Slammer

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Publication Year:
2009

ISBN-13: 9780547428437

<DIV><B>A Scottish prison guard is pushed to the brink in this suspenseful tale with &ldquo;more plot twists&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;than a Vegas card shark&rdquo; (<I>Kirkus Reviews</I>).</B><BR /><BR /> New guard Nicholas Glass has fallen in with the wrong crowd at &ldquo;The Hilton,&rdquo; a Scottish prison for violent offenders. The problem is, there&rsquo;s no right crowd.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> Bullied and abused by inmates and colleagues alike, Glass finds that each day is getting longer than the one before. When a group of cons uses outside help to threaten his wife and four-year-old daughter, he agrees to do them a &ldquo;favor.&rdquo; But, as their threats escalate, and one favor leads to another, he grows ever closer to breaking point. And when Glass breaks, he shatters&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.<BR /> &#160;<BR /><I>Slammer</I> is a mile-a-minute thriller shot through with a unique blend of dark humor and brutal mayhem. From an Edgar Award finalist whose work has been called &ldquo;gripping noir&rdquo; (<I>Entertainment Weekly</I>) and &ldquo;character driven and exciting&rdquo; (<I>The Plain Dealer</I>), it&rsquo;s a dark, suspenseful journey through the seedier side of Edinburgh.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> &ldquo;A twisting labyrinth of a book that offers all Guthrie&rsquo;s signature blood-racing energy, but with a deepening emotional heft that, by the end, leaves the reader breathless. His main character&mdash;his richest yet&mdash;sinks us down with him, and the results are both shocking and utterly heartrending.&rdquo; &mdash;Megan Abbott</DIV>