Two suicidal strangers, failing actor Owen and traumatised Ukrainian refugee Becky, postpone death on a bridge to honey-trap men. They make easy money. Until they reach Manchester. A blackmailer dies on Becky in a hotel room. Owen, seeing megabucks, steals the dead man’s identity to con a quarter of million quid from a brain-damaged hero’s trust fund. His impersonation is good, but doesn’t fool a cynical cop, or the deceased’s crazy self-harming granddaughter. Putin’s pals are in the city too, demanding the blackmailer’s sex-pest list with menaces. Can Owen and Becky rediscover their humanity before they drown in a sea of  corruption and criminality?

The paperback edition of After the Bridge can be pre-ordered now and will be sent out circa 18 February 2025.