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Blood City
Author(s): Douglas Skelton (Author)
- Publisher: Luath Press Ltd.
- Publication Date: 2 Sept. 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 224 pages
- ISBN-10: 1908373717
- ISBN-13: 9781908373717
Book Description
Joe ‘the Tailor’ may be a killer, but there are some lines he won’t cross, and Davie does well under his strict moral code. He doesn’t like drugs. He won’t condone foul language. He abhors violence against women. When the Tailor refuses to be part of Glasgow’s new drug trade, the hits start rolling.
It’s every man for himself as the entire criminal underworld turns on itself, and Davie is well and truly caught up in the action. But an attractive young reporter makes him wonder if he can leave his life of crime behind and Davie must learn the hard way that you cannot change what you are.
Blood City is a novel set in Glasgow’s underworld at a time when it was undergoing a seismic shift. A tale of violence, corruption and betrayal, loyalties will be tested and friendships torn apart.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Blood City signals the arrival of a new and sophisticated voice in Scotland’s crime fiction community. –Glasgow Now
[Skelton has] taken well to fiction, skilfully building up the atmosphere, developing the characters and keeping the unexpected twists coming along. –Alastair Mabbot, The Herald
Jump in and you ll quickly be caught up in the atmosphere. Effortless prose, Glasgow banter and the wearing down of shoe leather as you charge through the streets of Douglas Skelton s vision of the mean city. –Michael J Malone, crimesquad.com
An impeccably written piece of fiction, Blood City is set in a violent 1970s-80s Glasgow […]. You follow the plot like an eager dog, nose turning this way and that, not catching every single clue but quivering as you lunge towards a blood-splattered denouement. –Gavin Docherty – Daily Express –The Herald
An impeccably written piece of fiction, Blood City is set in a violent 1970s-80s Glasgow […]. You follow the plot like an eager dog, nose turning this way and that, not catching every single clue but quivering as you lunge towards a blood-splattered denouement. –Gavin Docherty – Daily Express
[Skelton has] taken well to fiction, skilfully building up the atmosphere, developing the characters and keeping the unexpected twists coming along. –The Herald
About the Author
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