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    Face Value

    By Liam Leddy

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    The first story deals with an unexpected caller. A nuisance call? Nothing as simple as that in this collection!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLiam Leddy
    Release dateNov 28, 2012
    ISBN9781301532230
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    Liam Leddy

    See my website www.liamleddy.comThe two novels Body Language and Bad Form I have written to date are Glasgow sixties crime fiction. Raw , uncompromising Glasgow sreet crime , warts and all. Twists, turns, surprises and violence abound. In conjunction with my numerous short story collections both sell very well indeed in bookstores and to libraries and of course my readers in general.This month alone, December 2012, I have been filmed by Scottish Television re my work. This will be screened by STV mid January. I have also done telephone interviews for television companies about my work in December together with Library presentations. Looking for more exposure as always particularly to Scottish ex-pats the world over. I believe thoughts will always stray to the land of your birth. Or city of your birth. In this case Glasgow. Beautiful, generous, humour filled and lovable. Also, on occasion, dark and very, very scary.My latest short story collection "Tales of Dedication" is now available on Smashwords together with all my usual outlets. I have always been of the opinion that the short story form is sadly neglected in favour of the novel. Short stories are not short novels and vice versa. How many times have I heard the words he/she has "only written" when applied to the short story author. Not true in my case. And certainly not true with the vast majority of world famous authors. I love to read and write short stories and believe that all libraries are missing out if they do not have a separate section for short story collections and anthologies Just updating my new all smiling photo of me on Smashwords because that`s the one I use on my fabulous brand new website. This new site is so user friendly it confuses me. Not a hard thing to do granted.My first novel Body Language is being re-formatted by my new publisher Authorhouse and will very shortly be available in all major print outlets globallyAs of now Tuesday 23/06/15 my books are available in on request from either Amazon Createspace Authorhouse Barnes & Noble Abe Books Books a Million.... In short almost anywhere globally. My books sell in USA UK Germany Canada Italy and surprisingly enough - to me at any rate - Brazil. Now seeking Scottish expat readers globally and book readers in general who may or may not be familiar with Scotland and particularly Glasgow. Watch my videos on Youtube Stage 32 and VimeoMost readers- because of my neglect in updating my Smashwords bio for so long- will be unaware of how many five star reviews my work is receiving at present. Check them out on my author pages at both Amazon and Authorsden. Then buy them wherever you choose. Smashwords for example. The same books are all here!Check my books out. Recently had six accepted for Premium Catalog. Note the entire Lassiter series to date is now in Premium

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      Face Value - Liam Leddy

      FACE VALUE

      And Other Tales

      Liam Leddy

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright © 2020 by Liam Leddy

      All rights reserved.

      Table Of Contents

      FACE VALUE

      JACK

      I DO NOW

      CREDIT CONTROL

      SLINGER

      NEVER A CROSS WORD

      THE WORDSMITH

      LAST ORDERS

      SORRY

      MEMPHIS BLUES

      EXTREME CAUTION

      LO

      FACE VALUE

      It amounted almost to a sixth sense sometimes. But of course I knew it wasn't really that. It could be directly attributed to the life I'd led. Five years in the army, fifteen in the Met., and the remainder running my own security firm. That sort of career would equip most people to spot potential trouble. It certainly had with me and still did even though I'm now in my fourth year of retirement. It never leaves you. Let me give you an example.

      Last June it all happened. I love gardening and I love our old local church so I was only too happy to help out when the new Reverend approached me and asked me to help out with a spot of advice in the old rose garden. Of course there and then I offered my services and offered to go round every Tuesday and do a bit of pruning and weeding and the like. He was delighted as he admitted he knew nothing about such things and wanted to devote as much of his time as possible simply getting to know his flock. Admirable. The second Tuesday I was there was when it all began. Two strangers approached me in the garden and asked me if I knew where a Mr. Kilby lived. Little did they know how well I knew Mr. Kilby. I'd had a great deal of trouble with Kilby during my time on the force. I neglected to mention my unofficial help to the local police as I had access to information about him that they didn't. He'd be in his late fifties by then and semi-retired. A fat toad of a man with extreme right wing views and a vicious streak I had come across in very few men. Nowadays however he was content to stand about pubs and air those views. I considered him a spent force now but I still kept my options open. It was these two I was interested in now. Trouble if ever I saw it. The older one was dressed like a stockbroker but his manner told me straight away that was not his occupation. Stockbrokers don't normally act and speak like a poor man's imitation of Reggie or Ronnie. He was obviously the boss. The other one was a non-event, a skinhead with a very nasty scar on his right cheek. I was about to tell them to piss off when the Reverend Stanley appeared so I merely said that I was sorry but I didn't know anyone by that name and off they went. They didn't bother to ask the Reverend and he seemed

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