Life of Crime

Author/Guide: Kimberley Chambers

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2000s: Some people are made for a life of crime. Some people are ruined by it. Some would kill for it

ISBN: 978-0008144739
Genre: Crime, Hitman/Gangster

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What you need to know before your trail

Dragged up on a council estate, Jason Rampling was determined to escape and do well for himself. He has a certain gift for earning a few quid and life is easy when the money rolls in.

Melissa thought she’d struck gold when she married Jason. But there’s no glamour in waiting for our husband to come home, or waiting for a knock on the door. Melissa made her bed the day she made her vows – will she lie in it without a fight?

After a stretch inside Jason wants to pull off just one last job, the biggest of all, it could solve all of their problems. But this is a game that could cost them everything . . .

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London

Johnny Brooks drinks in the Rainham Working Men’s club at the start of the novel and it’s his local haunt on a Sunday. He’s Stepney born and bred but now lives in South Hornchurch and owns a successful builders merchants

Rainham is his haunt though and everyone knows him here. He’s got that certain something about him – quick with his mouth and fit of the gab and quick with his fists as he used to be a decent amateur boxer.

The housing estate/flats

“The lifts stank of urine, were covered in graffiti and, as usual, there was a sign on the door saying they were out of order”

This is the setting for the starting point of a life of crime. It’s the setting of criminal goings on, depravation, the search for fags and booze, the struggles to survive. Jason tries to escape this world but ends up swapping it for the murky world of violence and treachery. Jason considers himself a bit of a ‘Del Boy’ but this heart of gold is a valuable to many with dark hearts.

Be pleased that Mardyke Estate is not real.