Fingers trembling with excitement, Danny switched on his trusty old PC and waited patiently for the machine to boot up, the familiar chimes and bongs adding to his frustration as it warmed into action. After a minute or so the welcome signal appeared and he quickly googled the one-to-one chatline, his eyes eagerly scanning the various girls' photos, checking the lights at the top right-hand corner of the pictures to estab...

For the third time, and with even more care than the first two, Philip Jackson flicked the banknotes through his fingers and jotted the totals on his pad. He pushed the buttons on his pocket calculator, his brow furrowed. There was no doubt about it - the cash was £100 short.Clicking shut his smart black leather briefcase, he extinguished the lights and locked the door of the trendy restaurant and walked to his car. Sitti...

"Well, shall we go in, or not?" The two women looked at each other and giggled nervously. The betting shop was tucked away down a side street of the East Yorkshire coastal resort they had spent such an enjoyable day exploring, and to the middle-class mother and daughter combo, it looked enticingly decadent. Annabell and her 17-year old daughter Emily had driven from their affluent Cheshire home to visit the seaside town o...

When the police arrived to arrest the girls, there was no warning. The first intimation that something was amiss came by way of raised voices down at reception, followed by heavy footsteps on the rickety wooden stairs. Then the fearsome pounding on the flimsy wooden door. "Open up at once - police!" More puzzled than afraid, Jennifer unlocked the hotel room door, and in stormed four policemen in combat uniform. Jennifer n...

Henderson surveyed the young blonde sitting nervously in front of him and mentally swiftly assessed his options. Sarah had been marched into his office after having been apprehended by one of the ever-vigilant store detectives, spotted slipping a bottle of expensive perfume into her handbag when she had thought herself unobserved. Now, as Head of Security, the action to be taken was in his hands. Of course, Henderson was...