Dog Leap Stairs

<p><strong>Newcastle 1955</strong></p><p><br>Monica haunts the quayside picking up men of a certain age.<br>Then one of them is found dead.<br>Since nobody knows what she does at night she can't be in the frame for the murder.<br>Can she?</p><p><br>At her lowest point she meets Bobby Wilson an ordinary lad handsome in his way.<br>But is this the right time to fall in love?</p><p><br>As the oily Tyne flows past the wharfs and under the iconic bridge middle-aged men are being targeted by a vicious killer. Monica Brown damaged abused just happens to be in the area - just happens to be excited by the murders.</p><p><br>Dog Leap Stairs is a blend of psychological realism and crime; dark claustrophobic and atmospheric it is both a portrait of Tyneside in the 1950s and an account of one woman's struggle against her true nature.</p>