Paperboy
«A smart, nasty and really rather heartbreaking thriller set in and around a Glasgow car wash. Our introduction to DI Alison McCoist (yes, yes, she's heard all the jokes) and likely to be the first of many»
Herald
The dark, rawly comic follow-up to the winner of the McIlvanney Prize for best Scottish crime book of the year.
'A serious talent' Kevin Bridges
'Inventive and witty, with a nerve-shredding finale' Chris Brookmyre
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The dark, rawly comic follow-up to the winner of the McIlvanney Prize for best Scottish crime book of the year.
'A serious talent' Kevin Bridges
'Inventive and witty, with a nerve-shredding finale' Chris Brookmyre
'An outstanding new writer who is destined to become a very big name' Peter James
DCI Alison McCoist is back: newly promoted and even less popular.
Chuck Gardner is the proud owner of both a confidential paper-shredding business and a serious betting habit.
When Chuck finds some scandalous paperwork and McCoist investigates a rat-nibbled corpse under a flyover, they are both sucked into a deadly stramash of gangland wars and police corruption.
Can Chuck solve his gambling and gangster problems before some head-banger feeds him into his own shredder? And can McCoist claw herself out of this latest shitemire without her own shady dealings coming to light? It might depend on how far she's prepared to go...
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Pushkin Vertigo
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781805335450
- Utgivelsesår
- 2025
- Format
- 22 x 14 cm
Om forfatteren
Callum McSorley is a writer based in Glasgow whose short stories have appeared in Gutter Magazine, Monstrous Regiment and New Writing Scotland. Squeaky Clean was his debut novel, inspired by his years working at a car wash in Glasgow's East End. With it, Callum won the prestigious McIlvanney Prize for best Scottish crime novel of the year. Paperboy is the second Ally McCoist thriller. It follows the reputationally-challenged detective as she investigates a murder linked to a confidential paper-shredding business and stumbles across evidence of police corruption ? the sort of evidence that could get her killed if she doesn't handle it carefully...
Anmeldelser
«A smart, nasty and really rather heartbreaking thriller set in and around a Glasgow car wash. Our introduction to DI Alison McCoist (yes, yes, she's heard all the jokes) and likely to be the first of many»
Herald
«Violent and action packed but full of wit and dark humour»
I Read With Ghosts
«A fantastic new voice in Tartan Noir, it was gritty, bleak and definitely violent but expertly balanced with plenty of dark humour. I was so thrilled that the story was set up perfectly for a sequel»
The Butler Did It...
«Fresh and vibrant... A superb debut. Callum McSorley is a new kid on the Scottish crime block»
Alex J Book Reviews
«A fast-paced thriller with a dark sense of humour, a grisly crime caper in the vein of Breaking Bad and Guilt»
Sunday Mail
«An absolute blast, and only strengthens the Scottish reputation for producing exceedingly good crime thrillers, tinged with laconic wit, and dark, dark, humour... It reads like a brilliant mash up of Irvine Welsh and Alan Parks... I can't recommend this one highly enough»
Raven Crime Reads
«Absolutely loved Paperboy, as dark as a dungeon at midnight but a lot more fun. Sparkling dialogue, startling violence and some truly terrifying villains. And as for Ally McCoist, what can I say? She shoots, she scores!»
Trevor Wood, author of 'The Man on the Street'
«Magnificent metaphors; dialogue that skips across the page; McCoist with her smart mouth and predilection of getting smashed around the face-there's nothing I didn't love about this brilliant book. The most fun you can have with an industrial paper shredder»
Sam Holland, author of 'Puppet Master'
«A tartan noir comedy crime with a dash of hard-boiled grit»
Scotsman
«Side-splittingly funny and fascinatingly brutal in equal measure»
Scottish Field
«Callum McSorley has done it again! Paperboy is a wickedly funny return to Glasgow's underbelly, where the city's renowned wit nestles alongside brutal violence. The beleaguered DCI Alison McCoist is again the perfect protagonist and McSorley is a master of the hapless character drawn into criminal chaos... I can't wait for the next instalment. Cracking!»
Heather Critchlow, author of 'Unsolved'
«A deliciously gruesome, darkly comic and twisty piece of work. McSorley's Glasgow is an irresistibly dangerous world full of characters you won't easily forget»
Tom Newlands, author of Only Here, Only Now
«Shows off McSorley's confident street-humour, deft plotting and frequently surprising turns of phrase. The energy coming off this book is enough to power you through any number of late nights. The most fun you can have at a crime scene»
Alan Bissett, author of Death of a Ladies' Man
«Had me laughing out loud one moment and gritting my teeth the next. It's dark, delicious and desperately funny. If Paperboy was a stick of rock it would have Glasgow's Underworld running right through the middle. Bring on the next anarchic outing for DCI McCoist»
Marion Todd, author of Bridges to Burn
«A novel dripping with wicked black humour and a real sense of place»
McIlvanney Prize Judges
«Praise for Squeaky Clean:»
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«An amazingly accomplished debut»
The Times, Crime Book of the Month
«Extremely funny, exciting and ultimately touching»
Literary Review
«A Glasgow noir that will thrill and amuse those with a wicked sense of humour and a love of gritty crime fiction»
Crime Time Review
«Brutally funny and brilliantly plotted, with an engaging cast of characters»
Glasgow Evening Times
«The new star of tartan noir»
The Times
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