FOXTROT OSCAR is the spectacular new novel by ex-copper Charlie Owen - Life on Mars meets The Sweeney, only harder!
1976 James Callaghan becomes Prime Minister; Brotherhood of Man win the Eurovision Song Contest, things surely cannot get much worseor can they?
Handstead New Town, affectionately known as Horses Arse, a north Manchester overspill and ugly dump, melts under the relentless heat wave of the summer. The Park Royal Mafia, a group of local villains, is under new management but its muscle and sheer mindless violence has attracted the sinister attention of Sercan Ozdemir, a Turkish gangster. The police, Horses Arses finest, The Grim Brothers, Psycho, Pizza and the rest, try and keep a lid on things in their own inimitable style. But when the CID manoeuvre the Park Royal Mafia into a catastrophic arrangement with Ozdemir, it can only end in tears...
Charlie Owen enjoyed a thirty-year career in the police service, serving with two forces in the Home Counties and London, reaching the rank of Inspector. He recently commenced a second career in the security services department of an investment bank. Charlie Owen is married with six children
‘Charlie Owen is a talent, an authentic voice that humorously exposes the dark, eccentric world of English street crime’ Guy Ritchie
