Derek Smith

Author of fantasy, children's books and the Jack of All Trades crime series

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Hard Cash

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Hard Cash

Shorty and Warby find £250,000 in an empty house. What should they do with it? Warby has dreams of owning a circus, while Shorty wants to get out of his run-down estate and be somebody. So they keep the money and dream as they count the cash. But finding a safe place to keep it is a problem.

Then Shorty’s sister becomes suspicious at his big spending. Eddie who runs a stall at the market promises help – at a price. But can Eddie be trusted?

Can anyone?

Frances Fairweather Demon Striker!

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Frances Fairweather Demon Striker!

Frances is so obsessed with football that she is banned from the girls’ team, and the local boys’ team The Tigers refuse to have her too. Then Frances has her great idea: by getting the right clothes and practising in her bedroom she becomes Frank, a tough macho boy. Frank is accepted by The Tigers straightaway and becomes their top goal-scorer.

But it isn’t so easy after all pretending to be a boy, as Frances/Frank soon discovers…

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