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Reviews![]() Bird, Nigel - 'Dirty Old Town (and other stories)' DIRTY OLD TOWN is a collection of short stories by Nigel Bird. Some of the stories have previously been published online but the collection is available as a Kindle download. Drinking Wine (Spo-Dee-Oh-Dee) - a frustrated housewife who needs to let her hair down goes on a night out on her own and finds love with someone unexpected. Taking a Line for a Walk - an elderly school janitor working hard keep a school running properly loses his job close to retiring. Dirty Old Town – a gymnastics coach finds one of his students dead from performance enhancing drugs and wants to stop it happening to any of his other athletes. Sea Minor – a child's visit to Skye with brother Davy sitting in front because Dad wasn't coming this time. Sisterhood – when a white racist gang (Preston Chapter) terrorise Muslim women, a group of young Muslim men are intent on revenge. One Hundred And Ten Per Cent – a promising runner whose main claim to fame is his ability to run, but other opportunities are available for his skills. Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight) – a father and son breaking-and-entering partnership with a young boy helping him to get a pearl necklace for his mum. Three Little Birds – Danny was a bit slow at school and is now working on a city farm gets invited to a party where he is belittled by former school friends. Silver Street – a pimp falls for one of his prostitutes and sets out to get a ring made for her. Nigel Bird is a teacher in Scotland who writes part-time and produces the blog Sea Minor. The stories have well written plots and all have unexpected endings which are not obvious when reading them. I found the stories to be well conceived and ideal to read in ebook format. I hope that Nigel is able to write a full size novel to further develop his writing skills. Some of the short stories here could easily have been the base for a much longer book. Paul Blackburn, Scotland More European crime fiction reviews can be found on the Reviews page. |