BRITISH NOIR AT ITS GRITTIEST
"At last the North has a hero." Matt Hilton, author of the Joe Hunter novels
Trouble has a way of finding men like Jack Stone.
This time it comes in the guise of an old school friend looking for a favour. A grand up front, no questions asked. The job sounds simple enough, an overnight drive down South, pick up some merchandise, bring it back up North. Nothing to it. But Jack doesn't do 'no questions'. When something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. So Jack walks away.
For any other man that would be the end of it, but not Jack. A simple haircut turns into a front row seat for a shakedown and his innate sense of justice won't let Jack walk away this time, even if it means he's on the wrong side of the local mob. If he's going to help he's got to find an old cabaret singer from the 70s. The problem is she doesn't want to be found, and for good reason.
Jack’s good at what he does though. It’s only when he brings finds the girl that he realises just how badly he’s screwed-up.
He's brought the devil to her door.
And now there's hell to pay.
"At last the North has a hero." Matt Hilton, author of the Joe Hunter novels
Trouble has a way of finding men like Jack Stone.
This time it comes in the guise of an old school friend looking for a favour. A grand up front, no questions asked. The job sounds simple enough, an overnight drive down South, pick up some merchandise, bring it back up North. Nothing to it. But Jack doesn't do 'no questions'. When something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. So Jack walks away.
For any other man that would be the end of it, but not Jack. A simple haircut turns into a front row seat for a shakedown and his innate sense of justice won't let Jack walk away this time, even if it means he's on the wrong side of the local mob. If he's going to help he's got to find an old cabaret singer from the 70s. The problem is she doesn't want to be found, and for good reason.
Jack’s good at what he does though. It’s only when he brings finds the girl that he realises just how badly he’s screwed-up.
He's brought the devil to her door.
And now there's hell to pay.
