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'Excellent' GEORGE PELECANOS 'Delectably nasty' NEW YORK POST
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His teenage daughter is found dead, an apparent suicide. Then the police arrest him for murder. But, for once, Joe is innocent. With help from Scotland's hardest men - and one woman - he sets out to discover who has framed him and to deliver his own brutal brand of justice.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Allan Guthrie is by far the best Scottish crime novelist on the go at the moment and should be much better known than he is. His style is hardboiled along the lines of American masters such as Jim Thompson. This book, like his others is a solid page-turner. Its not great literature but it has craftsmanship and it draws you in. I normally have his books finished within 48 hours. Not going to win the Booker anytime soon and all the better for it!
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Fast paced crime noir novel that I found addictively easy to read. I think the book's strength is that all the main characters (especially Cooper and Joe Hope) are very compelling. His baddies have redeemable qualities (Cooper is a doting father) whilst his heroes tend to be flawed (Joe isn't exactly a model citizen). The plot develops nicely, leading to a tension (and violence)filled denouement. Possibly a slight downside is that when the novel comes to an end, it almost feels like it's ended too soon, and I wanted to know what was going to happen next. But maybe Guthrie's next book will answer that particular question?
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I was hopeful of better when I bought this - I should know better than to be misled by comparisons with good authors. He's been compared with Stuart MacBride -- that is ludicrous -- the only thing the two have in common is their country of residence.
It's a bloody tale of violence with some stock characters and surprises that my dog could guess were coming. It reads like the author made it up as he went along. Not totally devoid of merit but not there yet.
Two stars as I think there might be an author in there somewhere but he's been done no favours by his publisher: a decent editor would have put him right before this got anywhere near print.
It's a bloody tale of violence with some stock characters and surprises that my dog could guess were coming. It reads like the author made it up as he went along. Not totally devoid of merit but not there yet.
Two stars as I think there might be an author in there somewhere but he's been done no favours by his publisher: a decent editor would have put him right before this got anywhere near print.
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A short story
I'm always keen to read new Scottish authors but just can't agree with the reviews on this one it's a poor book
It's really just a short story padded out I liked the start bug... Read more
It's really just a short story padded out I liked the start bug... Read more
Published on 13 April 2008 by Ian Paterson
Doesn't match the hype
With all the wonderful write ups this novel has had (including the above) I was expecting so much more from it. Read more
Published on 15 July 2006 by L. Bennie
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