The Dead Don't Bleed

From the doomed coalfields of north-east England to sun-bleached southern Spain, two brothers confront each other and themselves to overcome their family legacy

Plt;bPgt;Two brothers confront each other and themselves to overcome their family legacy, from the doomed coalfields of north-east England to sun-bleached southern SpainPlt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#39;Thrilling and brilliantly imaginedP#39; SARAH HALLPlt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Frank Bridge turned his back on his familyP#8217;s gangland conflicts in Northumberland decades ago. His brother, Gordon, fled to Spain and has not been heard from since. FrankP#8217;s life has taken a different path to the same place: he fell in love with LorcaP#39;s poetry and the woman who brought it to him.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;But when their gangster father, the head of their savage dynasty, dies, Frank feels he must track down Gordon and tell him that their fatherP#8217;s reign of terror is over. Can FrankP#8217;s appearance after twenty-five years prompt a truce P#8211; a reconciliation even P#8211; will his arrival merely be the catalyst for more turmoil and brutality? Beneath the scorching, pitiless Andalusian sun, the two brothers are finally brought together for one last reckoning.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#39;Savage, sorrowful, superbP#39; NIALL GRIFFITHSPlt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#39;Vivid, lyrical and propulsiveP#39; MALACHY TALLACKPlt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#39;A compelling, beautifully written story of male heartbreakP#39; RUTH PADELPlt;/bPgt;