BOOKS & PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE

THE HENCHMEN’S BOOK CLUB

Status: 2nd draft completed.

Plot: Mark Jones is a henchman for hire. He guards bunkers, patrols perimeters and generally stands around in a boiler suit waiting to get knocked out by Ninjas. This is his job.

He’s worked for some of the most notorious super villains the world has ever known – Doctor Thalassocrat, Victor Soliman and Polonius Crump; Mark was with each of them when they met their makers at the hands of that odious flash Harry, M16 super-spy, Jack Tempest and lived to tell the tale – if not pay the bills.

Still, for every hour under gunfire, there are weeks if not months of sitting around in monorails so Jones starts a book club amongst his fellow henchmen to help pass the time.

It was just meant to be a bit of fun.

It was never meant to save the world. (Danny King 2008 ©)

Film Development: The option to buy the film rights of this book was acquired by DM Productions in April 2009.

WHITE COLLAR

Status: 3rd draft completed. Looking for a publisher

Plot: Day dreamer Andrew Nolan has never been in a war. He has never been in a disaster. He has never saved a baby from drowning. He has never survived a zombie Armageddon or fought off deep sea space aliens. In fact, as far as he knows, he’s never even broken the law. He has never done any of these things. And it bothers him.

Because above all else Andrew Nolan yearns to be a hero.

He wants to save the day. He wants to test his mettle. He wants to prove himself. He wants to be feted. But most of all, he just wants to count for something.

It doesn’t matter that Andrew Nolan has a nice life, a nice house, a nice job and a very, very nice wife in Sally. He takes all of these things for granted.

Because Andrew Nolan wants excitement.

And so does his young and attractive secretary, Elenor.

Andrew Nolan is about to get his wish. And he is about to be given the chance to become a hero.

But it’ll be the last thing he ever expected.

And the worst experience of his life. (Danny King 2007 ©)

THE MONSTER MAN OF HORROR HOUSE

Status: Currently writing

Plot: Local oddball, John Coal is plagued by kids who've taken to terrorising him. In a fit of desperation, John sets a trap and captures them as they break into his house. John could, and probably should, call the police but instead he decides to deal with his pest problem himself and sets about convincing his tormentors he's not a man to mess with.

In fact, he's not a man at all, but a guardian of terrible secrets.

An anthology of four spine-tingling horror stories as told by monster man John Coal. (Danny King 2009 ©)

DO KILLERS DREAM OF ANGELS?

Status: Written. Looking for a publisher

Plot: Following a referendum, Britain reinstates Capital Punishment for the crime of murder. Third to hang is the notorious serial killer, Jammal Grey, alias the Dulwich Ripper. Acting Detective Chief Inspector Robert Bowman, the man charged with leading the hunt, becomes an overnight hero following Grey’s capture.

But then after the execution of Grey, the nation is stunned when Bowman’s own daughter is brutally murdered in what seems like a copycat killing. Who could have done this? How could this have happened? Bowman knows who. And he knows how.

Evidence crucial to Grey’s conviction was tainted; fabricated by the DCI to ensure a conviction against a dangerous killer who looked like walking. Only Bowman and his Sergeant knew of it. Only Bowman, his Sergeant – and the real killer of course.

For the Dulwich Ripper is still out there. And now he has a hold over the very man who was supposed to have caught him.

Bowman and Sergeant Hooper are left with no alternative but to hunt down the Ripper all over again, though this time they’re on their own. Using only their initiative, their experience and London’s underworld connections, they must find the killer before more young women die.

And before a grateful nation discovers the truth. (Danny King 2008 ©)

(* this book is a straight crime thriller, not comic fiction)

STORIES TO READ DOWN THE PUB

Status: Written. Looking for publisher, but continuing to add to

Plot: No plot, just a collection of short quirky stories I’ve written over the years, some in the style of my published books like The Burglar Diaries (indeed this collection features an all new Burglar Diaries story from Bex) and some not.

I might self-publish this book as I did with MORE BURGLAR DIARIES or sit tight and see if I can find homes for the individual stories. It works out expensive to self-publish something, both for me and for you, but it is an option so it might be worth considering. Don’t know.

MOVIES

REIGN OF BLOOD

Status: Optioned by Coracle Films

Plot: In a quiet, deserted countryside farmhouse, Britain’s vampires gather for a top secret council meeting. The Coven are bound by blood to meet once every ten years to discuss issues vital to their species. Territories, disputes, news from abroad, new threats and population control – all must be settled and adhered to if the 10-strong Coven are to continue to survive undetected on this small island.

For there are powerful organisations that know of their existence and continuously hunt them down with the sole intention of wiping them out. And this very night, one such organisation has tracked their newest and most careless member to this deserted location and surrounded the house with a detachment of special forces led by veteran vampire killer, Larousse.

If the Coven are surprised by Larousse, that’s nothing compared to Larousse’s surprise when he realises his target has unwittingly led him to an entire Coven. Now, with barely a handful of men, Larousse must fight to keep the Coven pinned down until reinforcements arrive. And the fractious Coven must put aside their differences and work together to escape. Or face complete and utter annihilation come sunrise. (Danny King 2005 ©)

MILD BILL

Status: tba

Plot: Bill returned from prison to find his sons fending for themselves after being abandoned by their mother for sunnier climes.

He wants to re-integrate himself in their lives but neither welcomes him with open arms. Craig is now the man of the house, having dropped out of school at 15 to work as a labourer on the enormous Olympic Stadium site, while 11-year-old Jimmy is a chip off the old block and set to follow his dad into a life of violence and crime.

If either of his kids are to have a future, Bill must prove to them he's changed; that he's seen the error of his ways and can now be the father they've never known.

But this isn't easy for someone with Wild Bill's reputation, particularly when his former acquaintences intend scoring it big at next year's Games and are determined to cut Bill in on it.

Bill must convince everyone he's a new man; his kids, his probation board, his friends and enemies alike.