The Cut Up
- 29 Jan 2026
- 9781838859862
- £16.99
- 320 pp
- 141×220mm
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- 9781838859909
- £9.99
- 320 pp
- 129×198mm
- 29 Jan 2026
- 9781838859879
- £15.99
- 320 pp
- 141×220mm
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- 9781838859886
- £13.59
- 320 pp
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- £20.99
- 8 hrs 18 min
In a few words
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
In a few words
Rilke is back by popular demand on another journey down Glasgow’s dark streets, with new and familiar faces alike
In a few words
The third keenly anticipated Rilke novel exploring the dark underbelly of contemporary Glasgow, from the Award-winning author of the cult classic The Cutting Room
In a few words
The third keenly anticipated Rilke novel exploring the dark underbelly of contemporary Glasgow, from the Award-winning author of the cult classic The Cutting Room
In a few words
The keenly anticipated third Rilke novel exploring the dark underbelly of contemporary Glasgow, from the Award-winning author of the cult classic The Cutting Room
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
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
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
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
Rilke is a brilliant creation: as raddled, queer and resilient as Glasgow itself
Alan Cumming
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
Rilke is a brilliant creation: as raddled, queer and resilient as Glasgow itself
Alan Cumming
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
Rilke is a brilliant creation: as raddled, queer and resilient as Glasgow itself
Alan Cumming
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
More about
the book
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.
More about
the book
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.
More about
the book
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.
More about
the book
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.
More about
the book
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.
A phantasmagorically realised Glasgow
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
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
A phantasmagorically realised Glasgow
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
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
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
Rambunctiously, relentlessly and rewardingly entertaining. The most irresistible white-knuckle ride of a novel you will read this year
Chris Brookmyre
Welsh has created a unique character in Rilke and her marvellous writing brings his world to life. The Cut Up is a great addition to the Cutting Room series
Alex Gray
Louise Welsh is a writer of the finest calibre, and The Cut Up is terrific — razor sharp, super smart and full of heart
Doug Johnstone
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
Rambunctiously, relentlessly and rewardingly entertaining. The most irresistible white-knuckle ride of a novel you will read this year
Chris Brookmyre
Welsh has created a unique character in Rilke and her marvellous writing brings his world to life. The Cut Up is a great addition to the Cutting Room series
Alex Gray
Louise Welsh is a writer of the finest calibre, and The Cut Up is terrific — razor sharp, super smart and full of heart
Doug Johnstone
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
Rambunctiously, relentlessly and rewardingly entertaining. The most irresistible white-knuckle ride of a novel you will read this year
Chris Brookmyre
Welsh has created a unique character in Rilke and her marvellous writing brings his world to life. The Cut Up is a great addition to the Cutting Room series
Alex Gray
Louise Welsh is a writer of the finest calibre, and The Cut Up is terrific — razor sharp, super smart and full of heart
Doug Johnstone
Louise Welsh
View profileLouise 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.
@louisewelsh00
Louise Welsh
View profileLouise 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 Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow. In 2022 her The Cutting Room sequel, The Second Cut 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. In 2024 her novel To The Dogs was picked by The Times as a Crime Book of the Month.
@louisewelsh00
Louise Welsh
View profileLouise 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 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.
@louisewelsh00
Louise Welsh
View profileLouise 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 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.
@louisewelsh00
Louise Welsh
View profileLouise 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.
@louisewelsh00
