Thank you to the publisher for providing a digital copy of this book via Netgalley. I can hardly believe this is a debut novel and highly recommend it go on your To Read list. The two don’t really go together but I guess its typical of those somewhat bleak times?Ī police/mystery/thriller involving an officer who drinks, takes drugs and risks is sure to make its mark on those who enjoy police procedurals/thrillers. This is a police/crime story with a difference eg “sitting in an after hours club speeding out his mind with a police badge in his suit pocket”. Despite all this, he never pretended to be anything else and tried to keep a certain standard in his work. My favorite character was McCoy even though he seemed to have some sort of condition related to alcohol and/or possibly abuse? An officer, who drinks, takes drugs and risks is definitely not the usual stereotype I would come across in my reading. Unusual friendship between McCoy and a small-time crook called Cooper, which dates back to a childhood spent in an orphanage.
Much to McCoy’s dismay, he is partnered with the new recruit and tries to keep him out of trouble (or should I say the way?). Wattie is the young officer who has just graduated, keen to make his way in the police force. He also finds out several well-known public figures are part of a network of people involved in these activities including a colleague he has looked up to for years. While making enquiries he discovers links to the abuse and/or death of others. Tasked with investigating the crime McCoy soon realises the shooting is not as straight forward as it first appeared. Soon after the prisoner who made contact with him turns up dead with his tongue cut out. Prior to this McCoy had received information from a prisoner of a threat to a female’s life but was unable to make contact in time. About the AuthorĪ young boy shoots a woman dead in the middle of the day on a Glasgow street. Think McIlvanney or Get Carter - IAN RANKIN -This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. is so noir that he makes most other Scottish cops seem light grey * * The Times, Book of the Month * * An old-school cop novel written with wit and economy. Alan Parks's excellent first novel propels him into the top class of Scottish noir authors. Gripping, utterly authentic and nerve-jangling, this novel announces a fine new voice in crime writing * * Daily Mail * * 1970s Glasgow hewn from flesh and drawn in blood - PETER MAY A potent tale of death. I flew through it - BRET EASTON ELLIS The latest star of Tartan noir - perhaps even a successor to the late, great William McIlvanney. This smasher from Alan Parks is a reminder of how dark Glasgow used to be - LOUISE WELSH Gripping and violent, dark and satisfying. Denise Mina and Ian Rankin had better watch out * * Evening Standard * * Bloody and brilliant.
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An intriguing addition to the canon * * Herald * * Gripping and well-crafted - QUINTIN JARDINE is a great character and his patch and period are vividly and skilfully portrayed. McCoy's Glasgow is a dark, brooding city, where the line between the police and the underworld is frequently blurred. Bloody January firmly sets Alan Parks in the same league as Ian Rankin and Louise Welsh - SARAH PINBOROUGH, bestselling author of BEHIND HER EYES Gripping. Detective McCoy is a true noir antihero and the perfect guide through the vice and violence of Glasgow's underbelly. A blistering plot, unforgettable characters and writing so sharp it's like it's been written with a knife.
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