Malcolm Mackay crea narrativas apasionantes ambientadas en el crudo submundo de Glasgow. Su obra es celebrada por su intensidad atmosférica y sus tramas cautivadoras que arrastran al lector hacia los aspectos más oscuros de la naturaleza humana. Mackay desarrolla expertamente personajes complejos y sus dilemas morales, creando historias de suspense y que invitan a la reflexión.
The narrative follows Richard Whitney, a Massachusetts Brahmin and former president of the New York Stock Exchange in the early 1930s, who vehemently opposed government regulation of the market. Known for his elitist demeanor, Whitney's downfall began after he invested heavily in a failing liquor company post-Prohibition. To maintain his company's stock price, he resorted to borrowing and embezzling clients' assets, ultimately leading to his imprisonment. The story highlights themes of arrogance, deception, and the cyclical nature of financial scandals.
How does a gunman retire? Frank MacLeod was the best at what he does. Thoughtful. Efficient. Ruthless. But is he still the best? A new job. A target. But something is about to go horribly wrong. Someone is going to end up dead. Most gunmen say goodbye to the world with a bang. Frank's still here. He's lasted longer than he should have...
It begins with two deaths: a money-man and a grass. Deaths that offer a unique opportunity to a man like Calum MacLean. A man who has finally had enough of killing. Meanwhile two of Glasgow s biggest criminal organizations are at quiet, deadly war with one another. And as Detective Michael Fisher knows, the biggest and bloodiest manoeuvres are yet to come.
There's nothing so terrifying as money. . . Two friends, Alex Glass and Oliver Peterkinney, look for work and for escape from their lives spent growing up on Glasgow's most desperate fringes. Soon they will become involved in one of the city's darkest and most dangerous trades. But while one rises quickly up the ranks, the other will fall prey to the industry's addictive lifestyle and ever-spiralling debts. Meanwhile, the three most powerful rivals in the business - Marty Jones, ruthless pimp; Potty Cruickshank, member of the old guard; and Billy Patterson, brutal newcomer - vie for prominence. And now Peterkinney, young and darkly ambitious, is beginning to make himself known . . . Before long, violence will spill out onto the streets, as those at the top make deadly attempts to out-manoeuvre one another for a bigger share of the spoils. Peterkinney and Glass will find themselves at the very centre of this war; and as the pressure builds, each will find their actions - and inactions - coming back to haunt them. But it is those they love who will suffer most . . . From the award-winning author of the Glasgow Trilogy, The Night the Rich Men Burned is a novel for our times, and Malcolm Mackay's most ambitious work to date.
Scotland has been a proudly independent country for centuries. But success has
now turned sour. A novel of crime and corruption set in a brooding, rain-swept
Scottish city that is compellingly different from the one we think we know.
A novel of crime and corruption is set in a brooding, rain-swept Scottish city
burdened by a history that is compellingly different from the one we think we
know.
Winner of the ITV3 Crime Thriller Book Club Best Read Award; shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey Dagger for Best Debut Crime Novel of the Year and the Saltire Scottish First Book of the Year Award, longlisted the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller of the Year, longlisted for the Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year Award.A twenty-nine-year-old man lives alone in his Glasgow flat. The telephone rings; a casual conversation, but behind this a job offer. The clues are there if you know to look for them.He is an expert. A loner. Freelance. Another job is another job, but what if this organisation wants more?A meeting at a club. An offer. A brief. A target:Lewis Winter.It's hard to kill a man well. People who do it well know this. People who do it badly find out the hard way. The hard way has consequences. An arresting, gripping novel of dark relationships and even darker moralities, The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter introduces a remarkable new voice in crime fiction. The second and third books in the trilogy: How a Gunman Says Goodbye and The Sudden Arrival of Violence - are out now.
Glasgowská trilogie - Nezbytná smrt Lewise Wintera, Jak se loučí střelec, Náhlý návrat násilí. Nezbytná smrt Lewise Wintera: Devětadvacetiletý muž žije sám ve svém glasgowském bytě. Zazvoní telefon. Neformální konverzace, z které ale vyplyne pracovní nabídka. Stopy najdeš, když víš, kde je hledat. Je to expert. Samotář. Na volné noze. Další kšeft je jen další kšeft, ale co když chce tahle organizace víc? Setkání v klubu. Nabídka. Stručná. Cíl: Lewis Winter. Je těžké dobře zabít. Lidi, kteří to dělají dobře, to vědí. Lidi, kteří to dělají špatně, poznají zlé způsoby. Zlé způsoby mají své důsledky. Strhující a poutavý román o temných vztazích a ještě temnější morálce. Jak se loučí střelec: Jak končí nájemný zabiják? Frank MacLeod byl nejlepší v tom, co dělal. Přemýšlivý. Výkonný. Nemilosrdný. Ale je stále ten nejlepší? Nová práce. Nový cíl. Ale schyluje se k něčemu velmi zlému. Někdo skončí mrtvý. Většina zabijáků se loučí se světem výstřelem. Frank je pořád tady. Vydržel déle, než by měl… Náhlý návrat násilí: Začíná to dvěma vraždami: finančníka a policejního informátora. Vraždy, které nabízejí jedinečnou příležitost muži jako je Calum MacLean. Muži, který má zabíjení až po krk. Mezitím dvě největší zločinecké organizace v Glasgow spolu dál válčí v tiché smrtící válce. A jak detektiv Michael Fisher ví, největší – a nejkrvavější – manévry teprve přijdou…
