True Brit Grit - A Charity Anthology [Kindle Edition]

Matt Hilton (Author), Allan Guthrie (Author), Howard Linskey (Author), Tony Black (Author), Sheila Quigley (Author), Ray Banks (Author), Ben Cheetham (Author), Adrian Magson (Author), Luca Veste (Editor), Paul D. Brazill (Editor)

Book Description

"The BRIT GRIT mob is coming to kick down your door with hobnailed boots. Kitchen-sink noir; petty-thief-louts; lives of quiet desperation; sharp, blood-stained slices of life; booze-sodden brawls from the bottom of the barrel and comedy that's as black as it's bitter--this is BRIT GRIT!"

True Brit Grit is  45 British crime writers, 45 short stories. All coming together to produce a gritty anthology, benefiting two charities ... Children 1st - children1st.org.uk/ and Francesca Bimpson Foundation - francescabimpsonfoundation.org

The True Brit Grit line up...

Introduction by Maxim Jakubowski

Alan Griffiths, Tony Black,  Allan Guthrie,
Adrian Magson, Sheila Quigley, Matt Hilton, Iain Rowan, Nigel Bird, Luke Block,
Paul Grzegorzek, Gary Dobbs, Malcolm Holt, Victoria Watson, Richard Godwin, A.
J Savage ,Sue Harding, Nick Quantrill, Steven Porter,  Jason Michel, Nick Triplow, Nick Mott, Colin
Graham,  Graham Smith, Col Bury , Pete Sortwell,  Paul D Brazill , Luca Veste, Andy Rivers, Nick
Boldock,  Darren Sant, David Barber , Ian
Ayris, McDroll , Ben Cheetham, Jim Hilton, Frank Duffy, Stuart Ayris, Danny
Hogan , Gerard Brennan, Steven Miscandlon, Charlie Wade, Charlie Williams,  Julie Morrigan, Howard Linskey, Ray Banks.

Editorial Reviews

Review

' This collection showcases the incredible breadth of talent working in Britain today, with no let up from start to finish. For anyone who enjoys the rougher side of the crime-fiction tracks, it is utterly essential.' -  Available In Any Colour.

From the Author

You Tube book trailer for True Brit Grit.

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Product Details

• File Size: 487 KB
• Print Length: 313 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Guilty Conscience (April 26, 2012)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B007Y0FBNU
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #226,898 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars True Brit Grit-A Charity Anthology by various authors June 18, 2012

By Karen Doering

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True Brit Grit is a collection of 45 short stories by various authors intended as a charity anthology.

This is not one of those nice little cozy British mystery collections with stories that comfort and charm. True Brit Grit is a collection of stories that will keep you thinking, working to puzzle it out and in some cases keep you awake wondering if you locked all the doors and windows.

The editors did a nice job of making sure each story is unique and none mirror another.

There were names on the author list I was familiar with and many that I was not. A nice way to see work by new to me authors.

Usually in a collection there will be at least one story that didn't interest me or one that I didn't care for, but this time I liked every story. Since I find it hard to pick a most favored or least favored I will just say this is worth the read. Well edited, well written by each author and presented in an order that makes sense, I recommend this for mystery lovers and those who like a collection of short stories by the bedside table or as a take along to those appointments where spending time in a waiting room with years old magazines is required.

Karen Bryant Doering,
Parents' Little Black Book

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best on the block February 24, 2013

By John K. Druitt

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Loved each of these stories, they started me off on a noire binge that ran through other collections but also through many of the individual authors. Great introduction to writers I might not have considered otherwise. Quick reads and tasty as a bag of crisps, but satisfying long after. Well done!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Agatha Christie it isn't--Thank God! December 7, 2012

By Troy Lambert

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A great book of Britain's modern crime stories. Hard boiled, fast paced, and full of beloved British humor these stories will keep you up at night. A great anthology, and one everyone should read. Besides, it is for a great cause!