J. A. Stapleton

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I have 104 stories published in 17 collections on the site.
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J. A. Stapleton is the author of three crime novels. His epistolary short story “Loyalty” was published by ESTRO in 2017. His film reviews are available on Instagram and Facebook, with in-print weekly reviews published in REBEL magazine for the University of Essex. He was recognised for his efforts and work exhibited in the Albert Sloman Library as a writer of the University.

His novels are currently in the editing stage. The Detective Lacey series span four books set in Los Angeles between December 1941 and September 1949. His literary influences are Ian Fleming, Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Raymond Chandler and James Ellroy.

J. A. Stapleton does not claim to own any of the images used nor does he make money from them, each having been sourced from Wikimedia Commons and his own illustrations. No copyright intended.

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The Second World War: PART 4 - Andrew MacDonald - Sagan (1943)

By J. A. Stapleton on Thu, 14 Sep 2017

The Royal Air Force Flight Lieutenant, the Scotsman Andrew MacDonald, and appointed Intelligence Chief of Stalag Luft III, left the warmth of Hut 106 and closed the door conspiratorially behind him.

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The Second World War: PART 3 - Sophie Moss - London (1945)

By J. A. Stapleton on Mon, 11 Sep 2017

I've begun this diary to chronicle the events of my life after the War.

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The Second World War: PART 2 - Otto Krause - Berlin (1944)

By J. A. Stapleton on Sun, 13 Aug 2017

On the afternoon of March twenty-sixth, the Hotel Adlon at number seventy-seven on the Unter den Linden, with its somewhat beige exterior and flat copper roof, became the scene of an abhorrent crime.

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The Second World War: PART 1 - Roger Farrier - Dunkirk (1940)

By J. A. Stapleton on Sat, 29 Jul 2017

The burly man lying face down in the sand may have well been dead.

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16...19...20...

By J. A. Stapleton on Tue, 02 May 2017

My clock’s beating through my chest; It’s about to explode. Heartbreak; It’s killing me; Cold empty nights in summer evenings; It’s been months now...