Edgar Award Finalist

When an up-and-coming footballer meets an untimely end in a spectacularly gruesome fashion, Harry McCoy Harry starts an investigation. The case will take him into the seamy, drug-drenched underworld of 1970s Glasgow, and into his own dark childhood memories.

“Riveting.” —The National

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).

Finalist for the 2022 McIlvanney Prize

Detective Harry McCoy returns in the suspenseful, atmospheric fifth installment in Alan Park’s internationally bestselling thriller series. 

“A Glasgow native, Parks provides a crisp, authentic look and feel to the back alleys, rough neighborhoods, and ramshackle tenements of his hometown. This entry ranks with the best of Ian Rankin and Stuart MacBride.”—Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

A classic crime novel about a kidnapping scheme gone wrong from Jim Thompson's, America's "Dimestore Dostoevsky." The basis of James Foley's critically acclaimed film of the same name, with the sweep of an epic tragedy, Thompson's classic limns the dangerous territory of honest people all-too-easily sucked into wickedness, with no way out but down.

Orphaned by a tragic accident at sixteen, Tommy Burwell's been scraping out a meager existence working dead-end jobs for years. When he and fellow nomad Four Trey Whitey get jobs working with dynamite, making way for a new pipeline across the deserted plains of Far West Texas, disaster ensues. In a matter of days, Tommy is brutally beaten and witness to an act of cold-blooded murder the law can't be bothered to investigate.

David "Bugs" McKenna, a charming rogue with a checkered past, lands a job as hotel detective in Ragtown, Texas. But his luck takes a turn for the worse when he owes a favor to the local sheriff and gets entangled with his employer's alluring and dangerous wife. Get ready for a wild ride of trouble, humor, and unexpected twists.

Jim Thompson, destined for trouble from the start, learned sin early. Raised by a scheming father and a grandfather intimate with the criminal underworld, his youth was a chaotic mix of Midwest rabble-rousing and seedy hotel life. This fictionalized autobiography explores the formative years of the noir legend, revealing the experiences that shaped his dark and unforgettable fiction.

Ruthless thief Parker is back on the run, dodging dogs, cops, and even a helicopter. His escape brings him to rural Massachusetts, where he is forced to work with a small-town recluse nursing a grudge against the racetrack that fired him. Even in hiding, Parker manages to get up to no good. It’ll be a deadly day at the races.

Parker’s got a new fence and a new plan to get the loot back from a botched job. But a bounty hunter, the FBI, and the local cops are on his tail. Only his brains, his cool, and the help of his lone longtime dame, Claire, can keep him one step ahead of the cars and the guns in this final Parker thriller.