There are references to football – predominantly West Ham, which gives a sense of atmosphere and a bit more about the characters and the scene. The sensitivity mixed with raw emotion is impressively written and with a sense of realism. The tone then changes pretty quickly as full force action takes place and the tension of whether Graham survives or not, builds. I hadn’t quite expected this and I mean that in a good way. Instantly, sympathy for the characters for what happened 12 years ago and how it manifests, would embody any reader. Quite a spectrum of emotions, which inhabit the characters is displayed well. What makes it worse is that he doesn’t know why he feels this way, not on this particular day, as he recalls days of football and his dear friend Billy, whose wife was murdered 12 years previously. He has a heightened sense of trouble ahead, which may come with his anxiety. My first impression is that it sounds chilling! I do actually like that concept for the book. “Revenge Is A Dish Best Served Quickly” is the by-line. The only question is, will he be allowed to survive long enough to grab it.

The chance to wield genuine power within the very establishment he’s fought his entire life. And as Britain heads toward a future defined by Brexit and the political right wing, he realises that he’s stumbled upon the opportunity he’s been waiting for. One so intriguing that he quickly finds his past passion for organised violence reinvigorated.

However, even before he can make his first move, Billy is presented with an alternative method of extracting vengeance. Yet when he is hit by a second tragedy, his first thoughts are not of more loss, but of revenge. It’s been over a decade since gang leader Billy Evans stepped away from his life on the wrong side of the law to mourn the murder of his beloved wife. This website contains details of all Dougie’s fifteen books and three feature films as well as information on future projects including In The Know, the third book in the The Crew/Top Dog trilogy, the forthcoming feature films The Gentle Sex and Three Greens as well as the forthcoming TV drama, Kathy.īlurb In The Know…Revenge is a dish best served quickly From the writer of the cult hooligan film, Green Street and the best-selling thrillers The Crew and Top Dog comes the third and most explosive book yet in the most successful hooligan thriller series ever written. Perhaps best known for penning the cult movie Green Street (Elijah Wood, Charlie Hunnam) his first book Everywhere We Go (first published in 1996) remains a firm favourite amongst football fans the world over whilst his debut novel, The Crew, has enjoyed an almost unbroken nine year run at the top of the soccer charts of both Amazon and iTunes.

The Crew by Dougie Brimson