Signed paperback editionOrdered directly from Blackwood Publishing and signed before dispatch. Book One of The Hard Silence Some debts are paid in silence. Jamie only went to the party looking for Paul Sweeney. He left with his jaw broken, his mouth wired shut, and five names burned into him. Mick McAllister knows those names. He knows where the men drink, where they hide, and what fear can turn a wounded young man into. He offers Jamie protection, patience, and a way back into his own skin. All Jamie has to do is wait until Mick says it is time. One by one, the list becomes a road through blood, guilt, and obedience. But every act of revenge takes something with it, and Paul knows more about that night than he has ever been willing to say. The attack was not random.Jamie may not have been the real target.And Mick’s help has never been free. The Scheme is Book One of The Hard Silence: a brutal West Coast Scottish noir about trauma, loyalty, debt, revenge, and the dangerous comfort of being claimed by the wrong man. Format: PaperbackEdition: Signed direct copyPublisher: Blackwood PublishingDispatch: Signed copies are packed and sent from Blackwood Publishing. Please allow up to one week for dispatch. Reading order: The Scheme Red Streets Please note: This book contains violence, revenge, trauma, coercion, and dark crime themes. Reader discretion is advised.
