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Paperboy

(Hardback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Paperboy

Contributors:

By (Author) Callum McSorley

ISBN:

9781805335450

Publisher:

Pushkin Press

Imprint:

Pushkin Vertigo

Publication Date:

10th June 2025

UK Publication Date:

13th March 2025

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Other Subjects:

Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction
Crime and mystery: police procedural
Crime and mystery: women sleuths

Dewey:

823.92

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

384

Dimensions:

Width 135mm, Height 216mm

Description

DCI Alison McCoist is back: newly promoted and even less popular.

Chuck Gardner is the proud owner of both a confidential paper-shredding business and a serious betting habit.

When Chuck finds some scandalous paperwork and McCoist investigates a rat-nibbled corpse under a flyover, they are both sucked into a deadly stramash of gangland wars and police corruption.

Can Chuck solve his gambling and gangster problems before some heed-banger feeds him into his own shredder And can McCoist claw herself out of this latest shitemire without her own shady dealings coming to light It might depend on how far she's prepared to go...

Reviews

'McSorley consolidates his status among crime fictions rising stars. Paperboy is energetic, inventive and witty, laying on the tension as it builds to a nerve-shredding finale' - Chris Brookmyre

'Just when youre thinking Squeaky Clean is probably the perfect crime novel, along comes Paperboy. The biggest laughs, the seediest urban underbelly, the most irreparably flawed yet inexorably engaging cast' - Sofia Slater, author of The Serpent Dance

'Absolutely loved Paperboy, as dark as a dungeon at midnight but a lot more fun. Sparkling dialogue, startling violence and some truly terrifying villains. And as for Ally McCoist, what can I say She shoots, she scores!' - Trevor Wood, author of 'The Man on the Street'

'Magnificent metaphors; dialogue that skips across the page; McCoist with her smart mouth and predilection of getting smashed around the face-theres nothing I didnt love about this brilliant book. The most fun you can have with an industrial paper shredder' - Sam Holland, author of 'Puppet Master'

'Callum McSorley has done it again! Paperboy is a wickedly funny return to Glasgows underbelly, where the citys renowned wit nestles alongside brutal violence. The beleaguered DCI Alison McCoist is again the perfect protagonist and McSorley is a master of the hapless character drawn into criminal chaos... I cant wait for the next instalment. Cracking!' - Heather Critchlow, author of 'Unsolved'

Author Bio

Callum McSorley is a writer based in Glasgow whose short stories have appeared in Gutter Magazine, Monstrous Regiment and New Writing Scotland. Squeaky Clean was his debut novel, inspired by his years working at a car wash in Glasgow's East End. With it, Callum won the prestigious McIlvanney Prize for best Scottish crime novel of the year. Paperboy is the second Ally McCoist thriller. It follows the reputationally-challenged detective as she investigates a murder linked to a confidential paper-shredding business and stumbles across evidence of police corruption the sort of evidence that could get her killed if she doesn't handle it carefully...

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