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Wrecked
Edinburgh's Gus Dury is back ... and so are his troubles. After swearing off the drink and reviving his flagging writing career on a webzine, Dury stumbles across a missing person's case that he can't say no to. He thinks the job's a slam-dunk—one missing employee, one decent-sized paycheck—but, when he's woken by police and told the man he'd just found has been tortured to death, Dury realises he's already over his head. Warring drug gangs, corrupt cops and the siren's call of drink all want to see Dury wrecked.
294 pages, Paperback
Published November 5, 2019
6 people want to read
About the author
Tony Black
77 books115 followersTony Black is the author of more than 20 books, most recently Her Cold Eyes. He has been nominated for eight CWA Daggers and was runner up in The Guardian's Not the Booker prize for The Last Tiger.
He has written three crime series, a number of crime novellas and two collections of short stories. His acclaimed author interviews series was collected under the title, Hard Truths.
His novella, The Ringer, was adapted for the stage and the Ayr Gaiety performance can be found on YouTube.
A former Young Journalist of the Year, he still writes for the press regularly.
For more information, and the latest news visit his website at: www.tonyblack.net or his blog: www.pulppusher.blogspot.com or find him on Facebook, Twitter or Linked-In.
He has written three crime series, a number of crime novellas and two collections of short stories. His acclaimed author interviews series was collected under the title, Hard Truths.
His novella, The Ringer, was adapted for the stage and the Ayr Gaiety performance can be found on YouTube.
A former Young Journalist of the Year, he still writes for the press regularly.
For more information, and the latest news visit his website at: www.tonyblack.net or his blog: www.pulppusher.blogspot.com or find him on Facebook, Twitter or Linked-In.
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January 9, 2020
This is a very good, albeit a little boilerplate hardboiled mystery.
I mean, it's difficult to jump into a series that far into it (it's the 5th Gus Dury novel) and it was evident that there's a chemistry between the characters that I didn't understand, but it checks every box: tough guy-protagonist, alcohol problem, an ex-girlfriend that has a better life now, shitty cops that don't get it, smoky bars, an underworld conspiracy, etc. I liked it. It felt a little impersonal, like I was hanging out with really cool people that I didn't know... but I liked it anyway. Maybe I've read too many hardboiled novels that it didn't resonate all that much?
Anyway, check it out. But maybe you want to start at the beginning.
I mean, it's difficult to jump into a series that far into it (it's the 5th Gus Dury novel) and it was evident that there's a chemistry between the characters that I didn't understand, but it checks every box: tough guy-protagonist, alcohol problem, an ex-girlfriend that has a better life now, shitty cops that don't get it, smoky bars, an underworld conspiracy, etc. I liked it. It felt a little impersonal, like I was hanging out with really cool people that I didn't know... but I liked it anyway. Maybe I've read too many hardboiled novels that it didn't resonate all that much?
Anyway, check it out. But maybe you want to start at the beginning.
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