pot smoking hippy culture.

The galvanizing catalyst is the UK defence establishment. At that time, ruthlessly creating people with no recorded identity to carry out their bidding. Deliberately targeting the vulnerable vacuum of the ‘flower power’ era. Ambitious ruthless patriotic ‘Civil Servants’ eagerly exceed the boundaries of state involvement. Using the police and the Criminal Justice System as a tool of coercion they create expendable people. Persons with no recorded identity who could be threatened and forced to carry out illegal government tasks under the shadow of their own unnoticed disappearance should they refuse.

Black Nothing (Sequel to above).

Joel is happily living with Janey on her farm in Mid-Wales when his unconventional past careers’ back into his life. His mother is on the verge of death when he’s arrested. Incarceration in prison exposes him to a new level of society, new people and new habits that drastically change his life.

The Story Book.

The Magic Phone. Stan and ‘Arry’ have a chance to talk about their mistakes in life, set records straight and say ‘Sorry’. What could possibly go wrong?
The Contest. Brass Bands and a peaceful domestic life with Isabella just don’t go together. Tim is unambitious in a macho world and just wants a quiet life. But what about Jenny?
The Great Pretender. This can’t be true! Or can it? The creation of a world acclaimed classic by the biggest band of the seventies or a nightmare?
Waiting. What do men think about when women are shopping?
TRANZYSN. ‘A change is gonna come but still everything remains the same.’ All Rudyard Millards problems can be solved by money. Well not actually ‘money’ folk stopped using that a long time ago.
The Gun. Reg Moorcroft is safe and reliable. His world is one of Magnolia Emulsion and grey gloss paint. Familiar holidays to France, mowing the lawn and washing the garage door. And then–.

And Relax!

Alfred Ant and Chums Compendium of Adventures.

Alfred the Ant lives in Leafy lane. He always has problems with his shoes and relies on his chums Sydney the Sensible Sheep, Bernard the Bustling Beetle, Henry the Hooray horse, Carole the Cobbling Cow, Olivia Owl, Maurice the Mole, Rafferty the Rabbit, Victor and Valerie Vole and the Fabulous Finches Fluffy and Fairy to help him solve his problems and get him out of trouble.

All the above available in ebook or paperback format from Amazon UK. Search the title +John Arthur Cooper – Amazon.co.uk

Love and peace, John.

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