To Die In June
Alan Parks
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One missing child. Two murders. A midsummer nightmare. From the McIlvanney Prize-winning author of May God Forgive comes the latest gritty instalment in the Harry McCoy series
A woman enters a Glasgow police station to report her son missing, but no record can be found of the boy. When Detective Harry McCoy, seconded from the cop shop across town, discovers the family is part of the cultish Church of Christ’s Suffering, he suspects there is more to Michael’s disappearance than meets the eye.
Meanwhile reports arrive of a string of poisonings of down-and-outs across the city. The dead are men who few barely notice, let alone care about – but, as McCoy is painfully aware, among this desperate community is his own father.
Even as McCoy searches for the missing boy, he must conceal from his colleagues the real reason for his presence – to investigate corruption in the station. Some folk pray for justice. Detective Harry McCoy hasn’t got time to wait.
“The final twist will make you shout”
the Times
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“Beautifully crafted tartan noir, pinpoint precision of characterisation with storytelling par excellence. Crime writing of the highest order”
Caro Ramsay
“Fast-paced”
scotsman
”Praise for the Harry McCoy series: Alan Parks recreates a world of urban blight and spiritual decay … a remarkable series that began with Bloody January. The novels, as someone once said, can be read in any order; the important thing is to read them all”
the Times
“The Harry McCoy books by the bold Alan Parks just get better and better. May God Forgive starts like a runaway train and just keeps going. If you’re not already reading these books, get onto them now”
Liam Mcilvanney
Alan Parks
Alan Parks worked in the music industry for over twenty years before turning to crime writing. His debut novel Bloody January was shortlisted for the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, February’s Son was nominated for an Edgar Award, Bobby March Will Live Forever was picked as a Times Best Book of the Year, won a Prix Mystère de la Critique Award and won an Edgar Award. The April Dead was shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year and May God Forgive won the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year 2022. He lives and works in Glasgow.
To Die In June is the sixth Harry McCoy thriller.
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