Clutha Plays A Hunch
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
From the fog-choked docks of a Scottish industrial city emerges Clutha, Hugh Munro's tenacious and street-smart private investigator, a man who trusts his gut above all else in a world where the truth is always obscured by shadow and smoke. In Clutha Plays a Hunch, Clutha follows a dangerous instinct into a labyrinthine criminal underworld, where a single lead unravels a web of corruption, violence, and desperate men with everything to lose. The novel crackles with authenticity, drawing its tension from rain-slicked streets, the clang of shipyard cranes, and the ever-present menace of a city that keeps its secrets buried deep. Munro writes with the lean, muscular prose of the best mid-century British crime fiction, placing him firmly in the tradition of the hardboiled detective novel transplanted to a distinctly Scottish landscape. Clutha Plays a Hunch is a masterclass in atmospheric noir, where character and setting are inseparable, and where one man's instinct is the only compass in a morally bankrupt world. For readers who relish the gritty realism of Raymond Chandler transposed to a Clydeside backdrop, this is a novel that rewards every page — and leaves you wondering just how far Clutha's hunch will take him before the darkness closes in.
Author: Hugh Munro
Format: Hardback
Genre: Crime fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
From the fog-choked docks of a Scottish industrial city emerges Clutha, Hugh Munro's tenacious and street-smart private investigator, a man who trusts his gut above all else in a world where the truth is always obscured by shadow and smoke. In Clutha Plays a Hunch, Clutha follows a dangerous instinct into a labyrinthine criminal underworld, where a single lead unravels a web of corruption, violence, and desperate men with everything to lose. The novel crackles with authenticity, drawing its tension from rain-slicked streets, the clang of shipyard cranes, and the ever-present menace of a city that keeps its secrets buried deep. Munro writes with the lean, muscular prose of the best mid-century British crime fiction, placing him firmly in the tradition of the hardboiled detective novel transplanted to a distinctly Scottish landscape. Clutha Plays a Hunch is a masterclass in atmospheric noir, where character and setting are inseparable, and where one man's instinct is the only compass in a morally bankrupt world. For readers who relish the gritty realism of Raymond Chandler transposed to a Clydeside backdrop, this is a novel that rewards every page — and leaves you wondering just how far Clutha's hunch will take him before the darkness closes in.