Joe Balham
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Description
Alan White (23 February 1924 – February 2003) was an English novelist and journalist. He used his experiences as a Second World War commando leader in his writings. He also wrote using the names "Alec Haig", "James Fraser" and "Alec Whitney". Under the pseudonym "Joe Balham" he wrote seven novels based on The Sweeney television series. His novel The Long Day's Dying was made into a 1968 film directed by Peter Collinson. White wrote mysteries, as well as war and adventure novels. White died in Salisbury, Wiltshire in February 2003.
Books
Regan and the Lebanese shipment
No. 4 in the Sweeney series. Detective Inspector Regan returns to tackle heroin gangs on the streets of London.
THE SWEENEY - REGAN & THE LEBANESE SHIPMENT
London's most wanted gangster, Cala, is arrested for murder. Cala claims he was framed and only Regan believes him. Despite a warning from his superiors and a vicious beating by gangland thugs Regan keeps looking. Somewhere there's connection between Cala and a five million pound shipment of heroin arriving from the war torn processing labs in Beirut.....
THE SWEENEY 2 - THE BLAG
Crime/Thriller - Detective Inspector Jack Regan is back. Tough, ruthless, unorthodox and the best. When death and destruction follow a wave of bank robberies in London, he's left without a lead. Regan and Carter know another raid is planned, another ''blag'', somewhere in London. For the Sweeney (Sweeney Todd = Flying Squad), it could spell disaster.