The Second Cut

By: Louise Welsh

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Paperback | 2 May 2023

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384 Pages

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2.9 x 12.8 x 19.6

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A stylish, atmospheric detective story with shades of the Gothic - from the author of the award-winning cult classic The Cutting Room

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.

Industry Reviews

'I doubt I'll read a better book this year. Dark, funny and humane, Louise Welsh tells the stories that nobody else dares' - VAL McDERMID

'Complex and very atmospheric, with plenty of sardonic humour and sharp observations about injustice, like its predecessor this is a hardboiled gem' - Guardian

'Well-wrought . . . The specificity and style of Welsh's prose - peppered with such fine Scottish words as 'bawface', 'coorie' and 'shoogly' - the depth of her characterisation and depiction of place, her gallows humour and her compassion all make The Second Cut a superb piece of work' - The Times

'One of the most enjoyable mysteries I've read this year, The Second Cut had me from the word go. Rilke's world feels rife with possibilities for dark doings - and Welsh's writing is fresh, funny, fearless and fun' - JOSEPH KNOX

'Superbly drawn and exquisitely written, the story moves at an exceptional pace: this is modern Glasgow at its most compelling with a contradictory' - Daily Mail

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