Lady Bag, released at last from prison, is greeted by her friends and reunited with her best-loved companion greyhound, Electra. She has been sober for months, and her friends want to keep her on the straight and narrow. What could possibly go wrong? About Lady Bag Made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up for a whole novel. Lady Bag is perfectly realized (Sara Paretsky). A great read. Lady Bag is a wonderful addition to your line-up of unforgettable women characters. I was deeply involved in her life and situation from page 1. Great dialogue as ever and some gorgeous imagery. It all added up to a book Im sorry to close (Peter Lovesey). Its the sharp writing as much as the unusual setting that makes this book such a joy. Codys dialogue is always funny and full of purpose, and here shes found her perfect protagonista creative mangler of platitudes and uncontrollable shredder of pomp and hypocrisy (Mat Coward, The Morning Star).

A year ago, Eva Wylie was the biggest, meanest, ugliest female wrestler to disgrace the ring. Her name was on posters. People recognized her on the street. But having been barred from the ring, she's back at the bottom, reduced to guarding rich people's cars and dreaming of yesterday's triumphs.

Once she was the face that launched a thousand hits. Now Birdie Walker - rock widow and con-woman - is scratching at the dark heart of the music industry. Twenty years ago Birdie and her rockstar lover, Jack, were the most famous couple alive, but it is a past she can no longer live up to.

This novel shows how Eva cuts a swathe through London low-life. Big, ugly and irresistible, she's a female wrestler with criminal tendencies and large pectorals. When she's not working the sleazy wrestling circuit, she's a security guard living in a breaker's yard.

Don’t judge a book by its cover, or a bag lady by her appearance. ‘I didn’t always look like this,’ she says. ‘Being barmy doesn’t mean I’m stupid.’ Lady Bag does have her problems – her close relationship with cheap red wine, for example. When she gets hammered she talks to her dog. When she’s extra-hammered her dog talks to her. Guess who makes better sense. She and her rescue greyhound, Electra, wander through the streets of London, seeing a Dickensian side of the capital city that’s visible only to the homeless. Together they accept the kindness and unkindness of strangers with the same wry patience. Until, on one dreadful day, they meet the Devil outside the National Portrait Gallery… About Anna Lee “Electric with suspense, fast and funny… ” Publisher’s Weekly “Loud hurrahs… story wonderfully alive, truly tense, dialogue sharp and accurate!” HRF Keating, The Times About Eva Wylie “A staggering achievement… A breath-taking tour de force.” Sara Paretsky “… Eva is a wondrous creation - an incorrigible innocent in a story that crackles with energy. Super Cody.” Kirkus Reviews About Gimme More “Give me more books like Gimme More.” Laura Lippman “Probably the greatest rock’n’roll novel ever.” Nick Johnstone, uncut About Ballad of a Dead Nobody “I was gripped… [told] beautifully, touchingly, sometimes brutally… ” Peter Lovesey “Adventurous in form, sparklingly written and with every page more gripping than the last, this bluesy novel may well be the already garlanded Cody’s best yet.” Mat Coward, Morning Star

Eva Wylie, the heavyweight wrestler heroine of "Bucket Nut", returns. She has a big mouth and large biceps, but meets her match in tiny, tenacious Crystal, a street companion from the past. Crystal's prostitute sister has been beaten to death and she's seeking revenge.