'An old-school cop novel written with wit and economy ... Think McIlvanney or Get Carter.' - Ian Rankin
When a teenage boy shoots a young woman dead in the middle of a busy Glasgow street and then commits suicide, Detective Harry McCoy is sure of one thing. It wasn't a random act of violence.
With his new partner in tow, McCoy uses his underworld network to lead the investigation but soon runs up against a secret society led by Glasgow's wealthiest family, the Dunlops.
McCoy's boss doesn't want him to investigate. The Dunlops seem untouchable. But McCoy has other ideas ...
In a helter-skelter tale - winding from moneyed elite to hipster music groupies to the brutal gangs of the urban wasteland - Bloody January brings to life the dark underbelly of 1970s Glasgow and establishes Alan Parks as a new and exciting voice in Scottish noir.
'An old-school cop novel written with wit and economy ... Think McIlvanney or Get Carter.' - Ian Rankin
When a teenage boy shoots a young woman dead in the middle of a busy Glasgow street and then commits suicide, Detective Harry McCoy is sure of one thing. It wasn't a random act of violence.
With his new partner in tow, McCoy uses his underworld network to lead the investigation but soon runs up against a secret society led by Glasgow's wealthiest family, the Dunlops.
McCoy's boss doesn't want him to investigate. The Dunlops seem untouchable. But McCoy has other ideas ...
In a helter-skelter tale - winding from moneyed elite to hipster music groupies to the brutal gangs of the urban wasteland - Bloody January brings to life the dark underbelly of 1970s Glasgow and establishes Alan Parks as a new and exciting voice in Scottish noir.
Alan Parks has worked in the music industry for over twenty years. He lives and works in Glasgow.
An old-school cop novel written with wit and economy . . . Think
McIlvanney or Get Carter
*IAN RANKIN*
A potent tale of death . . . Alan Parks's excellent first novel
propels him into the top class of Scottish noir authors . . .
Detective Harry McCoy . . . is so noir that he makes most other
Scottish cops seem light grey
* * The Times, Book of the Month * *
1970s Glasgow hewn from flesh and drawn in blood
*PETER MAY*
The latest star of Tartan noir - perhaps even a successor to the
late, great William McIlvanney . . . Gripping, utterly authentic
and nerve-jangling, this novel announces a fine new voice in crime
writing
* * Daily Mail * *
Gripping and violent, dark and satisfying. I flew through it
*BRET EASTON ELLIS*
Bloody and brilliant. This smasher from Alan Parks is a reminder of
how dark Glasgow used to be
*LOUISE WELSH*
[McCoy] is a great character and his patch and period are vividly
and skilfully portrayed. Denise Mina and Ian Rankin had better
watch out
* * Evening Standard * *
Gripping and well-crafted
*QUINTIN JARDINE*
Gripping . . . McCoy's Glasgow is a dark, brooding city, where the
line between the police and the underworld is frequently blurred .
. . An intriguing addition to the canon
* * Herald * *
A blistering plot, unforgettable characters and writing so sharp
it's like it's been written with a knife . . . Detective McCoy is a
true noir antihero and the perfect guide through the vice and
violence of Glasgow's underbelly. Bloody January firmly sets Alan
Parks in the same league as Ian Rankin and Louise Welsh
*SARAH PINBOROUGH, bestselling author of BEHIND HER EYES*
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