Andy Rivers has been a Butlins barman, pretend chippie on a Spanish construction site, coach holiday rep, mobile sandwich salesman and outdoor traffic cone washer to name but a few of his eclectic 'career' choices. Originally from Byker in Newcastle he now lives on the Yorkshire coast where, as well as following Newcastle United around the country, he passes the time by indulging in his passion for `Professional Geordie-ism' and drinking. His first novel 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer' has recently been republished as 'Hammered' and his other works include `I'm Rivelino', a hilarious account of the forty odd years of hurt he has suffered at the hands of the Magpies, 'Special', the second in his gritty Byker Thriller series and 'The Spy Who Bluffed Me', a James Bond parody featuring a bouncer who thinks he's working for MI5! The third book in his Byker thriller series is currently in the pipeline (working title - 'The Changing Man) and should be out in 2024.
With the royalties he makes from his work he plans on buying an Aston Martin and having a proper mid-life crisis...he may be waiting some time...
HAMMERED
The Byker Crime Thriller Series - Book One
‘Billy is going to have to work very hard just to keep everyone he cares about alive and that means the gloves are coming off...’
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SPECIAL
The Byker Crime Thriller Series - Book Two
‘He's the new face, taking on any scumbag who gets in his way, picking them off one by one until only the kingpin is left...’
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I’M RIVELINO - A LIFE OF TWO HALVES
‘all I could see was fifteen stone, pie eating nutters covered in tattoos and no matter how much aftershave they'd slapped on there'd be no f**king romance going on there I can tell you...!'
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THE SPY WHO BLUFFED ME
‘Neville 'Pagga' Palmer is an over-sexed, run-of-the-mill, Geordie doorman with delusions of grandeur. Despite being terrified of his local rivals and thicker than a whale omelette he's convinced that he's a highly trained spy who is simply 'sleeping' until needed by the security services. This isn't a scenario that anyone who has ever met him would think likely...until one day an upper-class, blonde-haired spook asks him to sign the official secrets act and tells him that his services are required for King and country!
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