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Slammer

ISBN: 9781846970979
Author: Allan Guthrie
Imprint: Polygon
Publication Date: Feb 2009
Format: PB
Price: £8.99 £6.29
Stock Status: in stock

’I’m a big fan,’ - Ian Rankin

’Those who enjoy the darker side of the genre are in for some serious thrills with this.’ - Laura Wilson, The Guardian

’A book as inventive and groundbreaking as it is magnificently written...a superb novel that will leave you thinking hard about life for a long time afterwards, and there’s not much higher praise than that,’ Doug Johnstone, The Scotsman

Young prison officer Nicholas Glass is finding the stresses of the job increasingly hard to handle. Bullied and abused by inmates and colleagues alike, every day is getting longer than the one before. When a group of cons use outside help to threaten his wife and daughter, Glass agrees to help them out with a ‘favour’. But, as their threats escalate, and one favour leads to another, Glass grows ever closer to breaking point.

And when glass breaks, it shatters . . .

Allan Guthrie was born in Orkney and now lives in Edinburgh with his wife, Donna. He has published several short stories in a variety of magazines and anthologies. Allan is webmaster/editor of Noir Originals, commissioning editor for both Pulp Originals and PointBlank Press, and a literary agent. Award nominations: CWA Debut Dagger, MWA Edgar Award, Mystery Ink Gumshoe Award and Anthony Award.

Visit his website at www.allanguthrie.co.uk.

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