Tommy the Bruce

An unsettling, atmospheric noir set in the remote Scottish Highlands

James Yorkston author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Oldcastle Books Ltd

Published:25th Jan '25

Should be back in stock very soon

Tommy the Bruce cover

Meet Tommy Bruce, an anti-hero as unlike his historical namesake as could be imagined - very nearly spineless andnot at all the man to save himself, until you push him too far...

Tommy Bruce is washed-up in a ramshackle hotel inherited from dead parents in the armpit of Perthshire. Saddled with debt, grotty premises that are falling down around him and a crippling loneliness, Tommy is slowly but determinedly drinking himself and his business out of existence.

Until one day, out of the blue, Fiona McLean blows into Tommy's life and the hotel. With the light she brings, Tommy's fortunes might just be turning around. But in her wake has also slipped in darkness - names and faces from the past who mean Tommy no goodwill at all, criminal forces that threaten to ruin him, the hotel and what little happiness he's managed, haplessly, to cobble together.

An outstandingly well written, emotionally complex slice of Scottish noir * Mail on Sunday *
[A] character-driven thriller, as Yorkston slowly cranks up the pressure, from merely uneasy to positively nail-biting * Herald *
Compelling from the start. Told from Tommy's view, the narrative voice is vivid and rhythmic and full of telling detail. I roared through it * Herald (10 great books to read this January) *

ISBN: 9780857305947

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320 pages