Aiding & Abetting

By Liam Leddy

There are those who commit crimes. There are those who actively encourage others to commit crime. There are those also who unknowingly assist others to commit crime.
Perhaps the only one who knows of our involvement is the perpetrator? Perhaps not though.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Liam Leddy
• Release date: May 13, 2020
• ISBN: 9781370397013

Liam Leddy

See my website www.liamleddy.comThe two novels Body Language and Bad Form I have written to date are Glasgow sixties crime fiction. Raw , uncompromising Glasgow sreet crime , warts and all. Twists, turns, surprises and violence abound. In conjunction with my numerous short story collections both sell very well indeed in bookstores and to libraries and of course my readers in general.This month alone, December 2012, I have been filmed by Scottish Television re my work. This will be screened by STV mid January. I have also done telephone interviews for television companies about my work in December together with Library presentations. Looking for more exposure as always particularly to Scottish ex-pats the world over. I believe thoughts will always stray to the land of your birth. Or city of your birth. In this case Glasgow. Beautiful, generous, humour filled and lovable. Also, on occasion, dark and very, very scary.My latest short story collection "Tales of Dedication" is now available on Smashwords together with all my usual outlets. I have always been of the opinion that the short story form is sadly neglected in favour of the novel. Short stories are not short novels and vice versa. How many times have I heard the words he/she has "only written" when applied to the short story author. Not true in my case. And certainly not true with the vast majority of world famous authors. I love to read and write short stories and believe that all libraries are missing out if they do not have a separate section for short story collections and anthologies Just updating my new all smiling photo of me on Smashwords because that`s the one I use on my fabulous brand new website. This new site is so user friendly it confuses me. Not a hard thing to do granted.My first novel Body Language is being re-formatted by my new publisher Authorhouse and will very shortly be available in all major print outlets globallyAs of now Tuesday 23/06/15 my books are available in on request from either Amazon Createspace Authorhouse Barnes & Noble Abe Books Books a Million.... In short almost anywhere globally. My books sell in USA UK Germany Canada Italy and surprisingly enough - to me at any rate - Brazil. Now seeking Scottish expat readers globally and book readers in general who may or may not be familiar with Scotland and particularly Glasgow. Watch my videos on Youtube Stage 32 and VimeoMost readers- because of my neglect in updating my Smashwords bio for so long- will be unaware of how many five star reviews my work is receiving at present. Check them out on my author pages at both Amazon and Authorsden. Then buy them wherever you choose. Smashwords for example. The same books are all here!Check my books out. Recently had six accepted for Premium Catalog. Note the entire Lassiter series to date is now in Premium

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Liam Leddy

Aiding and Abetting

& Other Tales

His Fourth Volume of Short Stories

Smashwords Edition

Copyright © 2003, 2020 by Liam Leddy

All rights reserved.

Table of Contents

Aiding and Abetting

Who’s Calling?

The Knowledge

Riot

A Small World

Open Mind

Last Bus

Joker

AIDING AND ABETTING

I know it was him! You know it was him! And you know that I know you're lying through your fucking teeth. We'll get him and when we do you'll be coming along for aiding and abetting. I've never been able to make up my mind which one of you I hate the fucking most. You're both scum. Just different types that's all. Get out of my sight you worthless piece of shit!

Dawson positively spat the last sentence out. Tyler rose adjusting his immaculately tailored jacket as he did so. He glanced at his Rolex.

I take it I can be of no further assistance to you officer. I really must be off anyway. Thanks for your hospitality. I wish I could have been of more assistance in your enquiry but there you have it. My young nephew was nowhere near that disco where the unfortunate youth got stabbed. How could he have been? I've instructed the manager - who happens to be a very close business associate by the way - on no account to let him in to those premises. Far too dangerous for the boy. On my friend's own admission he cannot guarantee the lad's safety. For some reason people seem to think my family are criminals and members of it are targets for all sorts of abuse. The manager will swear to that in court incidentally. But then you've already spoken to him haven't you? I forgot. You told me that when I first sat down. Good afternoon Sergeant.

Dawson hurled his notepad at the door Tyler had just closed behind him on leaving.

I'll get the lot of you. The whole fucking family. We'll see if your blood is really thicker than your water!

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Other than his uncle and his bookie nobody liked Billy Moffat. People would buy him drinks, laugh at his crude, offensive jokes and tell him what a great guy he was. What they said when he was not around was a different thing entirely. They didn't even fear him as, alone, there was absolutely nothing to be afraid of. What made Billy Moffat anything at all was his uncle's criminal connections. Even his uncle and his bookie only liked him out of a warped sense of duty. His uncle because Billy was his dead sister's only son and the bookie because Billy spent an awful lot of his uncle's money betting horses which had absolutely no chance of winning. Moffat was too heavy for his build, had bad breath and a very bad streak to go with it. He was both sectarian and racist in outlook and although he wore the best designer clothes, still managed somehow to look consistently unkempt. He was also spectacularly unsuccessful with women. A bully and a coward, at the age of twenty-eight he had been responsible for two murders and any number of serious, very serious, assaults. The key word being responsible! Billy was always in the company of extremely violent men employed by his uncle. They despised him too!

There was one thing however about Billy Moffat that made him extremely dangerous. He was a REAL physcopath. He had no feelings for anyone other than himself. Not laughing at the correct moment or laughing at an inappropriate moment was reason enough for a severe beating or perhaps even worse. People who looked at him in the wrong manner were immediately on very dangerous ground.

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The small, middle-aged man with the gold rimmed glasses arrived on the five thirty five from Euston and walked briskly to the car waiting outside Glasgow's Central Station.

How are you keeping now? Any better? enquired the young man in the front seat next to the driver.

The man in the gold rimmed glasses ignored him.

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He closed the door behind him and dismissed Tino with a cursory wave of the hand. His uncle looked