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andrew61's review
3.0
This is definitely not a book for the squeamish and one that puts the emphasis on the noir in Tartan noir as two families in Edinburgh go to violent and very bloody war with each other.
The families are the Park's and the Savages and head of the Park household , recently out of prison comes up with a plan to extort money out of the Savage family . Chaos ensues over a 24 hour period and the book goes back and forth setting the scene for a horrendously gruesome finale.
There is definitely very black humour in this book and at times I read with the equivalent of hands in front of my eyes but in the end like a good horror film I was unnerved but definitely keen to read another by this author.
The families are the Park's and the Savages and head of the Park household , recently out of prison comes up with a plan to extort money out of the Savage family . Chaos ensues over a 24 hour period and the book goes back and forth setting the scene for a horrendously gruesome finale.
There is definitely very black humour in this book and at times I read with the equivalent of hands in front of my eyes but in the end like a good horror film I was unnerved but definitely keen to read another by this author.
stanl's review
3.0
Mayhem, bloody mayhem. This "grand guignol" borders, at times, on absurdity. But Mr. Guthrie specializes in "hard" characters, showing a toughness in Scots that's hinted, perhaps, in characters like Gerald Cafferty. Part of my ancestry is Scots: hope I'm not kin to Mr. Guthrie's cast of characters. If you want contemporary hard-boiled, you needn't look further than this representative offering of Mr. Guthrie's.
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