Ronald Cardigan has scores to settle. Someone is pissing him off, and his heavies will have to go and sort him out. Plus, his daughter is still living at home, doing his head in, but a situation arises where he can get her out of his hair, and he takes it. Jonathan Pembrooke finds himself married to someone he can’t stand, but if he backs out of the deal, Cardigan will kill him. He embarks on an affair, and the mother of the woman he’s seeing has an agenda involving Cardigan’s daughter… Debbie runs The Angel and the ‘massage parlour’ behind it. She’s under Cardigan’s protection as his woman, so when someone comes along being rude to Shirley, one of the brothel girls, Debbie’s first instinct is to get him sorted. When things get out of hand and she’s faced with a shocking sight, she can’t keep quiet any longer. Poison pen letters, crime, people being given second smiles. Life on The Cardigan Estate isn’t pretty.

The Cardigan Estate is now under the rule of The Brothers. Everything is going well—apart from rumours saying another patch boss, Richie Lime, wants to take The Estate as his own. Sarah got away from Lime months ago, although her former pimp has been looking for her, waiting for that moment to reel her back in. They share a secret, and he’s on a mission to let her know he hasn’t forgotten it. Debbie should be happy with running the brothel behind her pub, The Angel, but she isn’t. Not until she finds out who really killed Cardigan. When she does, only a murder can bring her peace. Beth is tangled up in Lime’s wicked game, and she has no choice but to do what he wants. Being chained up and starved in a basement has seen to that. Although not everything is as it seems, and she works out a way to keep her gran safe from the blade of Lime’s knife, a threat he dangles over her. Murder, lies, and corruption. Life on The Cardigan Estate still isn’t pretty.

Patch bosses just don’t know when to stay in their own lane… Lavender turns tricks for a living at the parlour behind The Angel. She’s been hiding in plain sight, but her past has caught up with her. She should have known running wouldn’t solve her problems… Kevin Robins runs one of London’s patches, and he’s been searching for Lavender for three years. He’s finally found her—and plans to reel her back to his sordid life. Martin is snatched off the streets and taken to an attic, where he suffers torturous abuse. What he doesn’t understand is why two men, called The Brothers, have given him a helping hand. Teddy is devastated at a wicked turn of events. He wants someone to pay and won’t rest until justice is served. The Cardigan Estate, where life is easy—if you’re friends with twins who are more than happy to mete out retribution.

Patch bosses infect your life—even when they’re dead. Rosie has been working in the parlour at The Angel, reclaiming her life after a hideous time with an old flame. Until she kills her neighbour, then everything goes wrong. The past she’s been running from catches up with her, and The Brothers, leaders of The Cardigan Estate, step in to help. Marla is a woman from Rosie’s past, determined to prove her ex-‘sister’ isn’t who she says she is. When a man goes missing from a block of flats, Marla’s convinced history is repeating itself. The thing is, can she prove it? Someone is watching Rosie from across the street, writing down her moves in a little notebook. Rod Clarke, the dodgy detective, crosses the line and becomes someone he never thought he’d be. Dead bodies are stacking up, one after the other. The Cardigan Estate is one place you don’t want to dwell—if you know a flower called Rosie.

When men in balaclavas burst into the parlour at The Angel, shotguns raised, Orchid’s time is up. She’s been hiding in London, hoping members of a gang she used to belong to don’t find her. Seems they have. Will, Orchid’s younger brother, is still a gang member up in Birmingham, and although he’s desperate to get out, he hasn’t got the balls. A message from his sister after he helps to pull off a big job changes everything, and he boards a train to meet her. Murder is the name of the game, and the siblings have no choice but to commit it—just like they’ve had no choice in the past, forced to do things no child should have to. Can they wipe the gang out and move on? Will The Brothers help them? And how will they go forward with deaths on their consciences? The Cardigan Estate is once again thrown into the heart of tragic lives, where justice is found with bullets, blood, and chopped-up bodies dumped in the Thames.

Lily has been tasked with a dangerous job—plotting to kill. The targets in this mission have been good to her, but she’s desperate and wants the offered fifty grand so she can take her children and run from her ex. Jared is that ex, and he’s had enough of being cast out of Lily’s life. They belong together, but she’s having none of it. If he can’t have her, no one can… George, one of The Brothers, is having a hard time keeping a lid on the past. Those riddles from his childhood have crept back into his head. They have the potential to finally send him over the edge into full-on madness. Who is ‘she’, and why would a secret break her? Who is ‘he’, and why would he kill The Brothers’ mother? The Cardigan Estate is still a dodgy place, where secrets come home to roost and revelations result in fiery deaths. Enter at your peril.

George Wilkes has received a letter from beyond the grave. Greg, his twin, has justice on his mind and a thirst for murder, needing someone to blame for the treatment their mother endured. The past is revealed with Dolly as the main star, a woman who’s swept up in a dangerous man’s world, forced to do terrible things, all while keeping them a secret. The twins search for clues regarding their mother’s life and stumble upon a story that leaves them wondering whether they ever knew her at all. Then another problem is thrown into the mix, and they have to find a man who reminds them of someone…someone they killed long ago. Can they keep their mother’s secret to themselves? Or should they tell Debbie, the owner of The Angel, what they’ve discovered? And why do they need to visit Leona Cardigan and find an item from years gone by? The Cardigan Estate, a place where nothing runs smoothly and brothers with a penchant for bloodshed rule the roost. Come for a walk in the past, where all will be revealed…

Princess used to be called Jenny, a shy young woman who believed everything a certain man told her. Until she didn’t. Many years later, with the offer of a job in the parlour at The Angel, she becomes Amaryllis, a flower she prays will bloom.Murder and treachery are a murky sea to sail on, and Ollie Ford is the captain of the ship. He has urges to murder, and one night after a rave, those urges become too much to ignore. He forces Jenny to witness a terrible crime, then expects her to keep it a secret forever.With Ollie back in the picture, Amaryllis turns to The Brothers, mad twins who run The Cardigan Estate, and they help her get rid of a few demons.Will Ollie win Jenny’s heart back?Will Amaryllis ever move on?And will George and Greg Wilkes finally banish their own demons, their own pasts?The Cardigan Estate, with an unfolding story that spans many years, several players taking part to ensure the strands of a deceitful web are never broken.

Freesia is in trouble. A man demands money, and she has two days to pay up—or else. She turns to The Brothers, not only for the cash but something more important…something she never thought would happen to her.Her dead husband’s story the lies, the treachery, the deaths. Adam was a good man once, but day by day, he turns into someone he doesn’t know anymore, a stranger he detests.The leaders of other estates each have their own agenda. Trust is a big issue, but it’s broken time and again by someone’s clever plot. The Brothers step in, discovering all is not well, anger and the need to kill burning bright.Who are Stu, Cook, Baker, Guard, and Nanny?Who has a score to settle, reclaiming what’s theirs?And will Freesia ever find what’s hidden in the cupboard?The Cardigan Estate, where this time, there are so many threads, it may be impossible to unravel them all before it’s too late. The clock is always ticking…