SHORTLISTED FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE
'Superb' -The Times Crime Book of the Month
'A hardboiled gem' - Guardian
'I doubt I'll read a better book this year' - Val McDermid
Auctioneer Rilke has been trying to stay out of trouble, keeping his life more orless respectable. Business has been slow at Bowery Auctions, so when anold friend, Jojo, gives Rilke a tip-off for a house clearance, life seems to belooking up. The next day Jojo washes up dead.
Jojo liked Grindr hook-ups and recreational drugs - is that the reason thepolice won't investigate? And if Rilke doesn't find out what happened to Jojo,who will?
Thrilling and atmospheric, The Second Cut delves into the dark side oftwenty-first century Glasgow. Twenty years on from his appearance in TheCutting Room, Rilke is still walking a moral tightrope between good and bad,saint and sinner.
'Superb' -The Times Crime Book of the Month
'A hardboiled gem' - Guardian
'I doubt I'll read a better book this year' - Val McDermid
Auctioneer Rilke has been trying to stay out of trouble, keeping his life more orless respectable. Business has been slow at Bowery Auctions, so when anold friend, Jojo, gives Rilke a tip-off for a house clearance, life seems to belooking up. The next day Jojo washes up dead.
Jojo liked Grindr hook-ups and recreational drugs - is that the reason thepolice won't investigate? And if Rilke doesn't find out what happened to Jojo,who will?
Thrilling and atmospheric, The Second Cut delves into the dark side oftwenty-first century Glasgow. Twenty years on from his appearance in TheCutting Room, Rilke is still walking a moral tightrope between good and bad,saint and sinner.
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