Alan Parks

An exciting, evocative noir novel set in 1973 Glasgow, a city on the cusp of a heroin epidemic, featuring detective Harry McCoy. When an 18-year-old boy shoots a young woman dead in the middle of a busy Glasgow street and then commits suicide, McCoy knows it can't be a random act of violence. With a newbie partner in tow, McCoy uses his underworld network to build a picture of a secret society run by Glasgow's wealthiest family, the Dunlops. Drugs, sex, incest; every nefarious predilection is catered to, at the expense of the lower echelon of society, an underclass that includes McCoy's best friend from reformatory school - drug-Tsar Stevie Cooper - and his on-off girlfriend, a prostitute, Janey. But with McCoy's boss calling off the hounds, and his boss' boss unleashing their own, the Dunlops are apparently untouchable. McCoy has other ideas.

Bloody January

"Seriously Mum, What's an Alpaca?" is the frank and charming story of a brave couple who risk everthing to move to Spain to breed alpacas. Their intention is to make a living, but first they must negotiate their way through the Spanish property market, local characters, rogue buiilders and the worst weather Andalucía has seen for 100 years. Alan and Lorna experience the joy, but also the heartbreak of alpaca breeding, picking up an assortment of stray animals on the way.

An Adventure in the Frying Pan of Spain

Seriously Mum, What's an Alpaca?

A TOP TEN SCOTTISH BESTSELLER ON DARK NIGHTS, SOMEONE NEEDS TO LIGHT A FEW FIRES . . . Bodies are piling up with messages carved into their chests. Rival gangs are competing for control. New drugs have arrived in Glasgow, and they’ve brought a different kind of violence to the broken city. The law of the street is changing and demons from Detective McCoy’s past are coming back to haunt him. Can McCoy keep his head up for long enough to deliver justice?

February's Son

Abril de 1974, día de Viernes Santo. Una bomba casera estalla en un piso de Woodlans, un barrio pobre de Glasgow. ¿Qué hace una bomba allí? ¿Será el IRA? Al fin y al cabo, y según el agente Harry McCoy, Glasgow es como Belfast pero sin bombas. En el piso encuentran un cadáver (o parte de él, pues el resto está repartido por todo el comedor). Alguien estaba construyendo una bomba y le ha estallado en las manos. En plena investigación, un hombre aborda a McCoy en un pub donde están de celebración con la familia de su colega Wattie, que acaba de ser padre. Ese desconocido, llamado Andrew Stewart, es un rico estadounidense cuyo hijo (marine, veintidós años, seis meses de servicio en el USS Canopus) lleva tres días desaparecido; está desesperado, y tras recurrir en vano a todos los medios oficiales, acude a McCoy en busca de ayuda. Así arranca la trepidante cuarta entrega de las novelas protagonizadas por el policía Harry McCoy.

Muerte en abril

May God Forgive

Bobby March Will Live Forever

Juan Trejo

Enero sangriento

Aún no ha amanecido sobre los húmedos tejados de Glasgow cuando la policía recibe una llamada anónima: han asesinado violentamente a un joven en la décimocuarta planta de un edificio en obras. En el pecho, le han grabado a cuchillo la palabra «ADIÓS». Ese truculento asesinato golpea íntimamente a un conocido y poderoso mafioso, Jake Scobie, y, sobre todo, a su caprichosa hija, Elaine. El agente Harry McCoy, que aún no se ha incorporado al trabajo después de la terapia a la que le abocó su anterior caso, tendrá que encargarse de la investigación. No obstante, ése no será el único cadáver de ese frío mes de febrero de 1973 en que la nieve cubre sin piedad las calles de la ciudad. Mientras tanto, el colega ya no tan novato de Harry, Wattie, trata de alcanzar heroicamente el grado de sargento. Y del horizonte emergen otras sombras, más densas que las tormentas que se ciernen sobre Glasgow: las más peligrosas son las que obligarán a nuestro protagonista, McCoy, a regresar a su atormentada adolescencia, transcurrida en orfanatos y casas de acogida.

Hijos de febrero

«Con esta tercera entrega, Parks está construyendo una serie que ningún amante de la novela policiaca debería perderse.» Scotsman «Incluso mejor que las novelas predecesoras.» The Times (Libro del Mes) Glasgow, julio de 1973. Se llama Alice Kelly, tiene trece años, y ha desaparecido. Han pasado ya quince horas desde que alguien la vio por última vez. El agente Harry McCoy sabe que las probabilidades de un desenlace fatal son muy altas. Apenas se ha desplegado el dispositivo policial de búsqueda cuando el guitarrista Bobby March, la estrella de rock local, sufre una sobredosis en un hotel; la víspera había actuado en un concierto en el que, a juicio de McCoy, no estuvo muy brillante. Sea como sea, los periódicos necesitan noticias sangrientas; los mandos de la policía, resultados; y la ley, respeto, cueste lo que cueste. Para colmo, la sobrina del jefe de McCoy se ha eclipsado; McCoy, discretamente, tendrá que localizarla. Pero ¿podrá Harry McCoy con todo?

