"Parks' debut novel has an in-your-face immediacy that matches its protagonist. ".really tight writing, gripping and violent, dark and satisfying."-Bret Easton Ellis, author of American Psycho and Less Than Zero "Rich with local details and historical anecdotes from 1970s, this is a top-notch crime fiction with high likelihood of becoming part of an exciting series in the coming years."- Mystery Tribune His quest for justice (and a little measure of revenge), despite the personal cost to himself, makes for an irresistible read."- Mystery Scene Bundled with a myriad of personal flaws, Harry McCoy is an immediately compelling new character. "Told over the course of 20 days, Bloody January never flags in pace. Though snow is blanketing the streets, it can't hide the corruption in a city where cops and criminals are often forced to keep each other's secrets."- Wall Street Journal "Alan Parks's grisly debut novel, Bloody January, is also set in Glasgow-in the first month of 1973. Compelling portraits of minor characters tucked into several scenes add texture and interest."- Kirkus Reviews But with McCoy's boss calling off the hounds, and his boss' boss unleashing their own, the Dunlops seem to be untouchable. Among their inner circle, every nefarious predilection is catered to at the expense of society's most vulnerable-including McCoy's best friend from reformatory school, drug-tsar Stevie Cooper, and his on-off girlfriend, a prostitute named Janey. With a newbie partner in tow, McCoy hunts down leads through the underworld, all of which lead to a secret society run by Glasgow's wealthiest family, the Dunlops. Harry McCoy knows it can't be a simple act of random violence. But when an eighteen-year-old boy shoots a young woman dead in broad daylight and then commits suicide, Det. As poverty and crime drag the city deeper into a heroin epidemic, fighting in the streets has become depressingly mundane. A Glasgow detective goes up against a wealthy family whose corruption runs deep in this gritty noir series debut set in 1970s Scotland.
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