Breakers

A pulsatingly tense psychological thriller and a breathtakingly brutal, beautiful and deeply moving story of a good kid in the wrong family, from one of Scotland''s finest crime writers.SHORTLISTED for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year***BOOK OF THE YEAR in SCOTSMAN***''It''s a lovely, sad tale, beautifully told and full of understanding'' The Times''The most powerful and moving book from Johnstone yet – a calling card that no-one can ignore'' Scotsman''This may be Doug Johnstone''s best book yet. An unsparing yet sympathetic depiction of Edinburgh''s ignored underclass, with terrific characterisation. Tense, pacey, filmic'' Ian Rankin____________________There are two sides to every family…Seventeen-year-old Tyler lives in one of Edinburgh''s most deprived areas. Coerced into robbing rich people''s homes by his bullying older siblings, he''s also trying to care for his little sister and his drug-addict mum.On a job, his brother Barry stabs a homeowner and leaves