KEVAN'S BOOKS
TO BE FRANK
Fifty-something newspaper columnist, Frank Savage, pens a controversial piece calling for dogs and babies to be banned from cafés as his swansong to journalism. Instead of being dismissed, the column catapults him to stardom—and into further trouble.
On a night out, Frank spots his arch-enemy, Brewster, 56—an apparently reformed racist, homophobic football hooligan turned drug dealer, now a respected figure in the local community—whom he blames for his brother’s death.
This coincides with the arrival of his eldest daughter, Naomi, whom Frank hasn’t seen for years. A genius with numbers, she works for an organised crime syndicate in London, headed by the Wise One, but is desperate to break free and go straight. The Syndicate places Naomi in the seaside town of Portobello, Edinburgh, to work alongside Brewster, overseeing their money laundering operation.
As Naomi and Frank grow closer and begin to heal old wounds, neither realises they are both hiding secrets that would devastate the other.
Book Details:
368 Pages
English
28th Sept. 2025.
Incredible read and great memories of Edinburgh
Wow, what an incredible read. Kevan's first crack at a novel was amazing, and brought back such fond memories of Edinburgh, Portobello, Leith and Musselburgh. This one keeps you engaged right to the last page! Should be a movie one day. Look forward to what Kevan comes up with next. Amazon delivered this one very quickly too.
Peter
A very entertaining read!
I thoroughly enjoyed this debut novel and tore through it!
It’s written by a bubbly, busy, witty, and clever mind.
Clearly drawing from the author's own experience as a journalist, this story is set in Edinburgh, with the main character (highly amusing) writing a newspaper column and perhaps nearing retirement age; he can’t seem to keep himself out of trouble!
This is a big page-turner of a story, with characters so well-written that I feel I know them, and they would, no doubt, be my friends.
When will the drama series be released?
Claire McV
First of many?
Impressive debut and hopefully the first of many more to come. Funny, gripping, poignant and difficult to put down. There's a real depth to the characters with more than enough to evoke happy childhood memories and less comfortable self reflection in men of a certain age, while life's travails are handled with a heart-warming sensitivity. With that, I'm away for another German biscuit.
A.D.
