All Them Dogs

by Djamel White

When Tony Ward returns to West Dublin after five years in exile, the city’s underworld has shifted. His old mentor is dead, his former best friend has gone straight, and the gang he once knew is now ruled by the ruthless crime boss Aengus Lavelle. Eager to reclaim his place, Tony jumps at the chance to work alongside Darren “Flute” Walsh, Lavelle’s feared enforcer. Flute is no longer the quiet schoolboy Tony remembers—he’s brooding, stoic, and unpredictably dangerous. As Tony becomes entangled in the violent politics of the gang, a fierce, unexpected attraction to Flute pulls him into a tangled web of desire, loyalty, and retribution. Set against a backdrop of poverty, toxic masculinity, and relentless brutality, All Them Dogs is a gritty, emotionally charged literary crime novel that blends savage action with tender, erotic intimacy, exploring how far a man will go to survive and love in a world where nothing stays buried.