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Post by franklinmarsh on May 22, 2008 20:29:47 GMT
 Let's lower the tone! Not only can Shaun Hutson tarnish the name of horror, but he can put several hundred hollow points through the head of crime fiction, splattering blood, brains and bone matter all over the show. And guess what I found in this epic? Presumably used as a bookmark by a previous reader?  Yes! A tattoo parlour business card! |
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Post by benedictjjones on Jun 2, 2008 10:41:47 GMT
i have this one somewhere, thought it was okay at the time. i think it was the first hutson book i read.
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Post by benedictjjones on Nov 25, 2008 18:51:50 GMT
reading the hutson interview on the allthingshorror site has drawn me back to this thread.
i did enjoy this but the massive nod to 'the wild bunch' (one of my favourite westerns) jarred after a bit, comparisons wouldn't really be favourable to any writer - if that makes sense. it was however refreshingly brutal and a really enjoyable read. it also introduced me to Hutson and i think i bought at least another three or four books off the back of this one.
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Post by ripper on Nov 27, 2012 10:10:24 GMT
I am re-reading this one at the moment and it is just as graphically violent and brutal as I first thought. Hutson seemed to go through various phases when writing under his own name. First there was the horror phase, exemplified by books like Slugs, Relics etc; then a phase where horror and the thriller were mixed, such as in Renegades and Assassin; then a phase when thrillers predominated, such as White Ghost, Deadhead and Exit Wounds. He seems to have moved closer to horror now. The last Hutson I read was Hell to Pay. It was okay, I thought, but seemed to lack the energy and action that his earlier books had.
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