J. A. Stapleton

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I have 149 stories published in 17 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 124658 times and 68 of my stories have been cherry picked.
6 of my 90 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 6 votes

J. A. Stapleton is the author of three crime novels. His book, film and TV reviews are available on Instagram at @j.a.stapleton

His literary influences are Ian Fleming, Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Raymond Chandler and James Ellroy.

The first book in the Detective Lacey series "THE PATROLMAN" will be published weekly on Friday with ABCTales.com.

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The Second World War: PART 3 - Otto Krause - Berlin (1944) #2

By J. A. Stapleton on Fri, 12 Jan 2018

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 2 - Adelise Gèroux - Paris (1945) #2

By J. A. Stapleton on Fri, 05 Jan 2018

When Adelise Gèroux finished packing her life into a single suitcase, she walked out onto her balcony to take in the evening air.

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The Second World War: PART 1 - Roger Farrier - Dunkirk (1940) #2

By J. A. Stapleton on Thu, 04 Jan 2018

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

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Lenin on Loons

By J. A. Stapleton on Fri, 15 Dec 2017

Three times I blink. I’m in my old high school, sitting on a cream couch in the Assembly Hall that bisects block B and block C. Somebody blares Marc...