{"product_id":"squeaky-clean-9781782278382","title":"Squeaky Clean","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE McILVANNEY PRIZE for SCOTTISH CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA raw, fast-paced, and darkly comic thriller and \"an amazingly accomplished debut,\" perfect for fans of Ian Rankin and Val McDermid - \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e Crime Book of the Month \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An absolute knockout! Pitch-dark and yet dripping with warmth. Packed with brilliantly drawn characters, laugh-out-loud humour, and lots of blood - what's not to love?\" - Caz Frear, author of \u003ci\u003eSweet Little Lies\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom a hard-hitting and brutally funny new voice in crime writing comes the first in a new series starring DI Alison McCoist - the least popular detective in the Glasgow police. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHalf the Glasgow copshop think DI Alison McCoist is bent. The other half just think she's a fuck-up. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo one thinks very much at all about carwash employee Davey Burnet, until one day he takes the wrong customer's motor for a ride. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne kidnapping later, he and the carwash are officially part of Glasgow's criminal underworld, working for a psychopath who enjoys playing games like 'Keep Yer Kneecaps' with any poor bastard who crosses him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCan Davey escape from the gang's clutches with his kneecaps and life intact? Perhaps this polis Ally McCoist who keeps nosing around the carwash could help. That's if she doesn't get herself killed first. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDon't miss this propulsively readable story of two likeable but flawed characters sucked into a grim criminal underworld -think wayward Scottish police meets \u003ci\u003eBreaking Bad\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatures an exclusive excerpt from \u003ci\u003ePaperboy\u003c\/i\u003e, the next Alison McCoist thriller.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCallum McSorley\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer based in Glasgow whose short stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eGutter Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMonstrous Regiment\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew Writing Scotland\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eSqueaky Clean\u003c\/i\u003e is his debut novel, inspired by his years working at a car wash in Glasgow's East End.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pushkin Vertigo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50648590713106,"sku":"9781782278382","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3b57b173-e904-42d2-89cf-eed369f36192.jpg?v=1733245045","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/squeaky-clean-9781782278382","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}