Reviews - Loss

"Tony Black is my favourite British crime writer and Gus Dury the genre's most interesting protagonist. Like his previous books, Loss has the power, style and street swagger that makes most of his contemporaries a little bland by comparison."
- Irvine Welsh

"Tony Black is one of those excellent perpetrators of Scottish noir ... a compelling and convincing portrayer of raw emotions in a vicious milieu."
- Marcel Berlins, The Times

"If you're a fan of the Ian Rankins, Denise Minas and Irvine Welshes of this world, this is most certainly one for you."
- The Scotsman

"The enigmatic Dury continues to be the punk rocker of the Scottish crime scene - anarchic, rebellious and never afraid to shove his Doc Martens where they're not wanted."
- Daily Record

"A brilliant, sweeping and heartbreaking novel, Black truly deserves your attention."
- International Thriller Writers

"As washed-up private detectives go, Gus Dury is compelling - he's as hard as any criminal and twice as self-destructive."
- London Evening Standard

"Tony Black has written two of the finest crime novels to come out of the UK in the past twenty years and I'm willing to bet that in twenty years, Paying for It and Gutted will be on the top ten list of any crime list. But now comes Loss ... Phew-oh ... It's like having yer ass kicked and yer heart shrived simultaneously. What a privilege to watch a master writer achieve everything you'd hoped for and then some."
- Ken Bruen, author of London Boulevard

"Tony Black delivers a story with a hard edge and fast moving action. In this third book, he yet again produces a story that never lets up and delivers a superb book that you just can't put down. I can't wait for the next instalment of Gus Dury."
- Euro Crime

"This is modern crime at its most brutal, its most affecting, its most honest and its most intelligent."
- Russel D. McLean, at Do Some Damage

"Black writes about urban blight and the curse of alcohol like no other, but his down at heel tales are also full of everyday humour. Harrowing but indispensable."
- Maxim Jakubowski

"This one delivered everything I need in my hardboiled diet. The best in this excellent series so far."
- Sons of Spade

''A claustrophobic and gritty portrayal of a man walking on the very edge of disaster.''
- Shots Mag

"Wonderfully written, tough, edgy, and very dark, but with the odd flash of humour, LOSS made me cry at the end. Tony Black is a brilliant writer."
- Donna Moore at Big Beat from Badsville 

"Loss is another home run featuring PI Gus Dury. Black’s writing is flawless and his character of Gus is one you can’t take your eyes off of, kind of like a train wreck and a ballet at the same time."
- Crimespree Magazine