Untethered

A dark hard-edged crime noir set in Bristol (John Black 1)

De: John Bowie

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

'In the gritty streets of '90s Bristol, a former SAS soldier drowns his sorrows in alcohol, haunted by a past he can't escape. But when a cryptic message leads him to a chance at redemption, he must navigate a dangerous web of deceit and violence to find a missing girl and start over as a private investigator. With echoes of Bukowski and Chandler, John Bowie's Untethered is a dark and moody crime noir that will leave you breathless.

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‘Set in 1998 in Bristol, England, Bowie’s dark, hard-edged crime novel Untethered inaugurates a promising series.’— Publishers Weekly

'Noir fans will find a lot to like.' — BookLife

‘…there are so many great writers that this book brings to mind: the dirty realism of Bukowski, Fante and McCarthy and the best noir writing from Raymond Chandler and James Ellroy.’ — Storgy magazine

‘Hard-hitting and oh so good. Perfectly blends hard-boiled crime with poetic beauty with prose that is intoxicatingly hard to swallow. This is the rise of what I believe will be a powerhouse in crime writing for years to come.’ — Ross Jeffery, author of Tome

‘It's a loopy surreal fever dream of a novel, a dark, disorienting Moebius strip of people and places that are not always what they seem.’ —The Thrilling Detective

'John Bowie’s ’90s set Untethered is a violent and intense read. Lyrical, moody, funny and as gritty as hell, Untethered is like a British blend of Jim Thompson and Nelson Algren.' —Paul D. Brazill, author of Man of the World

'Untethered was a joy to read, and I look forward to the next in the series!’ —Tomas Marcantonio, This Ragged Wastrel Thing

‘Its pages are packed full of deceit, human depravity and surprisingly dark humour.’ —Amanda Brightman, Independent Reviewer

‘Bowie concocts an Austerian/Murakami/Kafka-esque noir dreamscape with drips of British humour and lashings of music references to boot into a surreal brew for the ages.’ —Scott Cumming, Poet

‘Takes you on a journey to the Noir underbelly of the city and the case into the near past, a time that is being lost with the rapid development of these areas.’ —Amazon Reviewer

‘Dirty Realism. Beautifully written – lived every page. Loved every page!’ —Amazon Reviewer

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