Books published by Amygdala Press

Guinea Pigs is the follow-up to James Howell's infamous Disturbed Girl trilogy. This dark collection of short stories examines three seemingly unconnected people as they slide along separate paths towards chaos and tragedy. Will any of them find salvation, or will they all be destroyed by the terrible deception that unites them?Guinea Pig 1 - The Man Who Couldn't Laugh Colin Jones is a neurotic suburban nobody who has a serious problem with his new neighbours. Spurred on by what he reads in the tabloid press, how far will he go to get them evicted?Guinea Pig 2 - A Wild LifeA damaged woman travels to Africa to escape from her life of sex and violence. As she touches down in the Gambia, she has no idea that her nightmare is just beginning.Guinea Pig 3 - Red DemonDetective Josh Brody works in the bleak underbelly of south London trying to protect victims of hate crime. It is a grim world, and he might be closer to the misery than he realises.

Hannah Harker's search for love, sanity and salvation becomes a sickening marathon of depravity in the final installment of James Howell's Disturbed Girl trilogy.

A bored young journalist starts creating her own news stories in an attempt to end the daily tedium which is grinding her soul to dust. As she raises the stakes, the lives of countless people get dragged into her twisted world of scandal, sex and violence.