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dnf atNot bad if you can handle the Scottish dialect, I was more interested in Jas's prison survival techniques rather than the mystery that led him to the slammer.
The whole search for Paul McGhee kind of got lost in the shuffle for me, but this was still a good read.
I liked Jas Anderson when I first encountered him two years ago in sitelinkFreeform and hoped better things for him in subsequent titles in this series.
Alas no our battered and ground down cynical MC remains emotionally stunted and isolated, still trying to overcome physical deficits from injuries incurred in the first book.
After the first few chapters whereby he gets recruited to look for a missing person request by an ambiguously malevolent recurring secondary character Jas is remanded to prison awaiting trail for trumped up charges.
The remainder of this brutal yet gripping read told in the author's pared down style takes place over a span of ten days where poor Jas has to endure faces all the expected violence, barely hidden vice and deceit, manipulation and powerplays a couple of scenes were truly awful and warnings here about sexual assault.
Given the Glaswegian setting almost all dialogue is written in phonetic wording which may throw challenges for readers unfamiliar with the northern dialect.
I managed to glean what was being said most of the time by sounding the words in my head and aloud a couple of times it works I tell you don't focus on the spelling and just read it as it sounds.
There is no romance per se but some glimmers of hope emerge by Banged Up's end.
Much of the MM sex is perfunctory almost transactional with at least one eyebrow raising postcoitus scenario so much for 'afterglow'!!.
and I've bought book three already in anticipation for yet another exciting read, This is such a brutal story, I've bought six of Jack Dickson's books, and I'd say that this one is my second favourite, I find the world that he creates is totally believable, Yes, I know it does exist inner city, crime, horrific jail conditions, people in charge who abuse their power.
. . but you could write about those real things and, yet, not bring them to life, Second in the Jas Anderson series after sitelinkFreeform, Seriously, folks, why are these books not better known The author has dropped out of site, but this series is pretty unique in that it's mainstream crime but with a gay protagonist.
Do not think hearts and roses, This series is so gritty it's actually like having your teeth pulled sometimes reading it, but, hey, no pain no gain, right This one is set in prison so if prison rape is a kink you'll like this.
Jas is a cop, remember, so prison is not a good place for him to be,
I'm going to read this whole series again,
Brilliant. An interesting modern, first person account of life behind bars in a British prison, The author comes across as honest and forthcoming about the glamorous life of a criminal prior to bring arrested and how he learns to cope with an incarcerated existence.
What drew me to this book was his escape from the prison but in the end this was but a small incident in this book filled with violence.
Scotch wi a touch of rye
Scottish author Jack Dickson is also a screenwriter, playwright, classically trained pianist, and a Tai Chi teacher.
His Jas Anderson Thriller series was originally published in the UK and now is made available to an even wider audience through the auspices of ReQueered Tales publishers in Los Angeles.
He lives in Glasgow.
While gay romance novels continue to flourish, with variations into the paranormal sphere, few authors write gay mysteries or thrillers and Jack Dickson is the major exception.
His writing embraces the dark edges yet not without a wry humor, For those yet to encounter
the Jas Anderson Thrillers, BANGED UP is Bookof that series, BookFREEFORM introduced a tough new gay cop, DetectiveSergeant Jas Anderson.
A violent antihero, suspended from duty for assault, Jas is the natural suspect when his lover is found brutally murdered.
Now on the run and struggling to clear his name, Jas uncovers Leigh's involvement in a blackmail ring, and even his lover's identity becomes confused.
Now in this second installment, Detective Sergeant Jas Anderson, the violent antihero, is imprisoned and fighting for his life, having being expelled from the Glasgow police force.
Being framed by his excolleagues, he is remanded to Barlinnie a poorly run, underfunded and understaffed prison and instead of the usual accommodation for law enforcers in solitary, he is forced to share a cell with Steve McStay, sentenced for aggravated assault on two gay men.
In this allmale environment, inmates dont divide into gay and straight, but rather into who dominates and who doesn't.
Resilient as ever, Jas forms an unlikely partnership with Steve in his fight for survival,
Now that the background and plot are understood, the authors writing style becomes the reason for embracing this fine series.
Incorporating the Scottish verbiage and content, Jack opens with “Tear the whole rotten place doon, Mr. Anderson, thats whit ahd dae, ” Smooth buzzing behind one ear, Jas stared into the mirror, Terrys clippers continued their progress, So did the chat. “Built tae hold nine hundred, Theres ower two thousand in there, these days, Two thousand animals in cells wi nae plumbin”, ”
While getting use to the Scottish verbiage take s bit, the prose style ultimately adds considerably to the atmosphere of this story.
Unafraid to linger in violence and in all manner of abusive crimes BDSM especially this story bristles with the realities of prison life and offers a sexy main character tough as nails but with a heart of gold.
Dig into this novel and experience a new concept of thriller one that stays with you and hopefully initiates some change in our own prison system.
DetectiveSergeant Jas Anderson, the violent antihero of FreeForm, ended that story being expelled from the Glasgow police force.
Banged Up starts with Jas being framed by his excolleagues, and remanded to Barlinnie prison, Soon he is forced to share a cell with Steve McStay, sentenced for aggravated assault on two gay men.
In this allmale environment, inmates don't divide into gay and straight, but into who fucks and who gets fucked.
But resilient as ever, Jas forms an unlikely partnership with Steve in his fight for survival, .