Allan Guthrie

(born 1964 - ) - Orkney, now living in Edinburgh

Allan Guthrie

A writer of tough, fast, American-style pulp crime fiction, Allan Guthrie's first novel, Two-Way Split, was first published by American imprint PointBlank press - but it wasn't long before it was imported into Scotland. Despite having an American feel, his novels and short stories are set in Scotland: Two-Way Split in Edinburgh, Kiss Her Goodbye in Edinburgh and Orkney.

Two-Way Split was shortlisted for a CWA Debut Dagger, and nominated for a Saltire Society First Novel award. Having recently quit his bookselling job, Guthrie is now a full-time writer with a three-book deal with Edinburgh publishers, Polygon. He is also a literary agent and commissioning editor for PointBlank Press.

Guthrie edits an online crime-writing magazine, Noir Originals, and is currently working on his next novel, Savage Night.

Key titles

  • Cover scan of Hard Man
    Hard Man
    A time-served Edinburgh hard man, Pearce is still recovering from the recent loss of his mother in a stabbing incident in a post office robbery. He's invited by the dysfunctional Baxter family to protect their pregnant 16-year-old daughter from Wallace, her 26-year-old husband, a man with a penchant for killing family pets.
  • Cover scan of Kill Clock
    Kill Clock
    Pearce's ex-girlfriend is back and she needs 20 grand before midnight. Or she's dead. She doesn't have the money and nor does Pearce, and time is running out fast.
  • Cover scan of Kiss Her Goodbye
    Kiss Her Goodbye
    When people in Edinburgh need to borrow money, they go to Cooper. When they don't pay it back, they get a visit from Joe Hope. But now Joe's got troubles of his own. His teenage daughter's been found dead, an apparent suicide. Then the police arrest him for murder. But, for once, Joe is innocent.
  • Cover scan of Savage Night
    Savage Night
    How much blood would you spill to avenge those you love? Andy Park passes out at the sight of blood, but he thinks he's discovered a way to make his family's enemies pay. He isn't prepared for the fall-out, though. This is a tragi-comedy of love and violence set in Scotland's capital city.
  • Cover scan of Two-Way Split
    Two-Way Split
    Robin Greaves is an armed robber whose professionalism is put to the test when he discovers his wife has been sleeping with a fellow gang member. Robin plans the ultimate revenge, but things go from bad to worse when the gang bungles a post office robbery, leaving carnage in their wake.

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