Review: A Tough & Lovely Slice Of The Hard Side Of Life
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 19, 2010
Last summer I picked up SHATTERED, which is a 'collection of stories by some of Scotland's leading crime writers (which) illustrates the devastating impact of crime on the lives of ordinary people.' A cracking collection it is,too.One of the best pieces in it was Allan Guthrie's BYE BYE BABY, the story of the search for a missing child. It was written from the perspective of the child's mother. Guthrie has turned that story into a novella, also called BYE BYE BABY- he must be a big Bay City Rollers fan, and this time he writes from the perspective of the detective investigating the disappearance.BYE BYE BABY is a dark, clever, funny and sad story which races along to reach a smart conclusion.A tough and lovely slice of the hard side of life.BYE BYE BABY isn't available as a proper book yet but you can buy it HERE as an ebook for next to nowt, so you'd be daft not