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An Eye For An Eye

An Eye For An Eye #1 / 3
by Paul Heatley
An Eye For An Eye (An Eye For An Eye #1) by Paul Heatley
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This is a second edition and part of Near To The Knuckle Novellas

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
When it comes to Neil Doyle’s daughter, Gandhi had no idea.
An accident leaves Jasmine Doyle permanently disfigured, and the patriarch of one of Newcastle’s crime families goes on the warpath to find the perpetrator. He doesn’t care who gets in his way, or what he has to do to them, to get his hands on the man responsible.
Graeme Taylor and ‘Tracksuit’ Tony Gordon find themselves dragged into this brutal quest for vengeance, pushed physically and mentally to the breaking point by all that they see, and all that they are forced to do.
By the end, the streets will run with blood, and no one walks away unscarred.

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Crime FictionNovella
Release date: August 17, 2018

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Paul Heatley

Paul Heatley

It’s hard to shake the grit of a Paul Heatley novel once you’ve stepped into his world. Stark, unsentimental, and laced with the raw nerve of noir, his stories don’t just depict violence and desperation—they breathe them. Hailing from the northeast of England, Heatley writes like a man who knows what it means to stare down hard truths. His fiction doesn’t flinch, and neither do his characters.

While he’s not a household name, Heatley has carved out a loyal following among crime fiction purists and noir aficionados—readers who crave the dark, the dirty, and the deeply human. His breakout work, The Motel Whore, set the tone early: stripped-down prose, seedy settings, and people clawing for survival. Since then, he’s built a body of work that reads like a bruised knuckle—sharp, direct, and unapologetically raw.

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Themes of poverty, addiction, and fractured masculinity thread through much of his writing, often set against the crumbling edges of modern Britain. You won’t find detectives with polished shoes or neat resolutions here. Heatley’s world is populated by small-time criminals, broken families, and the kind of bad decisions that leave lasting scars. His series, including The Eye for an Eye thrillers and The Tom Rollins books, showcases his skill at balancing relentless pacing with gritty emotional undercurrents.

A longtime music lover and screenwriting enthusiast, Heatley brings a cinematic rhythm to his dialogue and a punk sensibility to his plotting. His writing has been featured in crime magazines and anthologies, quietly building a reputation for authenticity and edge in the underground crime scene.

Paul Heatley may not write for the masses, but for those drawn to noir’s shadowy corners, he delivers fiction that cuts to the bone. His books don’t ask for your attention—they demand it.

An Eye For An Eye

An Eye For An Eye consists of three books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

An Eye For An Eye (An Eye For An Eye #1)
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The Runner (An Eye For An Eye #2)
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Violent By Design (An Eye For An Eye #3)
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