Billy Riley - Dickson, Adam
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Fresh out of prison after five years, debt collector and one-time enforcer Billy Riley heads back to his council estate home with wife Eileen. But things have changed since he's been away. The local kids run around in gangs terrorising the neighbours with random drug deals and drive-by shootings. Respect for the old criminal hierarchy is gone. And turning 40 inside hasn't helped. His best years are behind him, future opportunities slipping away. A chance meeting with the daughter of an old friend provides an unexpected link with the past. Then there's the documentary film crew that turn up on…mehr

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Fresh out of prison after five years, debt collector and one-time enforcer Billy Riley heads back to his council estate home with wife Eileen. But things have changed since he's been away. The local kids run around in gangs terrorising the neighbours with random drug deals and drive-by shootings. Respect for the old criminal hierarchy is gone. And turning 40 inside hasn't helped. His best years are behind him, future opportunities slipping away. A chance meeting with the daughter of an old friend provides an unexpected link with the past. Then there's the documentary film crew that turn up on the scene asking questions, hoping to entice him into the glamorous world of reality TV. Pride and a strong sense of destiny make it hard to resist. He could give it a go. Have a crack at the big time that's always eluded him. But plans are harder to make than promises. People tend to resurface and get in the way.
Autorenporträt
Adam Dickson is a novelist and screenwriter. His novels are, The Butterfly Collector (2012), Drowning by Numbers (2014), Billy Riley (2020), Indigo Blue (2022). He has also co-written three non-fiction books in the sports genre, and a book on mental health, Surfing the Edge: a survivor's guide to bipolar disorder. In February 2020, he appeared as one of the experts in the CBS Reality crime series, Murder by the Sea. The episode, titled, Neville Heath, the Lady Killer, documents the real-life case of ex-RAF pilot Neville Heath, who was hanged at Pentonville Prison in 1946. He is currently working on two novels and several screenplays, and regularly collaborates with a screenwriting partner, enjoying numerous cappuccinos in cafes on the south coast.After suffering two massive brain seizures in 2003, which left him permanently disabled, Adam took up running, completing the London Marathon in 2006. An ongoing obsession with triathlon, culminated in an entry in Ironman UK in 2007.