Butterfly Assassins by Steve Walsh

Excerpt

Turning through the pages of his teenage years, Bradley’s petty crime, the shoplifting, the bicycle thefts, quickly graduated to ‘pass and grab’ on hot-wired mopeds. Wallets, mobile ‘phones and designer bags snatched on the move, provided the funds for expansion into ‘passing off’ fake brands: cosmetics, perfumes, trainers and the like. Burglary and breaking and entering were favourite subjects during his A-level years. You could say Bradley was born to it and always a step ahead of the police, as though inside information was an accomplice to his crimes. 

When eight Rolex watches were stolen from a jeweller’s shop in Alderley Edge, the police suspected an employee, or the owner himself. The culprit was Bradley of course. He’d seen the codes for the burglar alarm and the night safe and knew how to disable the surveillance cameras online. This information was readily available in The Market Square if you knew where to look. Though no one was formally charged, the lady who’d worked in the shop for twenty-seven years was made redundant three months after the break-in. 

It was on the day of the drugs heist that Bradley Givens finally came of age. That was the moment he recognised the full potential of an amazing business opportunity; a franchise for a new kind of criminal activity with a modus operandi uniquely suited to him. It also marked the first, fully accredited instance of collateral damage and that’s what finally brought Bradley and his misdemeanours to our attention.

Book Blurb

Sally Bennett was an orphan and an only child. Incomprehensibly, at the age of ten, both her parents died in quick succession. Proof that fate deals our cards blind. One can be dealt three buses in a row, a run of traffic lights on red, or a pair of deaths; it all depends on the shuffle. Destiny was playing its hand and having led with a heart, the face card of her mother, Sally had no other option but to follow suit. 

When Wilson and Daisy play with the Tetris blocks of the future, problems soon stack up. Butterfly Assassins is the sequel to Wilson indeed and takes us back to Sally Bennett, the car accident, shared dreams, and a divine intervention outside Davenport train station.

About the Author

For twenty years Steve Walsh honed his skills in prose as an advertising copywriter; the ‘ideas’ man in a Manchester based marketing agency that carried his name.

In the late 1990’s he stumbled into the world of the dotcom entrepreneur and his claim to fame is as the creator of the hotel booking service, laterooms.com and the first car insurance comparison site, easycover.com. So, the birth of Meerkats, a Welsh opera singer and being confused.com might be considered as down to him, for which he apologises. 

He now uses his vivid imagination and gentle Mancunian wit to write visionary fantasy novels with bold concepts. Wilson indeed, the first book in his trilogy The WiFi of Dreams takes the reader on a richly imagined, fact meets fiction adventure story to which we can relate and feel we can touch. A whimsical interrogation of the inexplicable and fundamental tenets of our lives – the role and meaning of dreams, the nature of the hereafter, hard and soft science, a love story – what more can you want? 

Butterfly Assassins, the second book in the trilogy, will be published in Summer 2021.

In a recent survey, 85% of people said yes to the question: “Do you believe there are things out there that science can’t explain?”

If you’re one of those 85%, you’ll love The WiFi of Dreams series.

Born and bred in the north west of England, Steve Walsh has three children and likes to fly fish in his spare time.

Buying Links

Amazon UK – https://www.amazon.co.uk/Butterfly-Assassins-WiFi-Dreams-Book/dp/1916486126Amazon US – https://www.amazon.com/Butterfly-Assassins-WiFi-Dreams-Book/dp/1916486126