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News<\/h2>\n

\n\t\t\tThe launch of my latest book at Ashurst Village Hall 27th June 2025\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\"5BDE6F1A-C847-423F-B5DC-6ADCE891666D_1_105_c\"\n\t

Sara and Rob from the Steyning Book Shop hosted the event. Graham, Essa, Crissy, Terry and Dan did all the hard work. Around sixty turned up. The Q&A session was…robust!<\/h2>\n\t

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10 YEARS OF PAYING FOR THE PAST<\/h1>\n

Many thanks to readers, interviewers, press reporters, bookshops and book groups for their support since Paying for the Past<\/em> was launched at Steyning Book Shop in 2014. The book created more interest than I’d anticipated.<\/p>\n

Front-page headlines and two TV documentaries – BBC Everyman<\/em>: Miller and Bellord<\/em> in 1979 & Cineflix: Crime Scene Psychics Southern Organs<\/em> in 2008, exposed the original fraud. My inside story was yet to be revealed.<\/p>\n

A TV screenwriter asked about TV and film rights. Further enquiries regarding the acquisition of film and TV rights came ‘out of the blue’ from a London agency, and then a film company. Following interviews, all three parties are working together hoping that a film or mini-TV series will evolve.<\/p>\n

Paying for the Past is available from Amazon in paperback, hardback and on Kindle<\/strong><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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March 2019:\u00a0Paying for the Past\u00a0<\/em>is sold globally on Amazon, but how touched I was to get this iPhone clip from a young Lithuanian who’d enjoyed the story. Kornelija had been reading\u00a0Paying for the Past –<\/em>\u00a0in English – on Brighton beach.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t

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15th September 2018:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A nice surprise to find this global site selling my four books. I had no idea!<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.fantasticfiction.com\/g\/geoff-green\/paying-for-the-past.htm<\/a><\/p>\n\t

10th September 2018<\/strong><\/h1>\n

ASHURST WOMENS INSTITUTE invited me to talk about my writing and career in osteopathy. <\/strong><\/p>\n

‘Paying for the Past; my true life crime story<\/em>‘ was high on the list. A very warm welcome and lively Q&A session.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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West Sussex Gazette – July 2017<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This article also appears in, The West Sussex County Times, Worthing Herald, Shoreham Herald and the Steyning Herald<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The mystery of the female kidnapper…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Steyning author Geoff Green has just brought out The Prisoner of Brenda Brown<\/em>, published on Amazon in paperback and on Kindle. Press link below to read the article.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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THE PRISONER OF BRENDA BROWN at The Steyning Book Shop. 26th June 2017.<\/strong>
Thanks to the amazing Sara and Rob for hosting the launch of my fourth book last night. A hugely successful evening. Thanks to all who came, your support is so much appreciated.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"BOOKS\n\t\t\t\t\"SMILE\n\t\t\t\t\"CRISSY\"\n\t\t\t\t\"CROWD\"\n\t\t\t\t\"POSTER\"\n\t\t\t\t\"Geoff's\n\t\t\t\t\"ANA\n\t\t\t\t\"CHARLES\n\t

First Amazon reviews<\/h1>\n

\u00a0<\/h3>\nKidnappers are the bad guys…. right…?<\/a><\/strong>\nA C Batkin<\/a> \u00a020th Jun. 2017<\/strong>\n\nAnother clever page-turner from Geoff Green. If you’re a guy of a certain age with any history of being less than the perfect gentleman, you’re in for an uncomfortable ride. A lot of ladies will be punching the air, saying ‘Yes!’. Either way you’ll enjoy the clever plotting and gripping will-they-wont- they tension. No wild implausible international jet-set plotting, just people dealing with familiar domestic crimes and cruelties in cunning new ways. And dodging the law, straight from a TV 6-part cop drama… Great stuff.<\/strong>\n\u00a0\nHell hath no fury…<\/a><\/strong>\nAna Saldanha<\/a>\u00a0\u00a023rd Jun. 2017<\/strong>\n\nHell hath no fury…<\/strong>
But being scorned isn’t Brenda Brown’s main motivation for her act of revenge. We are kept in the dark – much as Brenda’s victim is – till the end.<\/strong>
Another most enjoyable, fun read from the author Geoff Green, whose remarkable true story was the subject of his first book, Paying for the Past.<\/strong>\n\u00a0\nA powerful read<\/strong>\nC M Smith 10th August 2017<\/strong>\n\u00a0\nWhat an excellent read and from such a talented writer whose imaginative and creative writing style has been evident through his four books from the true life crime adventure Paying for the Past, his two novels The Sand Hide and Cold Friends and now to The Prisoner of Brenda Brown. Short powerful chapters take you through an uncomfortable ride and with the mystery of why has this happened – not unfolding until the end. The incarceration of this dislikeable character and his treatment from Brenda intertwined with other people who have had the misfortune to cross his path is written in graphic detail and the plotting by Brenda before, during and after his imprisonment makes exciting and captivating reading. This is a great book and would make a brilliant film – give it a go.<\/strong>\n\u00a0<\/i>\nLady H<\/a>on July 6, 2017<\/strong>\n\u00a0\nI \u00a0enjoyed this book. Very different from anything I’ve read before, the storyline is unusual and intriguing, very entertaining. A good read!<\/strong>\n\u00a0\nGreat plot, engaging characters and plenty of laughs.<\/strong>\nTim Crowley, August 17th 2017<\/strong>\n\u00a0\nWhat a page turner! Green cleverly works in plenty of twists and turns, but the short chapters mean you don’t have to wait long to find out what happens next. An enjoyable read from cover to cover, with an uplifting and gratifying end… what’s not to like!<\/strong>\n\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\"BRENDA\n\t\t\t\t\"photo\"\n\t

The Prisoner of Brenda Brown <\/strong><\/p>\n

Expected launch date, Monday, June 26th 2017.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Kidnapping is a serious crime: a hostage is taken, demands are made, cash expected or, in some cases, an exchange of prisoners. Kidnappers are usually men, but when Brenda Brown lures Melvyn Greenstone into a basement cell, the case baffles everyone. No demands are made and there are no obvious reasons for his incarceration.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t

Sadly, Stepping Stones, Dundonnel, Wester Ross, Scotland (near Little Loch Broom), is about to close. <\/strong><\/h1>\n

This little tea shop\/gallery has sold around 200 copies of my book,\u00a0Paying for the Past, over the last year or so. I am most grateful to Aida and Brian for their fantastic support and wish them all the best in their new venture.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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3rd May 2016 – Book launch of Cold Friends<\/em> at The Steyning Book Shop<\/a><\/strong><\/h1>\n

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