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The Viv Graham Series
by best selling author Stephen Richards
TITLE:
Viv Graham, Britain’s Most Feared Gangster ISBN: 1844541274
RRP £7.99
Paperback by Stephen Richards JUNE 2005
Viv
Graham's name means many things to many people. A legend in his own lifetime,
he worked his way to the very top of the North East's criminal elite until
his iron grip on its activities extended to the darkest corner of the underworld.
The mere mention of his name would strike dread into the hearts of his
enemies and all knew that, if Viv was after you, then hell was coming with
him. His frightening capacity for extreme violence was never questioned,
and his size and ability to fight enabled him to exert a huge influence
on those around him - but he also had a reputation as a hard man with a
heart of gold who looked after those that looked after each other. In this
frank and astonishing book, Stephen Richards peels away the tissue of lies
surrounding the life and death of Viv Graham and, using information from
over 350 of Viv's closest friends, family associates, he finally tells
the brutal and tragic stories of one of gangland's greatest heroes with
vital new updates.
Fight to
the Death: Viv Graham and Lee Duffy - Too Hard to Live, Too Young to Die
RRP: £9.99
Paperback by Stephen Richards May 2006
Viv
Graham and Lee Duffy led parallel lives as pub and club enforcers, raging
their gangland turf wars with a fierce frenzy of brutality and unremitting
cruelty. This frank and astonishing book by underworld authority Stephen
Richards is a riveting double portrait of two of the North East's most
feared men whose bloody rivalry was cut short when they each met horrifically
violent ends. With a frightening capacity for extreme violence, Tyneside
protection hardman Viv struck fear into the hearts of his enemies, yet
his benevolence to local charities and schemes to keep kids away from drugs
and crime was well known - any patch that Viv protected was guaranteed
free of both. He was the ultimate maverick trouble-shooter. Teeside drugs
enforcer Lee Duffy had half his foot shot off in an assassination attempt
and his skull beaten with a crowbar, but his streetwise instinct was unmatched.
With unprecedented access to friends, family and associates, Stephen Richards
dispels many of the myths surrounding these legendary figures.
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The first
in the trilogy of 'Viv' books based around murdered hard man Viv Graham.
Written by Underworld Expert Stephen Richards this book opens up with the
background to Viv's life and looks at the buildup to certain events that
took place in the underworld. A must have for any true crime enthusiast.
New Year’s
Eve, Tyneside hard man Viv Graham’s life climaxes in a violent end! The
Geordie Mafia unfolded. Truth! Pain! Anguish! Gripping catalogue of true
crime! Hit man based in Manchester, UK - his professional opinion on the
gangland assassination of Viv. Manchester v Newcastle - Super City comparisons.
Murders! Kneecappings! Shootings! Stabbings! Glassings! Drug Dealing! Protection
Rackets! Blackmailing! Robberies! Torturing and more. Gazza – “My comments
on Viv.” Top hit man from Manchester reveals all. Viv was THE
4th emergency service - in demand from Tyneside to Tenerife.
Geordie actor Tim Healey's run in with Viv.
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The second
in the series of six true crime books revolving around the lives of murdered
hard men Viv Graham and Lee Duffy. Written by respected Underworld
Expert Stephen Richards.
Featuring interviews
with those close to the "Geordie Godfather" who was gunned down in a gangland
hit, this book is the follow up to "Viv (Graham) - 'Simply the Best'".
It reveals stories of Graham's life and of his murder, and includes a comparison
between nightclubs in Liverpool and Newcastle. A look at the underworld
in the Candy Rock Seaside resort of Blackpool.
Murder, mayhem,
drugs, violence and sex form the backdrop to this modern-day tale of life
in the crime-ridden underbelly of Newcastle. Based on a true story, this
is a book about the rise and fall of the late Viv Graham. From Lands End
to John O’Groats, no city, town or village is without someone who’s carved
out a name for themselves. Newcastle is no different — London has the Krays
and Lenny McLean (The Guv’nor), and the North East had Viv Graham and Lee
Duffy.
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The third
in the series of 6 true crime books relating to Viv (Graham) a northern
underworld character, and Lee Duffy, from Teesside. As with the two preceding
Viv books, this one continues with the subject matter of northern crime.
Featuring interviews
with the hardest men in the north. (Brian Cockerill, Rich Horsley, Stu
Watson, Ernie Bewick, etc.) Coverage of Tyneside, Wearside, Teesside, Blackpool,
Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, London, Spain, etc. A full chapter featuring
an exclusive interview with the Monarch of London's underworld 'Dodgy'
Dave Courtney, which for the first time anywhere features the full story
of how Dave was wrongly branded an informant because of a fake informant
scam pulled on Dave by a bent policeman. (Now convicted serving four years.)
A £15m drugs trial collapses when the judge orders a bent copper
to be arrested from the witness stand, the full story of the links to the
Geordie Mafia.
Lee Duffy the
notorious underworld character from Teesside who was feared for! his violence
was killed in a knife fight, now for the first time those close to him
tell the real story. The best has been kept to the last and you will not
be unhappy at the results. Mirage Publishing were only too pleased to put
their money into this one, which it considers to be their best title from
their portfolio of true crime books produced to date. Full of gunfights,
slashings, stabbings, blackmailing, shootings, murders, bare fist fighting
and more.
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This was the
4th in a series of six books based on the lives of Viv Graham and Lee Duffy.
Viv Graham and Lee Duffy (the Duffer) fiercely resented each other – their
names stood for violence - both sworn enemies! Both ran parallel
lives as pub and club enforcers, raging their gangland turf wars with a
fierce frenzy of brutality and an unremitting cruelty!
Engaging each
other in a vicious gangland organised winner takes all fight would be the
ultimate challenge! Warfare and combat would mean bloodshed and carnage
– both men would eventually meet untimely, brutal and violent deaths!
Their violent lives unfolded.
An in-depth
look at how crime can become such a precursor to death. The £22m
murder trial of Freddie Knights is featured, not as an in-fill but as a
means to show how death means nothing to those willing to take the risks
for the spoils of the ever increasing drug war.
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