Lemonade

By Tom Ashton

Peter Lemon and Aidan O'Sullivan are the proud co-owners of Grenton Groceries, a successful fruit and veg retailers in Grenton Village, Cumbria. However, commercial bliss is thrown into disarray when Aidan's brother Norris arrives at the shop, having been recently released from prison.

Soon Norris begins to drive a rift between the men, and, following the advice of a neighbour, it becomes clear to one of them that there is only one solution.

Lemonade is a story from Ashton's Grenton Village Collection, and has been described as 'Cosy Crime', a subgenre of Crime Fiction in which the crime takes place in a small, socially intimate community, often described using dark humour.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BLKDOG Publishing
• Release date: Sep 19, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393111474

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LEMONADE

Tom Ashton

Copyright © 2019 Tom Ashton.

This edition published in 2019 by BLKDOG Publishing.

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

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I would like to dedicate this book to my Mum and Dad for their unwavering support throughout my writing career.

Tom Ashton is a short story writer and novelist from Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, UK, who holds a degree in Creative Writing from the University of Derby, has worked for both publishers and literary agencies, and has spoken at universities and literature festivals about his career. He has had three stories from his Grenton Village collection (set in South Cumbria) published since November 2018.

You can chat with Tom Ashton on Twitter: @thattomashton 

P

eter was short, round, and had a penchant for yellow, which made him suit his surname; Lemon, though he did not consider himself in any way a bitter man.

He even traded in lemons on occasion, being one of two greengrocers who co-owned Grenton Groceries, the best (and only) sellers of premium fruit and vegetables in Grenton Village,