Bobby March vivirá para siempre

Glasgow is a city in mourning. An arson attack on a hairdresser's has left five dead. Tempers are frayed and sentiments running high. When three youths are charged the city goes wild. A crowd gathers outside the courthouse but as the police drive the young men to prison, the van is rammed by a truck, and the men are grabbed and bundled into a car. The next day, the body of one of them is dumped in the city centre. A note has been sent to the newspaper: one down, two to go. Detective Harry McCoy has twenty-four hours to find the kidnapped boys before they all turn up dead, and it is going to mean taking down some of Glasgow's most powerful people to do it . . .

Seriously Mum, Where's That Donkey?

Blutiger Januar

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.

To Die In June

«Brillante... Muerte en abril debería estar en las estanterías de todos los amantes de la novela policiaca.» Sunday Times Crime Club «La novela más emocionante de la serie.» The Wall Street Journal Abril de 1974, día de Viernes Santo. Una bomba casera estalla en un piso de Woodlans, un barrio pobre de Glasgow. ¿Qué hace una bomba allí? ¿Será el IRA? Al fin y al cabo, y según el agente Harry McCoy, Glasgow es como Belfast pero sin bombas. En el piso encuentran un cadáver (o parte de él, pues el resto está repartido por todo el comedor). Alguien estaba construyendo una bomba y le ha estallado en las manos. En plena investigación, un hombre aborda a McCoy en un pub donde están de celebración con la familia de su colega Wattie, que acaba de ser padre. Ese desconocido, llamado Andrew Stewart, es un rico estadounidense cuyo hijo (marine, veintidós años, seis meses de servicio en el USS Canopus) lleva tres días desaparecido; está desesperado, y tras recurrir en vano a todos los medios oficiales, acude a McCoy en busca de ayuda. Así arranca la trepidante cuarta entrega de las novelas protagonizadas por el policía Harry McCoy.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE FOR SCOTTISH CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR 'One of the great Scottish crime writers' The Times 'Brilliant' Sunday Times Crime Club NO ONE WILL FORGET In a grimy flat in Glasgow, a homemade bomb explodes, leaving few remains to identify its maker. Detective Harry McCoy knows in his gut that there’ll be more to follow. The hunt for a missing sailor from the local US naval base leads him to the secretive group behind the bomb, and their disturbing, dominating leader. If the city is to survive the next explosion, it’ll take everything McCoy’s got . . .

The April Dead

In this “fascinating and dangerous” Scottish noir, a detective scours Glasgow’s gritty streets for two missing teens in the wake of a rock star’s death (The Times, Book of the Month, UK). July 1973. The Glasgow drug trade is booming and Bobby March, the city’s own rock star hero, has just overdosed in a central hotel. But even that tragedy competes for headlines with the story of a thirteen-year-old girl who’s gone missing. As Det. Harry McCoy knows only too well, every hour that goes by makes the Alice Kelly case more of a lost cause. Meanwhile, the niece of McCoy’s boss has fallen in with a bad crowd and when she goes missing, McCoy is asked—off the books—to find her. McCoy has a hunch that there’s a connection between these events. But time to prove it is running out, the papers are out for blood, and the department wants results fast. Justice must be served. The third novel in the acclaimed Harry McCoy series combines a “breathless and tense retro crime caper” with a pitch-perfect depiction of 1970s Glasgow—its music, hard men, political infighting, class divisions, and the moral questions at its heart (The Sun, UK).

When an American sailor from the Holy Loch Base goes missing, Harry McCoy is determined to find him. But as he investigates, a wave of bombings hits Glasgow - with the threat of more to come. Soon McCoy realises that the sailor may be part of a shadowy organisation committed to a very different kind of Scotland. One they are prepared to kill for. Meanwhile Cooper, McCoy's long-time criminal friend, is released from jail and convinced he has a traitor in his midst. As allies become enemies, Cooper has to fight for his position and his life.

Would you risk everything for a new life? Would you give up and go home if it all went wrong? 'Meu Deus, O Que é uma Alpaca?' é uma estória franca e encantadora de um bravo casal que se muda para a Espanha para criar alpacas. Sua intenção é ganhar a vida, mas primeiro eles devem negociar seu caminho através do mercado imobiliário espanhol, personagens locais, construtores desonestos e o pior clima que Andaluzia tem visto por 100 anos. Alan e Lorna experimentam a alegria, mas também o desgosto de se criar alpacas, recolhendo uma variedade de animais perdidos pelo caminho. Eles serão bem sucedidos, ou os desafios serão demais para suportar? "uma leitura encantadora" "ri alto com regularidade" "Eu recomendaria este livro para qualquer um"

Meu Deus, O Que é Uma Alpaca?

'Bloody hell, what's an alpaca?' is the frank and charming story of a brave couple who risk everything to move to Spain to breed alpacas. Their intention is to make a living, but first they must negotiate their way through the Spanish property market, local characters, rogue builders and the worst weather Andalucia has seen for 100 years. Alan and Lorna experience the joy, but also the heartbreak of alpaca breeding, picking up an assortment of stray animals on the way. 'Bloody hell, what's an alpaca?' may be full of glorious highs and monumental lows, but it is essentially a story of endeavour and spirit, living each day as though it may be the last.

Alan Parks

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