Guts for Garters (DS Johnson Series)

'One of the best up and coming writers' Peter Guttridge, The Observer ‘Linda Regan exhibits enviable control over her characters’ Colin Dexter ‘Readable and believable.’ Jim Kennedy, Encore ‘Linda Regan certainly knows how to bring characters to life.’ Award-winning screenwriter Jimmy Perry OBE Guts for Garters is the first in an explosive new series featuring the Alley Cats and DI Georgia Johnson as they try to make lives for themselves on London’s meanest streets. Life’s not easy growing up on the Aviary Estate in South London. Alysha and her mates have survived being abused by people who should have been there for them, their lives ruined by the crime and deprivation around them. Now they’re taking the estate back – taking control so that kids can grow up safe with real prospects in life. So when the rival South London Rulers gang start encroaching on their territory, Alysha and her Alley Cats decided to teach them a lesson. The last thing they expect is to find one of their rivals murdered on their patch. The last thing they want is for the police to start sniffing around. But DI Georgia Johnson and her team want answers. Johnson trusts Alysha – but will she still trust her when she realises her prized informant is leading her own gang? When another body is found – a teenage girl this time – Alysha decides to frame the evil leader of the South London Rulers, Harisha Celik, for the murder … but Celik has a few nasty surprises of his own in store for the Alley Cats girls.