{"product_id":"9781460769133_teeth-kicker-a-dark-and-original-debut-crime-thriller-for-fans-of-mark-brandi-and-matthew-spencer","title":"Teeth Kicker: A dark and original debut crime thriller for fans of Mark Brandi and Matthew Spencer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePay your debts. Protect your family. Never cross a loan shark. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis blisteringly original crime thriller and exciting debut smashes \u003cem\u003eMr Inbetween\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMonkey Grip\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAnimal Kingdom\u003c\/em\u003e into a gutter opera on the vicious, bent and drug-laden streets of Newcastle - written by the Pushcart nominated writer and 2009 shark attack survivor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eVincent Silk is back in the decaying maw of Australia's Steel City after losing everything - his money, his self-respect, and his friends and family. He wants to make amends but first he has to pay off his debts to an unhinged loan shark. With no way to make good, Vincent is forced to take on a brutal new role: working as an enforcer, a Teeth Kicker, collecting debts in a town where everyone owes someone something.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVincent is big and imposing, so he should be a natural at hunting down late-payers, but he hates the violence and his conscience weighs heavy. Every knock on a door tests his resolve, especially when his next target turns out to be Henrietta, the woman who once saved him from an OD - and the someone he's in love with. Vincent wants to protect her, and he knows running isn't an option. The shark would come for their families, including Vincent's younger brother, Ray.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVincent and Ray have a complicated past, scarred by a horrific car accident that left Ray an amputee and left Vincent with a metal plate in his head. As Ray spirals into his own trouble, Vincent decides to take matters into his own hands and solve everyone's problems - until it all unravels, and he's left with an impossible choice between the two people he loves the most.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnless, of course, he's willing to sacrifice himself to save them both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A stunning thriller that grips from the opening page to its heart-stopping finale. The best crime novel I've read in years' \u003cstrong\u003eMark Brandi, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eWimmera\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Rip\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Others\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSouthern Aurora\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'\u003c\/strong\u003eOrgias's portrayal of Vincent and the underbelly of 1990s Newcastle is masterful: brave and clear-eyed enough to show the tough realities, but tender and full of heart. It's also a ripping drugs-and-crime story' \u003cstrong\u003eMalcolm Knox, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe First Friend\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A blistering, breathtaking gut punch of a novel' \u003cstrong\u003eKate Horan, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Inheritance\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOn the Edge\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e'By turns brutal and tender, \u003cem\u003eTeeth Kicker\u003c\/em\u003e finds humanity in the underworld and delivers a cracking thriller along the way' \u003cstrong\u003eGabriel Bergmoser, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Hunted\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Inheritance\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Hitchhiker\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Caretaker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A brilliant debut - brutal, propulsive, and proof that our desire to love and be loved can outlast anything' \u003cstrong\u003eMitch Jennings, author of the award-winning \u003cem\u003eA Town Called Treachery\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A masterclass in tension ... 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