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dead 20-year-old lies mangled and tortured in the tartan-swathed Scots capital of Edinburgh.
As washed-up investigator Gus Dury starts poking about he uncovers a seedy vice ring linked to Eastern European people smugglers and one of the city's political figureheads.
It's all a very messy business, and someone will soon be Paying For It.
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he first Gus Dury novel, PAYING FOR IT
will be published by Random House in July.
E
dinburgh Book Fest
Tony will appear on: August 15 at 4.30pm.
"I'm betting on Black."
- Ali Karim
Shots Mag
"This is one adrenalin-pumped novel that is as moving and compassionate as it is so stylishly written."
- Ken Bruen
author of The Guards
"We've NEVER seen a series character so richly and honestly drawn from the get-go. The emotional punches connect solidly in Paying for It, as the pains of being a father and the pains of being a son are laid bare. The debut of the year."
- Thug Lit
"This one will hit you hard. Not just a one to watch, but of all the new crime writers emerging this year, THE one to watch."
- Martyn Waites
author of White Riot
"A debut that rises from the gutter and the bottom of the glass with bravura. Crime and alcohol will never be the same again."
- Maxim Jakubowski
"A fine debut. Black is the new noir."
- Allan Guthrie
author of Savage Night
"Isn't it great when you discover a new author that makes you say 'wow'? Tony Black is one of those."
- Donna Moore
author of Go to Helena Handbasket
"One killer debut."
- Ray Banks
author of Donkey Punch
"In the increasingly crowded world of Scottish crime fiction, Black weaves wicked new paths through Old and New Town and fronts an unforgettable narrator in Gus Dury."
— Craig McDonald
author of Head Games
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