Tony Black

Tony Black

Tony Black was born in Newcastle in Australia and raised in Scotland and Ireland. he now lives and works in Edinburgh. A former Young Journalist of the Year who once reviewed night clubs for The Daily Record, he now writes for The Edinburgh Evening News and The Scotsman. A fan of crime writing, he is the editor of online magazine Pulp Pusher, and is a regular contributor to Thug Lit and Shots Magazine.

His début crime novel, Paying for It, is a hard-boiled expose of criminal gangs, people trafficking and alcoholism in Edinburgh; the sequel Gutted was launched in 2009. Black is currently working on the third novel Loss.

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    When the gangland owner of a pit bull that killed a toddler is found gutted on Corstorphine Hill, Gus Dury is asked to investigate. He soon finds himself a pawn in the warring underworld of a divided city.
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    Gus Dury is a changed man. He is off the Edinburgh streets & back with estranged wife, Debs. He has promised her that he won't get involved in any more dodgy cases. Above all, he's off the drink. Then his brother, Michael, is found dead with a bullet in his heart and Gus' life begins to unravel all over again.
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    Paying For It - Hardback - Tony Black
    Gus Dury once had a high-flying career as a journalist and a wife he adored. But now he is living on the edge, a drink away from Edinburgh's down-and-outs, drifting from bar to bar, trying not to sign divorce papers. The road takes an unexpected turn when a friend asks him to investigate the brutal torture and killing of his son.

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