Böcker av Liza Cody

MY PEOPLE and other crime stories is Liza Cody's collection of innovative and cutting edge short stories written between 2003 and 2021. Two have never been previously published in English.This prize-winning author is known for her outspoken yet subtle invocations of all aspects and consequences of violence and betrayal.Cody was one of the first writers to put women at the centre of private detective novels and short stories.

Seema is a gardener and a dreamer. She is almost content with her safe life, sharing a flat with her best friend. Until, on a girls' night out, a beguiling older man approaches her. He leads her into a world of wealth and sophistication she's completely unused to. Through him she arrives at a place where both dreams and nightmares come true. Has seduction crossed the line into manipulation or coercion? Worse, is the relationship sliding into a supernatural realm - where a man's obsession with blood will lead to Seema's death?About Crocodiles and Good Intentions"e;It's an amazing achievement. Lady Bag excels herself. I was shocked, appalled, mystified, uplifted, tickled pink and hugely entertained. There's no person in all of literature anything like her Above all, the human spirit (and some doggy spirit) rises above all the privations and triumphs. Thanks for a terrific read."e;Peter Lovesey, MWA Grand Master, CWA Diamond Dagger winnerMat Coward (reviewing in The Morning Star): "e;One of current fiction's most striking and exhilarating characters returns for a second outing Amid the horrors of Lady Bag's new adventures, and inextricable from them, is some gaspingly funny comedy. Cody has command not only of comic dialogue but, which is much harder to pull off, a kind of verbal rendering of visual humour, as she choreographs her characters across the pages with perfect timing. About Lady Bag"e;made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up for a whole novel Lady Bag is perfectly realized"e;Sara Paretsky, MWA Grand Master, CWA Diamond Dagger winner

Lady Bag, released at last from prison, is greeted by her friends and reunited with her best-loved companion greyhound, Electra.She has been sober for months, and her friends want to keep her on the straight and narrow. What could possibly go wrong?About Lady BagMade the hairs on the back of my neck stand up for a whole novel. Lady Bag is perfectly realized (Sara Paretsky).A great read. Lady Bag is a wonderful addition to your line-up of unforgettable women characters. I was deeply involved in her life and situation from page 1. Great dialogue as ever and some gorgeous imagery. It all added up to a book Im sorry to close (Peter Lovesey).Its the sharp writing as much as the unusual setting that makes this book such a joy. Codys dialogue is always funny and full of purpose, and here shes found her perfect protagonista creative mangler of platitudes and uncontrollable shredder of pomp and hypocrisy (Mat Coward, The Morning Star).

This novel shows how Eva cuts a swathe through London low-life. Big, ugly and irresistible, she's a female wrestler with criminal tendencies and large pectorals. When she's not working the sleazy wrestling circuit, she's a security guard living in a breaker's yard.

A year ago, Eva Wylie was the biggest, meanest, ugliest female wrestler to disgrace the ring. Her name was on posters. People recognized her on the street. But having been barred from the ring, she's back at the bottom, reduced to guarding rich people's cars and dreaming of yesterday's triumphs.