J. A. Stapleton
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I have 157 stories published in
17 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 137470 times
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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.
© J. A. Stapleton 2025
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The Second World War: PART 3 - Sophie Moss - London (1945)
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)
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)
The burly man lying face down in the sand may have well been dead.
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Nobody's Son or, Another Delinquent Boy's Betrayal (Part 2)
[CHAPTER THE THIRD] THE OLD CODGER AND HIS PUPILS Despite this ‘dark spot’ in the official version of events, certain pieces of information,...
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Nobody's Son or, Another Delinquent Boy's Betrayal (Part 1) REVISED
“Is it better for a man to have chosen evil rather than to have good imposed upon him?” – Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange [1] . For Eleanor. [...
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