Book description
The Hurting: The Glasgow Terror' finds Gus Thoroughgood recovering
from injuries received in his adventures in 'Parallel Lines: The
Glasgow Supremacy' and wondering whether to continue his career in the
Glasgow Police force. Having handed in his resignation, he finds
himself rejoining the force under duress on leaving the police
convalescence home, Castlebrae. Thoroughgood and Hardie find
themselves embroiled in a world of terrorism, shaking the foundations
of the city they love. Terrorist attacks in and around Glasgow see the
duo return to action, working with MI5 in a race against time to
discover the source of these attacks. The second installment in a
planned series of crime novels by R. J. Mitchell following the
fortunes of DS Thoroughgood and DC Hardie, ' The Hurting: The Glasgow
Terror' is a fast-paced, rollercoaster ride through Glasgow's seedy
underworld and that of international terrorism.
"The Hurting: The Glasgow Terror takes all the elements of RJ
Mitchell's debut novel, Parallel Lines: The Glasgow Supremacy, and
places them on a bigger stage. The stakes are higher and the action
scenes more thrilling, as the story expands out from personal vendetta
to global terrorism: if you put a Glasgow cop with a death wish up
against suicide bombers, you can be sure that sparks will fly. As the
body count soars and DS Gus Thoroughgood takes repeated beatings that
would have Jason Bourne crying for a time out, Mitchell is careful to
root his fictional creations in factual reality of the city of Glasgow.
The locations ring true even as characters and scenarios take on violent
and exaggerated twists, with the result that this is a timely addition
to the Tartan Noir genre." ALAN MORRISON, Group Arts Editor, Herald
& Times R. J. Mitchell graduated from Glasgow University in July
1989 with a master's degree in Medieval History before joining
Strathclyde Police Service later that year. After 12 years of police
service, he started a new career as a sports journalist. He is currently
a sportswriter with the Glasgow Evening Times. 'Parallel Lines: The
Glasgow Supremacy' was his first novel based loosely on the author's
experiences and centering on the life and times of DS Gus Thoroughgood
and DC Kenny Hardie.
