The Bride Who Married Too Often

I used to work in Fitzrovia - an area of London buzzing with media companies and bars. It felt fun yet safe, unlike louche Soho just to the south. Like all of London, rents were sky-high. How could young people afford to live there, I wondered? That’s how Kat and Amy, two twenty-something girls, became central to “The Bride’s Trail”. Badly paid and renting a room “without space to swing a kitten”, Amy accepts she must economise. Kat’s different. Although her wealthy family lost all their money, she craves a party lifestyle. She supplements her croupier’s wage by marrying illegal immigrants for money – many times. It’s hardly surprising that she ends up on the run from the police. Soon, she’s fleeing for her life from an East End crime boss too. The action swiftly moves to Britain’s buzzy second city, Birmingham, and the honeycomb of tunnels under its Victorian Jewellery Quarter. Amy finally tracks Kat down – but is she too late? Birmingham, where I lived for two decades. is a fascinating city full of secrets. Many Brummies (as the citizens are fondly called) know little about the Anchor tunnel complex below the Jewellery Quarter. I hope readers of “The Bride’s Trail” will enjoy the places in the book just as much as the characters!