February's Son
Alan Parks
“He finished his fag, flicked it out into the road, turned his coat collar up and ran through the sleet towards the doors of central”
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The second dark and grimy Harry McCoy thriller from the most exciting new voice in Scottish noir
A TOP TEN SCOTTISH BESTSELLER
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?
“The no-holds-barred action and dialogue smack you in the face like a Glasgow kiss. Cracking”
the Sun
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“Pitch-black tartan noir, set in Seventies Glasgow … Compelling … With an emotional heart that’s hard to ignore”
daily Mail
“A riveting journey through the grim and gritty dark side of 1970s Glasgow … A powerful slab of tartan noir”
herald
“[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
Alan Parks
Alan Parks has worked in the music industry for over twenty years. His debut novel Bloody January was shortlisted for the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière. He lives and works in Glasgow.
February’s Son is the second Harry McCoy thriller.
‘February’s Son is an excellent sequel — full of surprises, streaked with compassion — that highlights the art of tartan noir. McCoy, trying to work out “what’s right and what’s wrong”, and Cooper, who just does “what has to be done”, make one hell of a damaged duo.’
Mark Sanderson
Evening Standard
