Slammer by Allan Guthrie – review
Allan Guthrie knows how to keep the pages and your stomach turning like no other author working today, but with Slammer he proves a master at wrenching your heart as well. With his fifth and finest novel, Guthrie draws you into prison guard Nick Glass’s reality by jangling the holy hell out of your nerves, keeps you going with a wicked crime plot, then wraps it all up by leaving you absolutely devastated.
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Slammer by Allan Guthrie – review
Allan Guthrie specializes in tales of fractured men, and Glass might be his most striking yet, because the style of the story matches his internal struggles. This puts the reader in the shotgun seat as things get more and more twisted – except there is no seat belt or brakes on the car, and the oh shit handle just broke off in your hand. The mental breakdown that we bear witness to is, above all else, fascinating. You not only get sucked into the story but you also HAVE to find out what will happen next.
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Book Review: Killing Mum by Allan Guthrie
The Nerd of Noir reviews Killing Mum by Allan Guthrie, a Crime Express book.
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BSC Radar Screen: Old Dogs by Donna Moore
Donna Moore’s second novel will be coming out next year.
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News – Sandra Ruttan’s Lullaby for the Nameless
In Publishers Marketplace: Mystery/Crime – Sandra Ruttan’s, Lullaby for the Nameless, set in the Greater Vancouver Area, in which a murder victim forces three constables to face their past mistakes, to Don D’Auria at Dorchester, in a nice deal, by Allan Guthrie of Jenny Brown Associates (world English). You can comment here.
Book Review – Savage Night
Author: Allan Guthrie Publisher: Harcourt Binding: Paperback Publication Date: June 9, 2008 When Tommy Savage is threatened by someone he doesn’t know – a man who calls himself Smith and wears a ski mask – he turns to his brother for help to try to find out who’s blackmailing him for fifty grand. When Smith [...]
On the Spot at BSC – Allan Guthrie interview
Today we present an interview Allan Guthrie, writer, editor, and agent, best known for his Crime Fiction. His first novel, Two-Way Split, was shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger Award, won the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award in 2007. His next novel, Kiss Her Goodbye, was nominated for an Edgar Award [...]
Book Review – Kill Clock
Author: Allan Guthrie Publisher: Barrington Stoke Binding: Paperback Publication Date: August 2007 The kill clock is ticking… Pearce’s ex-girlfriend is back. She needs twenty grand before midnight. Or she’s dead. She doesn’t have the money. Nor does Pearce. And times running out. Fast… Kill Clock is a part of a line of books that are [...]
Book Review – Hard Man
Author: Allan Guthrie Publisher: Harcourt Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: June 2007 Pearce, an ex-con and Edinburgh hard man who’s still recovering from the recent loss of his mother, is invited by the dysfunctional Baxter family to protect their pregnant sixteen-year-old daughter from her martial-arts-expert husband, Wallace, a man ten years her senior with a penchant [...]
Contest – win Hard Man by Allan Guthrie
Mystery Book Spot is pleased to announce a new contest. Hard Man by Allan Guthrie. This book comes out on June 4th. So Brian What is Hard Man about? Pearce, an ex-con and Edinburgh hard man who’s still recovering from the recent loss of his mother, is invited by the dysfunctional Baxter family to protect [...]
Book Review – Kiss Her Goodbye
Author: Allan Guthrie Cover Artist: Chuck Pyle Publisher: Hard Case Crime Binding: Paperback Publication Date: March 2005 Allan Guthrie presents a surprisingly sophisticated and well crafted tale that subtly weaves in subplots and observations of his characters that keep the suspense going until the final chapters. Joe Hope is an enforcer for Edinburgh loan shark [...]
