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Allan Guthrie

Autor/a de Kiss Her Goodbye (Hard Case Crime)

23+ obres 671 Membres 24 Ressenyes

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Crèdit de la imatge: Allan Guthrie, author of "Kiss Her Good-Bye" and "Two-Way Split". Picture by Mary Reagan

Obres de Allan Guthrie

Two-Way Split (2004) 129 exemplars
Hard Man (2007) 67 exemplars
Savage Night (2008) 56 exemplars
Slammer (2009) 39 exemplars
Killing Mum (2009) 39 exemplars
Bye Bye Baby (2010) 35 exemplars
Kill Clock (Most Wanted) (2007) 24 exemplars
Post Mortem (2008) 5 exemplars
The Turnip Farm 1 exemplars
Freckles 1 exemplars
Best New Noir (2006) 1 exemplars
A Crime Tail 1 exemplars
Family Job: Kriminalroman (2010) 1 exemplars
I'm No Killer 1 exemplars
Love, Rex 1 exemplars
El peor día (2008) 1 exemplars

Obres associades

Dark Duets: All-New Tales of Horror and Dark Fantasy (2014) — Col·laborador — 100 exemplars
A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir (2007) — Col·laborador — 78 exemplars
The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries (2008) — Col·laborador — 61 exemplars
The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 8 (2011) — Col·laborador — 28 exemplars
The Best British Mysteries 4 (2006) — Col·laborador — 25 exemplars

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Seriously effed up. Overall, well written but much to dark for my tastes. Formatting was a hot mess too.
 
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AliceAnna | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | Feb 25, 2020 |
Kiss Her Goodbye by Allan Guthrie is a hard-boiled, gritty crime story set in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is difficult to find a single likeable character in this book, it is full of bad guys, bad women and bad cops. The main character, Joe Hope earns his living by being the muscle for a loan shark. He has just spend the night breaking bones with a baseball bat when he learns that his daughter, Gemma, has committed suicide. After arguing with his wife, Ruth, and desperately wanting someone to blame Joe flies to the Orkney Islands to confront his wife’s cousin, Adam, with whom his daughter had been staying but once. But once there is he arrested and charged with the murder of his wife who had been beaten to death and left in the trunk of his car.

Joe and Adam actually become unlikely allies as it becomes obvious that someone close to the family is trying to frame Joe. When Adam places Gemma’s diary in Joe’s hands, he immediately knows who he is seeking. Dark secrets emerge from the past and lead to an inevitable and brutal showdown.

Kiss Her Goodbye pulls no punches, the book is populated by rough, violent people who live on the fringe. The story is grim but it moves along at a rapid pace and amid the swinging bats and thrown punches the reader finds themselves involved in a classic pulp fiction story. With it’s tight narrative and thug-like characters this story about treachery was a fun and satisfying crime read.
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½
 
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DeltaQueen50 | Hi ha 8 ressenyes més | Mar 27, 2019 |
Continuing my foray into non-Rebus Tartan noir. This started down a path that seemed predictable enough but then it went completely batshit bonkers. Violent, unhinged and kinda compelling. Certainly surprising but I'm not sure I'd read another of these.
 
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asxz | Hi ha 4 ressenyes més | Mar 13, 2019 |
A quick, dirty read! Joe Hope finds out his daughter is dead, his wife is murdered, and he's the one being blamed! But he didn't do it! So he's off to prove he's innocent, and to find out who is responsible! I enjoyed this read, as I do almost all of the Hard Case Crime books I've picked up! They sure seem to know their audience - me!
½
 
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Stahl-Ricco | Hi ha 8 ressenyes més | Jan 17, 2018 |

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Obres
23
També de
6
Membres
671
Popularitat
#37,614
Valoració
½ 3.4
Ressenyes
24
ISBN
58
Llengües
5

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