I enjoyed the first book, All These Nearly Fights so much that I just had to read the sequel.

Fault on Both Sides quickly starts off giving us a reminder of how book one ended. Jumping straight into the story we carry on from where lottery winner Jimmy Harris has just punched his colleague Carl right on the nose in his work’s car showroom, witnessed by his boss, other colleagues, present girlfriend and an old friend who he has just slept with.

Jimmy, knowing he is going to lose his job as well as just being caught out for cheating on girlfriend Charlotte with old friend Isabel, Jimmy tries to sort his life out and tries to get on the right track as his lottery win is not doing him any favours at this time.

I was so happy to be back with Jimmy and all the previous characters from the first book. I did enjoy the first one more as I felt there was more going on and I found myself laughing out loud. The second book seemed to tie up loose ends rather than give more to the story.

Richard Cunliffe gets Jimmy’s life spot on and tells the story in such a way that you feel you know him and I feel like a fixture in his life just like a friend. I wish it was a bit longer as I think Jimmy has so much more to give, especially now he has a new love interest. Maybe Richard Cunliffe will consider a third book?

About the Author

Richard Cunliffe was born in Rochdale in January 1968. Exiled from the north west at the age of two, he grew up and went to school in Leamington Spa, and later gained a degree in business administration from the University of Coventry.

He has since lived in many locations throughout the UK and Ireland, moving home often due to work commitments. Nowadays, though, he is pretty settled just outside Derby.

An avid reader and keen writer, one of Richard’s earliest (and favourite) writing memories is of winning a national competition for creating a Doctor Who adventure. He was around eight years old at the time (Richard, not the Doctor), and although it took another four decades for him to publish his debut novel, “All These Nearly Fights”, he published its sequel, “Fault on Both Sides”, within the following few months.

Richard’s current work-in-progress is called: “They’re Closing the Lamb and Musket”. It concerns itself with the lives of the drinkers at a pub earmarked for closure, and with their struggle to keep the place open. He expects to publish this work during the first half of 2019.