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Losing It (Quick Reads)

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Ageing small time Welsh drug cartell boss Baldock, who thinks he's more important than he is, has been ripped off by an underling called TJ. Baldock lives with terminally ill wheelchair bound almost 82 year old father, who knows nothing of his son's source of income. He thinks his son is just bludging of the welfare payment he gets from the government to be his carer.

Baldock's approaching 40 himself and has plans to retire from the criminal life, he's stashed away over one hundred thousand pounds in his father's house unbeknownst to the man, who can't get out of bed without help. Baldock hears from his underlings that word on the street is questioning if he still can live up to his reputation after TJ's actions. Baldock knows he must react swiftly and brutally, so those underlings like TJ, arrested in the few years while he waits for his father to finish his final days then escapes to a warmer climate will remain afraid to grass him up. His rivals also may decide to violently take his turf if he is seen as weak. Only problem is with his father's health fast deteriorating, he's going to have leave him alone for a little while, while he tracks down and deals with TJ. Time he knows he really shouldn't be risking. But what's a drug dealer to do?

Losing It, is part of the Quick Reads series of books to increase literacy levels by encouraging those who don't like to read beyond magazines and comic books to try fiction through cheap priced short story length fiction and non fiction.