This lean and muscular crime caper with a seriously twisted dark side was short listed for the CWA Debut Dagger award in the UK. This debut novel introduces Allan Guthrie, one of crime fiction's new writers.
Robin Greaves is an armed robber whose professionalism is put to the test when he discovers his wife has been sleeping with a fellow gang member. Robin plans the ultimate revenge, but things go from bad to worse when the gang bungles a post office robbery, leaving carnage in their wake. Suddenly they are being stalked by the police, sleazy private eyes and a cold-blooded killer who may be the only one not looking for a cut of the money.
'tough, fast-moving, funny ... a stripped-down, breathless, all-in-one-sitting read'
* CWA's Debut Dagger award *'Allan Guthrie has a bright - or should I say dark? - future in crime fiction'
-- Bill Pronzini, author of Blue Lonesome'Allan Guthrie's debut novel cages spasm after spasm of hyperviolence within a frenzied 48-hour time frame ... there is no shortage of suspense and the tension ratchets up with each snatch of mayhem'
* Sunday Herald *'As unsavoury characters clash in a complex but beautifully structured and paced plot, Guthrie has created a novel which is easily the match for any of the modern American masters of the noir genre'
* Big Issue *Allan Guthrie born in Orkney, but has lived in Edinburgh for most of his adult life. He is married to Donna. He has published several short stories in a variety of magazines and anthologies. His CWA Debut Dagger shortlisted novel, Two-way Split, was published by PointBlank in June 2004. Allan is webmaster/editor of Noir Originals and commissioning editor for both Pulp Originals and PointBlank Press.