'There's a thought that keeps me awake at night; I have to be lucky every time, they only have to get lucky once.'

David Blake is a worried man. He should be enjoying the high life now he's Newcastle's 'Top Boy', the man who controls everything in the city that's worth controlling. The money keeps on rolling in and Blake is sharing his life with the girl that he loves, Sarah Mahoney. Shame he had to murder her father to save his own skin but at least she doesn't know anything about that.

Blake never wanted to be boss but who else is savvy enough to deal with all of the firm's problems? Newly-crowned Glasgow crime lord, Alan Gladwell, wants to do business with the firm and the deal makes sense but can Blake really trust the man whose brother he brutally murdered?

Then one of his men takes two bullets in the back and someone tries to take Blake out. As he struggles to stay in control, Blake is in a race against time to find his potential assassin and discover the truth in 'The Damage'.

"One of the Times Top Crime & Thriller Summer Reads" - The Times

"Vicious, violent and unashamedly amoral" - The Daily Mail

"Think 'Geordie Shore' meets 'The Wire' and there's a TV masterpiece out there waiting to happen" - The Times

"An incredibly enjoyable read, The Damage is an excellent novel which sets Linskey up as someone to watch out for" - Crime Fiction Lover

"I won't be happy until I've read all the books written by this amazing author" - Amazon