The Viper Lounge (Book 1)
J B MacCallum
- Retired
- soldier
- Jimmy
- Calder
- plans
- to
- relax
- and
- concentrate
- on
- running
- The
- Viper
- Lounge,
- but
- his
- long
- standing
- association
- with
- an
- organised
- crime
- boss,
- and
- a
- robust
- sense
- of
- justice
- means
- that
- old
- habits
- die
- hard.The
- Viper
- Lounge
- is
- a
- collection
- of
- 16
- darkly
- comic
- off-beat
- original
- screenplay
- stories,
- exploring
- the
- lives
- and
- misadventures
- of
- a
- broad
- set
- of
- colourful
- characters,
- connected
- to
- a
- lively
- music
- bar
- in
- a
- south
- Essex
- riverside
- town.
- From
- crime
- and
- vengeance
- to
- romance
- and
- redemption,
- each
- story
- has
- a
- twist
- and
- a
- bite
- –
- where
- anything
- can
- happen,
- and
- usually
- does.Episode
- 1:
- ELECTRIC
- LADYLAND.
- After
- a
- ruthless
- eastern
- European
- drug
- gang
- accuses
- her
- of
- being
- a
- police
- informer,
- the
- life
- of
- a
- young
- woman
- hangs
- in
- the
- balance
- –
- plunging
- Jimmy
- Calder
- into
- a
- deadly
- crisis
- of
- conscience.Episode
- 2:
- WELCOME
- TO
- THE
- VIPER
- LOUNGE.
- (Pilot)
- 'Businessmen'
- Perry
- Shaw
- and
- Dennis
- 'The
- scrap
- man'
- Ronson,
- have
- a
- territorial
- dispute
- with
- a
- rival
- Midlands
- firm,
- resulting
- in
- a
- non-traditional
- method
- of
- settling
- matters.
- Jim's
- first
- date
- with
- new
- veterinary
- doctor
- Amanda,
- is
- compromised
- by
- a
- bunch
- of
- ill-mannered
- louts.
- Ready
- to
- open
- for
- business,
- The
- Viper
- Lounge
- management
- host
- a
- launch party.
