This novel starts in 1980 and based on a true story that started on a Essex housing estate about 5 miles from Basildon New Town.
The main victim is Taylor Shelley
The gang are;
Paul Greening , the skinhead leader
Paul Bishop - his sidekick and Black Trojan skinhead & Two-tone fan
John Hunter - Mod & Boxing fan
Casey Newton - Multi-racial Mod
Peter Brown - Mod
Richard Grimson - Mod
David Reynolds - Mod
Terry Reason - Mod
The soundtrack is;
The Jam
Ska
The Specials
The town of Stanhope is 30 miles from London and 12 from Southend full of East End Cockneys who moved to the suburbs for a better life.
All events mentioned in the book happened in real-life but all names have been changed to protect the identities of the guilty and the innocent.
Other main characters.
Tabloid Journo Rebekah Woods, DI Charlotte Hawkins and East End Gangster Harry Harris.
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