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A Scottish thug needs help clearing his name when hes accused of killing his daughter in this hard-boiled mystery by the author of Two-Way Split.

When people in Edinburgh need to borrow money, they go to Cooper. When they dont pay it back, they get a visit from Joe Hope. But now, Joes got troubles of his own. His teenage daughters been found dead, an apparent suicide. Then the police arrest him for murder. But, for once, Joe is innocent. With help from Scotlands hardest menand one womanhe sets out to discover who has framed him and to deliver his own brutal brand of justice.

Praise for Kiss Her Goodbye

A tough and fresh take on the classic hard-boiled tale...vivid, smart and stylish. San Francisco Chronicle

Guthrie writes with an urgency, energy, cynical realism and mastery of casual violence that is rarely encountered in British crime writing. The Times (UK)

A page-turning countdown to a violent explosion . . . a throwback to pulp fictions heyday. Giant Magazine

The writing is tight, the story as poised and precisely plotted as the finest of Ed McBains procedural gems. The Scotsman (UK

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A Scottish thug needs help clearing his name when hes accused of killing his daughter in this hard-boiled mystery by the author of Two-Way Split.

Praise for Kiss Her Goodbye

A tough and fresh take on the classic hard-boiled tale...vivid, smart and stylish. San Francisco Chronicle

Guthrie writes with an urgency, energy, cynical realism and mastery of casual violence that is rarely encountered in British crime writing. The Times (UK)

A page-turning countdown to [a] violent explosion . . . a throwback to pulp fictions heyday. Giant Magazine

The writing is tight, the story as poised and precisely plotted as the finest of Ed McBains procedural gems. The Scotsman (UK

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