The Cut Up
Louise Welsh
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The keenly anticipated third Rilke thriller exploring the dark underbelly of contemporary Glasgow, from the Award-winning author of the cult classic The Cutting Room
It’s hard to be good when living is expensive. And times are tough on the streets these days. Luckily for Rilke at Bowery Auctions the demand for no-questions-asked cash is at an all-time high, and business is booming.
When Rilke hears his old acquaintance Les is fresh out of prison, his inclination is to stay well out of his way. Letting sleeping dogs lie is one thing – but when one of Bowery’s customers winds up dead on their tarmac, Rilke needs a bit of help from his friends to tidy things up. If only his friends didn’t have such a habit of making things worse.
“I loved everything about this book - the engaging characters, the credible backdrop to a clear, sharp plot, but most of all the writing. Oh my word, that writing!”
Ann Cleeves
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“With a central character who feels like an old friend, The Cut Up is as sharply observed, humane and beautifully written as its two superb predecessors”
guardian
“Rilke is a brilliant creation: as raddled, queer and resilient as Glasgow itself”
Alan Cumming
“Welsh cares as much about style as story. Her gripping tale of greed and depravity is peppered with Scots vernacular … There are felicities on almost every page … Ultimately, however, it is Rilke’s progress through another maze of mistrust and misinformation that keeps you hanging on to Welsh’s every word”
times
“As gritty as it is compelling, The Cut Up is a thrilling tale of murder, reset and Glasgow’s dark and dirty past. No detail slips Welsh’s eye for an undercurrent. Wonderful”
Denise Mina
Louise Welsh
Louise Welsh is an award-winning author of ten novels. The Cutting Room, her debut novel, won the Crime Writers’ Association John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Award and the Saltire First Book of The Year Award. In 2018, she was named the Most Inspiring Saltire First Book Award winner by public vote. She is a Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow. In 2022 she published The Second Cut, which was shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland McIlvanney Prize for Crime Book of the Year and named by The Times as their Crime Book of the Year.
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