Welcome to the website of author Joe Stein. Joe has written two crime/thriller books featuring the ex-boxer turned bodyguard Garron and also had several short stories published, some of which you can find here.

www.joesteinauthor.co.uk is a contact point for Joe and an introduction to his books and short stories. There will usually be an extract from one of the books and a short story posted on the site at any one time. Any signings/interviews or appearances at open groups will also be listed.

His third Garron book, titled: 'That Twisted Thing Called Truth', is now completed but is not yet available.

Another Man's World

from Amazon reviewers
Ex-boxer Garron is back, now working full time as a bodyguard and rent collector and struggling with both his wrecked past and his bleak future. Working for shady businessmen and criminals, he's trying to stay one step out of their life and make sense of his own. But at a time when Garron sees a possible way out of his troubles, one small job starts to escalate out of control and betrayal by friends and manipulation by enemies sees him dragged into a world of unlicensed fights and shotgun robberies, a world where he is pulled into confrontation with career criminal Adam Hillier, a world in which Hillier walks unchallenged. It is another man's world. Read an extract here...

Cold Fire, Calm Rage

from Amazon reviewers
An ex-boxer turned bodyguard finds himself out of his depth and struggling to survive double-crosses by London gangsters and manipulation by European criminals in a thriller that owes as much to the noirish world of Chandler as it does to the underworld of London. 'Write what you know' is what they always tell you. But sometimes it's hard to know where the fiction separates from the reality. "Cold Fire, Calm Rage" is such a story and in it Joe Stein produces a gritty realism that leaves many others for dead. This is not a glamorised gangster story. This is how it is.

Joe has written several stories across different genres. Most of these have been published in magazines, for example, Thriller UK Magazine, or in anthologies such as the Bluechrome 2003 Anthology. From time to time short stories will be posted here and any feedback is welcomed.

• Metaphysical
  First published in Freestyle Writing
  Read it here...