Darker with the Day

Synopsis

Ray Holt launders money for a Manchester gang. He has also been stealing from them for years – and has convinced himself that makes him the good guy.

When discovery becomes inevitable, Holt’s solution is Knott: a hitman found via a business card on a pub toilet floor, professional in the way that a blunt instrument is professional, and not entirely sane.

Sharp, funny, and genuinely unsettling, Darker with the Day confirms Trevor Mark Thomas as one of the most distinctive voices in British crime fiction and Northern Noir’s most compelling new stylist.

Praise for Previous Work

‘(On The Bothy) Lean, sharp writing supports a striking talent for uncovering the emotional lives of people who are determined not to have any emotions.’ —Mat Coward, Morning Star

‘(On The Bothy) Grim northern realism painted with heart and humour.’ —Karen Robinson, The Times

‘(On The Bothy) Horribly engrossing: a blackly comic gangster horror … Its cast of strangely ambivalent villains will linger in your mind.’ —Gregory Norminton

‘(On The Bothy) An absorbing debut – delightfully taut – a tender, gruesome villain at its heart.’ —Joe Stretch

‘(On Dry Cleaning) Taut and pacy … Thomas turning up the temperature dial yet further as we reach the climax.’ —AnnaBookBel

‘(On Dry Cleaning) A seriously well-paced, atmospheric crime drama, completely unlike anything else I’ve read this year.’ —Chloe Cowman, Nurse Fancy Pants