The Winter of '63

It’s the Winter of 1963, and Detective Inspector Jack White with the unruly haircut and matching attitude, is battling ice, snow, and a cold-blooded killer. The Winter of ’63 is the latest standalone crime thriller from Stephen Ainley and once again, takes the reader back to the post-war unforgettable and unforgiving East End of London.

Spike first introduced DI Jack White. It’s 1961 and London’s Aldgate is rocked by two brutal murders. Spike is a brutal crime novel set in the heart of the 1960s East End that is still recovering from the ravages of World War Two bombings.

The author’s next crime novel was The Broken Detective, with the DI struggling with guilt that no amount of alcohol can assuage. A young girl goes missing, and a man’s wife disappears, but Jack’s own demons won’t stop him from investigating.

The Winter of ’63 is the third Jack White novel from Stephen Ainley.

The author was born in Birmingham, UK, and served in the British Airborne in the 1970s, before moving to Australia. He is widely known for his Dennis Bisskit Series, filled with family, fun, colourful characters, and disasters.

His first serious novel and Amazon Bestseller, Jessup, takes place in 1950 and spans the battlefields of France and Northern Africa, to the East End. Jessup is a heart-rending story of a former soldier with undiagnosed PTSD, with one last chance to turn his life around.

And now comes, The Winter of ’63. It’s the coldest winter in 200 years, so cold in London that people can skate on the river Thames. On one of the worst nights, only two men are unfortunate enough to be out on the streets in the East End, Jack White and the man he finds encased in snow and with an axe wedged in his spine. It’s the unforgettable Winter of 1963.

Join Jack White with his unruly hair and dark humour as he tries to solve these crime thrillers. There are many more to come.