Red Hot Front
Language: English
Published by Little, Brown Book Group, GB, 2019
- Softcover
- New
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'With the tough matriarch at its heart, this second instalment of Brett's Great Yarmouth-set series is brilliant seaside noir, the action playing out at cracking pace in the rough and seedy resort' Sunday Times Crime Club'Be prepared to immerse yourself in Great Yarmouth's murky underworld with this great thriller' Five Stars, The Sun - 'Book of the Week'Tatiana Goodwin has finally begun to piece her life back together after the events of the past year. Having taken over her late husband Rich's empire, Tatty has put together a massive deal to capitalise on his dirty dealings - and hopefully extricate herself from a life of crime she'd been unwillingly drawn into.But following a suspicious fire in the firm's new HQ, and a number of unexplained deaths in the town, it soon becomes clear that there's more than one person who's after the Goodwin family assets. With her daughter in a rocky relationship and her teenage son Zach beginning to follow in the footsteps of his gangster father, everything is getting a little too close to home for Tatty's liking . . .As the family is pulled further into the criminal underworld she sought to protect them from, Tatty has some difficult decisions to make - before her enemies make them for her. 'Things are hotting up . . . But the book offers more than just crime: the characterisation is strong and the relationships between the various family members and their associates and enemies skilfully depicted. A particular treat for anyone familiar with Yarmouth' East Anglian Daily Times'Brett's knuckleduster-hard story goes behind the tawdry neon of the day-tripper strip. A promising series . . . Fans of Martina Cole will look forward to this' Peterborough Today Praise for Time to Win: 'The Godfather in Great Yarmouth' Ian Rankin'An atmospheric and riveting tale' Guardian* * * * * The Sun'Harry Brett writes a fun plot with witty elegance' The Times'Fearsomely good' Nicci French'A 21st century Long Good Friday' Tony Parsons'Taut and atmospheric' Eva Dolan'Gripping, compelling, original crime drama' Dreda Say Mitchell'Darkly brooding and atmospheric' M.J. McGrath'Time to Win redraws the landscape of British noir' Stav Sherez'A tour de force' William Ryan'I loved Time to Win' Julia Crouch'Gritty and stark' Sunday Mirror'Time To Win is firmly in the top flight of crime writing' Crime Scene. …
Seller Inventory # LU-9781472152695
- Title
- Red Hot Front
- Author
- Harry Brett
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group, GB
- Publication year
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1472152697
- ISBN 13
- 9781472152695
- Item weight
- 260 grams
''With the tough matriarch at its heart, this second instalment of Brett''s Great Yarmouth-set series is brilliant seaside noir, the action playing out at cracking pace in the rough and seedy resort'' Sunday Times Crime Club
''Be prepared to immerse yourself in Great Yarmouth''s murky underworld with this great thriller'' Five Stars, The Sun - ''Book of the Week''
Tatiana Goodwin has finally begun to piece her life back together after the events of the past year. Having taken over her late husband Rich''s empire, Tatty has put together a massive deal to capitalise on his dirty dealings - and hopefully extricate herself from a life of crime she''d been unwillingly drawn into.
But following a suspicious fire in the firm''s new HQ, and a number of unexplained deaths in the town, it soon becomes clear that there''s more than one person who''s after the Goodwin family assets. With her daughter in a rocky relationship and her teenage son Zach beginning to follow in the footsteps of his gangster father, everything is getting a little too close to home for Tatty''s liking . . .
As the family is pulled further into the criminal underworld she sought to protect them from, Tatty has some difficult decisions to make - before her enemies make them for her.
''Things are hotting up . . . But the book offers more than just crime: the characterisation is strong and the relationships between the various family members and their associates and enemies skilfully depicted. A particular treat for anyone familiar with Yarmouth'' East Anglian Daily Times
''Brett''s knuckleduster-hard story goes behind the tawdry neon of the day-tripper strip. A promising series . . . Fans of Martina Cole will look forward to this'' Peterborough Today
Praise for Time to Win:
''The Godfather in Great Yarmouth'' Ian Rankin
''An atmospheric and riveting tale'' Guardian
* * * * * The Sun
''Harry Brett writes a fun plot with witty elegance'' The Times
''Fearsomely good'' Nicci French
''A 21st century Long Good Friday'' Tony Parsons
''Taut and atmospheric'' Eva Dolan
''Gripping, compelling, original crime drama'' Dreda Say Mitchell
''Darkly brooding and atmospheric'' M.J. McGrath
''Time to Win redraws the landscape of British noir'' Stav Sherez
''A tour de force'' William Ryan
''I loved Time to Win'' Julia Crouch
''Gritty and stark'' Sunday Mirror
''Time To Win is firmly in the top flight of crime writing'' Crime Scene
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About the Author
Harry Brett is a pseudonym for Henry Sutton, who is the author of nine previous novels including My Criminal World and Get Me Out Of Here. He also co-authored the DS Jack Frost novel, First Frost, under the pseudonym James Henry. His work has been translated into many languages. His fifth novel, Kids' Stuff, received an Arts Council Writers' Award in 2002, and became a long-running stage play in Riga, Latvia.
He has judged numerous literary prizes, including the John Lewellyn Rhys Prize and the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. He has been the Literary Editor of Esquire magazine and the Books Editor of the Daily Mirror. He teaches Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, where he is a Senior Lecturer and the director of the new Creative Writing MA Crime Fiction.
He lives in Norwich with his family.
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