Gus Dury is back on the drink. While in hospital after a hit-and-run accident, his best friend, Hod, asks him to investigate the ritual, on-campus hanging of an Edinburgh University student. The murder victim's mother is a high-profile actress, who has promised a big-money reward. Gus, desperate for money, goes undercover at the university, taking a janitor's job, and soon uncovers a similar ritualistic hanging which took place in the 70s. Few of the students are prepared to talk about it - until another one of their group turns up dead by the same method. But Gus now moves into very dangerous waters as he begins to discover what and who is really behind it all - and he becomes the next target for the executioner.

Vorwort
Gus Dury is back on the skids, but even worse is the murder case which his best friend needs help with.

Autorentext

Tony Black is an award-winning journalist, who has written for most of the national newspapers. He is the author of Paying for It, Gutted and Loss.

www.tonyblack.net



Klappentext

'If you've yet to discover the hardcore brilliance of Gus Drury, pour yourself a large one and start here' Daily Record

Ritual hanging ... a secret fraternity ... Gus Dury undercover and in the greatest danger of his life.

'You're a long time dead' is hard-drinking student 'Bender' Ben's favourite phrase - at least it is until he is found hanged on campus at Edinburgh University. Gus Dury is - to put it mildly - not in good shape after his last case. Best friend Hod is desperate to get him back on the straight and narrow, and persuades Gus, ill as he is, to investigate the student hanging.

It is the beginning of a nightmare ...

'Ripping, gutsy prose and a witty wreck of a protagonist makes this another exceptionally compelling, bright and even original thriller from a writer yet to explode' Daily Mirror

'Tony Black is one of those excellent perpertrators of Scottish noir ... a compelling and convincing portrayer of raw emotions in a vicious milieu' The Times

Titel
Long Time Dead
EAN
9781409051381
Format
E-Book (epub)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
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0.48 MB
Anzahl Seiten
272
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