Phonecalls: A True Crime Memoir

By Deb Cullen

What happens when freedom finally comes... and the past refuses to let go?
The true story of Glyn and Deb Croft continues, with the couple still separated by prison walls. Deb, now settled in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, waits for the day her husband comes home. When Glyn is released, he tries to do what he's never done before: live a normal life. For a while, it almost works.
Then the past returns.
Two close friends reappear, including Tony, desperate to escape the country after committing a serious crime. Loyalty has always been Glyn's weakness, and one decision sends the three men on a flight to Benidorm and into a plan that spirals out of control. What follows pulls Glyn towards the 'Costa del Crime' and into a life he once swore he'd outrun.
With forty looming and an early death accepted as the price of the game, Glyn chases intensity wherever he can find it - from Ireland to Amsterdam, and finally Thailand. There, he and Tony become the 'Essex boys' of Pattaya, building businesses, living fast, and pushing their luck until it runs out.
When Tony is shot and Glyn returns to England, police are waiting at Heathrow. This time, it isn't just prison on the line - it's everything.
Through every rise and fall, Deb remains the constant, their bond held together by phone calls, loyalty, and love that refuses to break. Reunited at last, they have one question left to answer: is there such a thing as a happy ending... or is the past always collecting its debt?
The final part of the story shows that truth is often stranger than fiction.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HDJ93SS1
• ISBN13: 9798191279077
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"