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February's Son

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Pub Date 31 Mar 2020 | Archive Date 29 Feb 2020

Canongate | Black Thorn


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ON DARK NIGHTS, SOMEONE NEEDS TO LIGHT A FEW FIRES . . .

Bodies are piling up with messages carved into their chests. Rival gangs are competing for control. New drugs have arrived in Glasgow, and they’ve brought a different kind of violence to the broken city. The law of the street is changing and demons from Detective McCoy’s past are coming back to haunt him.

Can McCoy keep his head up for long enough to deliver justice?
ON DARK NIGHTS, SOMEONE NEEDS TO LIGHT A FEW FIRES . . .

Bodies are piling up with messages carved into their chests. Rival gangs are competing for control. New drugs have arrived in Glasgow, and...

A Note From the Publisher
Book two of Alan Parks' Detective Harry McCoy series.

Book two of Alan Parks' Detective Harry McCoy series.


Advance Praise

'A riveting journey through the grim and gritty dark side of 1970s Glasgow . . . A powerful slab of tartan noir'
Herald

'Pitch-black tartan noir, set in Seventies Glasgow . . . Compelling . . . With an emotional heart that's hard to ignore'
Daily Mail

'[An] engaging tartan noir page turner'
Scotsman

'A riveting book, begging to be read in as few sittings as possible . . . The macabre and morally ambivalent February’s Son is not one that will be quickly or easily forgotten'
The National

PRAISE FOR BOOK ONE, BLOODY JANUARY:

'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

'A riveting journey through the grim and gritty dark side of 1970s Glasgow . . . A powerful slab of tartan noir'
Herald

'Pitch-black tartan noir, set in Seventies Glasgow . . . Compelling . . . With an...


Available Editions

EDITION Other Format
ISBN 9781786894199
PRICE US$15.00 (USD)
PAGES 384

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