Tim Battersby

Paperback Writer Tim Battersby

Paperback Writer is a collection of 10 short stories, one of which is the story of my mother who in her early life was a ballerina with the Rambert Ballet Company and who when World War 2 broke out in 1939 became a Freedom Fighter in France working with the brave men and women of the french resistance. Available on Audible
1) Precious Friend. The story of the life of an 80 lb brown lab called John Lennon living with a Yuppie family in Arlington Virginia. John during his life gets up to all sorts of wild pranks.
2) The Ballerina. Annamarie became an orphan at 2 years old and Ballet became her life, until World War II when she became a freedom fighter with the resistance
3) Windsor Square. Young Trevor Langdon discovers he can travel through time.
4) The Paperback Writer. Ciaran Reilly, a writer gets caught up in the murder of his parents which he attempts to solve.
5) Set the Table. 5 poems. Set the Table examines all the loved ones that families have lost this year because of Covid.
6) Murder for Hire. A good old-fashioned whodunnit murder mystery that'll keep you on the edge of your seats.
7) A Wonderful World. Tim's musical background comes into play in this entertaining nonsense story that links famous songs to form a cohesive if somewhat odd storyline.
8) Laugh On. Comedy is the genius of comedians like Robin Williams, John Cleese, Monty Python's Flying Circus Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Rowan Atkinson, Eric Sykes, Lucille Ball, Ruth Buzzi, Rodney Dangerfield and Rowan, and Martin's Laugh-in and of course Tommy Cooper and so many many more. This is their tribute
9) The Satchel. Joe Wilson is an ordinary bloke. He drives a double-decker bus for a living after he returned from active duty as a sniper in Afghanistan. One day while checking his bus at the end of his shift, he discovers a satchel full of money that was left by mistake. Being an honest bloke he intends to turn it in but before he can he is burglarised by drug dealers looking for their money. How do they know where Joe lives? The Satchel is a compelling mystery that will keep you guessing right until the end.
10) The NCA Murders. The NCA is an acronym for The National Crime Agency and is the British equivalent to America's FBI. Detective Inspector Thomson and his partner Detective Sergeant Joe Cotton are asked to investigate a particularly gruesome set of murders being carried out by a religious bigot who kills his victims by injecting industrial foam, used to fill gaps in windows and doors into their mouths and asphyxiating them. He then leaves a biblical quotation pinned to their lifeless body for all the world to see.