Eastgate: A Robert Hoon Thriller (Robert Hoon Thrillers Book 4)

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They are a wonderful mixture of action and comedy (with a lot of swearing and gore, but so worth it) and they just get better as the series progresses.

This conscious framing of the book as a Die Hard set in the Highlands is complemented by Bob Hoon, who’s written very much in the hard-boiled mode with a number of genre winks and familiar characterisations. Again this was led by people just asking for merchandise, so I thought since I’ve been so well supported in the area, we could use this as a way of giving a bit back into the local area.

If you haven’t read Northwind, Southpaw, Westward and Eastgate, do yourself a favour and get stuck in.

But a lot of people like that lingering in a place and establishing the scene, so it fascinates me how different readers respond to different ways of writing. So for those who may not know, you self-publish your crime fiction through Zertex Media, and to massive success. If you haven't read this or the previous three, please give them a go, you really are in for a treat. While the outcome is no great surprise, there’s no guarantee that all of Hoon’s unlikely friends will survive so it was still quite a tense listen. But instead of a Saint Nick who heals from wounds you have Hoon willing to push through injury, pain, and likely his own death to save others and foil a huge plot!The Hoon stories on the other hand are proving just as dark and brutal as Smith’s, and this one maybe even more so. As funny and suspenseful as usual, it made me laugh uproariously, while cringing at what was going on. A larger than life bully with a penchant for bad language, Hoon was a deliberately over the top caricature—a barely human monster who existed largely to make the lives of the other characters that bit more difficult. Better known as Barry Hutchison, BooksfromScotland caught up with him to talk about his latest novel and about his career as an author.