A novel by Joe Smalle

Some Girls Will, Some Girls Won’t

Britain, 1981. A cheeky mail-order scheme makes Kevin rich—until two local crooks decide his money must come from drugs.

The story

Easy money attracts dangerous attention.

What begins as a farcical get-rich-quick scheme becomes a dangerous struggle involving secrecy, violence and murder.

At 23, Kevin turns a questionable idea into a thriving mail-order business advertised in adult magazines.

Before long he is earning more money than he knows how to explain. His sudden wealth attracts the attention of local criminals GeeGee and Wingnut. Convinced that Kevin must be involved in drugs, they want their share—and they are not inclined to accept no for an answer.

Set in 1981, Some Girls Will, Some Girls Won’t is a darkly comic British crime novel about ambition, easy money and the risks of appearing richer than you ought to be.

A questionable idea makes Kevin rich. Keeping it secret may get him killed.

The author

Joe Smalle

Joe Smalle is the pen name of British author Joe Connolly. At the age of 82, Joe published Some Girls Will, Some Girls Won’t, a darkly comic crime novel set in Britain in 1981.

The novel combines humour, danger, relationships and the consequences of an unlikely business idea that becomes far more successful than its creator ever expected.

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