The Drop
Synopsis
David Blake is no gangster, or so he likes to think. He's a white-collar criminal, working for gangster Bobby Mahoney, enjoying the good life while the money keeps on pouring in. Trouble is, a big chunk of that money has just gone missing, along with Geordie Cartwright, and Blake is getting the blame.
Author's Biography
Howard Linskey has worked as a barman, journalist, catering manager and marketing manager for a celebrity chef. He has written for newspapers, magazines and websites on a number of subjects. Originally from Ferryhill in County Durham, he now lives in Hertfordshire with his wife Alison and daughter Erin.
Reviews
‘Writing that leaps off the page in its lacerating forcefulness... a classic British gangster novel’
- Vic Buckner, Crime Time
'The Drop is overflowing with the grit that defines the very best of British gangster fiction'
- M. K. Hume, Bookgeeks
'A brutal, hard-hitting debut which opens up Newcastle's dark, violent underbelly like a freshly-sharpened stiletto'
- Simon Kernick
a brutal, hard-hitting debut which opens up Newcastle's dark, violent underbelly like a freshly-sharpened stiletto
Simon Kernick
'A cracker of a tale unrolled with great understatement but loaded with verve and pace.’
- Adrian Magson, Shots
'a razor-sharp debut and Linskey is sure to be at the forefront of Northern crime writing in 2011.'
- Nick Quantrill, Harrogate Festival website
Price £7.99 Binding: Paperback
Reader Comments
Excellent gritty crime novel - someone should make this into a TV series
Loved this book!
Great book, dark and pacy, fantastic that it's set in Newcastle too.