Although late, today, I am sharing my review for Black Is The Colour by Seamus Connolly on behalf of ZooLoo’s Book Tours. Thanks to SpellBound Books for the copy of the book.
It has been almost three decades since the brutal murder of a young father took place on the streets of Glasgow.
Fleeing the country as a child Cal Lynch returns to Scotland a man, a lawyer, determined to exact vengeance on the gangster who killed his father and tore his family apart.
His desired retribution would be complex and challenging. He had dreamed, trained and prepared for the day of his return.
Falling in love was not part of the plan.
As Cal’s revenge on Eddie Quinn draws ever closer, what happens next will leave him broken and fighting for his very existence.
Black Is The Colour is a gritty gangland tartan noir thriller set against the turbulent backdrop of Thatcher’s Britain.
A debut thriller that is set in 1980s Scotland. One that is in the grip of the Thatcher years where money is tight, jobs are not easy to come by. The bleak setting of Black Is The Colour is one that took me right back to the 80s. I didn’t live in Scotland but I recognise the time, anyone living in places that were working class in this era, can empathise.
Although a gritty and bleak story it isn’t all dark and dreary. Seamus Connolly’s characters are colourful and the humour that the Scottish can find in any situation is interwoven throughout. The knowledge that Seamus Connolly has of the area is detailed enough to make me feel I was back there but in Glasgow, not Oldham.
Cal is a solicitor with a plan. He returns to Scotland with his mind set on revenge. A revenge he has mulled over for many years. With his experience within the law he feels he has all the tools at his fingertips to set everything to play out…he thinks. As events play out they don’t all go as planned, we see Cal finding he has a price to pay.
Black Is The Colour isn’t a big book to read, but there is more than enough packed into it to create an addictive, dark story. I particularly enjoyed the fact that this not a simple right or wrong, back or white book, it’s a shades of grey and everything in-between. It isn’t without its twists and turns that kept me guessing too.
A really well paced book that holds the mystery and thrills needed to keep the reader wanting to know what is going to be next. A great debut that any thriller and mystery fan will definitely enjoy.
Author Bio
Seamus Connolly is a Scottish based author who has recently published his first novel – Black is the Colour. Brought up in the West of Scotland he combines gritty reality and great humour within his fiction writing. Seamus is currently drafting a follow up to his debut novel which promises to keep readers enthralled with twists and turns to keep the pages turning.
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