Review
As washed-up private detectives go, Gus Drury is compelling - he's as hard as any criminal, and twice as self-destructive --Evening Standard
'Tony Black is the latest of the seemingly unending stream of good Scottish crime writers who have in common the ability to portray vividly the underbelly of Scottish inner-city criminality ... The dialogue fizzes and the whole is suffused with black humour. Celtic Noir is in rude health' --Marcel Berlins, The Times
'Only two books in and Tony Black is already one of my favourite living crime writers. Gutted is simply superb' --Nick Stone, author of Mr Clarinet
'Sitting somewhere between the raw grit of Welsh and the genius of Rankin, Gutted deserves to be the thriller hit of the summer' --Scottish Daily Record
'As washed-up private detectives go, Gus Dury is compelling - he's as hard as any criminal, as twice as self-destructive' --William Leith, Evening Standard
'Powerful, focused and intense ... and then it gets better. Get your money down early on this young man - he's dead serious and deadly accurate' --Andrew Vachss
'Gutted is THE book of the year' --Ken Bruen
'This is first-class writing, with the authentic feel of scraped knuckles, battered bodies, damaged minds and the darkness of despair that comes with a tortured soul ... Tony Black has been compared to Billingham, Rankin and Kernic, which is praise indeed by anyone's standards. Personally, going by this book, I think he's in a league of his own' --Adrian Magson, Shots
'Maybe the best novel I've read all year ... a stunning piece of work' --Allan Guthrie
'Gutsy follow-up to last year's debut Paying for It. Alcoholic involuntary Edinburgh sleuth Gus Dury is an unforgettable if unlikeable character and his travails are very much on the dark side, but you can't keep away. A bright new talent'
--Maxim Jakubowski
'Tony Black is the latest of the seemingly unending stream of good Scottish crime writers who have in common the ability to portray vividly the underbelly of Scottish inner-city criminality ... The dialogue fizzes and the whole is suffused with black humour. Celtic Noir is in rude health' --Marcel Berlins, The Times
'Only two books in and Tony Black is already one of my favourite living crime writers. Gutted is simply superb' --Nick Stone, author of Mr Clarinet
'Sitting somewhere between the raw grit of Welsh and the genius of Rankin, Gutted deserves to be the thriller hit of the summer' --Scottish Daily Record
'As washed-up private detectives go, Gus Dury is compelling - he's as hard as any criminal, as twice as self-destructive' --William Leith, Evening Standard
'Powerful, focused and intense ... and then it gets better. Get your money down early on this young man - he's dead serious and deadly accurate' --Andrew Vachss
'Gutted is THE book of the year' --Ken Bruen
'This is first-class writing, with the authentic feel of scraped knuckles, battered bodies, damaged minds and the darkness of despair that comes with a tortured soul ... Tony Black has been compared to Billingham, Rankin and Kernic, which is praise indeed by anyone's standards. Personally, going by this book, I think he's in a league of his own' --Adrian Magson, Shots
'Maybe the best novel I've read all year ... a stunning piece of work' --Allan Guthrie
'Gutsy follow-up to last year's debut Paying for It. Alcoholic involuntary Edinburgh sleuth Gus Dury is an unforgettable if unlikeable character and his travails are very much on the dark side, but you can't keep away. A bright new talent'
--Maxim Jakubowski
Book Description
The blistering follow-up to Paying For It from Scotland's brightest new crime talent, now in paperback
