Left At Number 17
Dennis started collecting parcels for the whole street during the roadworks.
In December he decides to bring his helpful hub back into play — except nobody asked him to.
What begins as a simple act of neighbourly efficiency quickly spirals into a wildly inconvenient journey involving three extremely different people.
This 2025 comedy novella reached number 2 in the Amazon Comedy charts during the first week of its release.
“Think Clockwise meets Planes, Trains and Automobiles.”
– Amazon review.
The Yet? Series
Jamie and his sister Tash are living ordinary lives in modern Britain when a whimsical accident lands them somewhere completely unexpected: the Britain of 1984.
It’s a world of cassette tapes, video recorders, Cadbury Spira bars, Relax T-shirts, crowded living rooms watching the nation’s biggest television moments, and the music that seemed to play everywhere.
Unfortunately, their sudden appearance also changes something rather important — they accidentally prevent Bob Geldof from ever creating Band Aid.
Now Jamie is determined to fix the damage before history unravels, while Tash is increasingly distracted by the baby she’s left behind in 2020.
What follows is a series of chaotic attempts to put things back the way they were… without accidentally making everything worse.
There are three books in the best-selling Yet series, all reaching number one in Amazon’s Holiday charts on both Kindle and Audible, with the next currently in progress.
About James
James Crookes writes warm, funny stories about friendship, family and the moments that quietly change everything. His books have sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide, and alongside writing, he narrates audiobooks and helps authors bring their own stories to life.
James spent 21 years producing and presenting breakfast radio on Hallam FM and Hits Radio, and working with BBC One, CBBC, CBeebies, and independent television producers on scripted comedy.
He lives in Sheffield in the north of England with his wife and family, and remains professionally neurotic about dialogue, character, and the etiquette of narrow pavements.
