Nick Rippington: 3 books

You can leave the gang, but the gang won’t leave you... Talented 13-year-old sportsman Gary Marshall experiences the realities of living in a poor suburb when knife-wielding thugs try to rob him of his bike. Rescued by streetwise tough kid Arnie Dolan and his dog Stevo, the two strike up a close...

Hard man Big Mo rules family and friends with a rod of iron. From his base in a rundown area of London, he is driven by a desire to emerge from the shadow of his career criminal father and lift his family out of the poverty trap. When a warehouse raid turns up more than he bargains for,...

A savage murder, a killer on the loose... Arnie Dolan is back – and this time he's in a wheelchair. Ousted from his gang, it looks like his time at the top of the criminal underworld is over... but if you think that, you don't know Arnie. By contrast, life couldn't be much better for...