Harry McCoy and the March Madness Adventure

Kindle Customer: Realistic? In the cesspool perhaps. A brain rinse may be required. DCS Murray might make a better protagonist than McCoy.

United States on Oct 02, 2023

Roman: The plot is getting better with each book. Excellent.

Germany on Sep 20, 2023

Janice: Excellent writing, terrific characters, Glasgow. Be warned, though, this is not for the faint hearted. If you’re expecting a twee detective story, with eccentric characters and a drawing room murder to solve, this is not the book for you.

United States on Aug 02, 2023

John Barlow: Glasgow at its worst! The lead character is shown with all his faults but achieves success

United Kingdom on Apr 06, 2023

David Dodds: Another meaty crime novel which isn’t for the faint hearted ! But hard to put down especially if you remember Glasgow in the 70s.

United Kingdom on Apr 05, 2023

YvonneB: After reading the first book a while ago I was really looking forward to seeing how things progressed. I should mention that I have read the books that follow this one, the author is currently up to book 5 in the series.

Detective Harry McCoy is a copper with dubious friends. Having recently been injured he is back to work as a new brutal case rears its head. This isn't a pleasant one as the body has a word carved into the chest. As the team is getting their heads around this murder another body turns up.

This is set in the tough 1970s Glasgow area. Gangs, drugs and prostitution are rife, life is tough and for some, it is going to get tougher. The fact that Harry has dubious friends can at times work to his advantage. At others though these friends test the patience of Harry's boss. Wattie finds himself in the midst of things as well.

This is one tough one to read at times as there is a lot of violence in it. If you are a fan of hard-boiled crime then you are going to want to read this one. This is a tough area, people do not hold back and if you find yourself on the wrong side then you had better know how to disappear or find yourself in a fight for your...

United Kingdom on Oct 04, 2022

sharon f. leff: *****Dark doom, hurt, violence, and pain have been too familiar to Polis detective McCoy. However, he never could have imagined that his painful past with its nightmares would ever intersect with his most recent case, an investigation of the violent death of one of the leagues’ rising stars, a left-footed goal scoring sensation whose body has been violated and used to flash a message carved across his torso to his former fiancé, only daughter of the crime lord of this area. As always, Harry struggles to survive in the world of gray, having learned too long ago from his stolen childhood that often those who have written the laws about good and evil are the worst perpetrators.

United States on May 16, 2022

Pyotr Petróvich: ... you’ll probably be disappointed.

Dentro de lo que se conoce como ‘Tartan Noir’, destaca recientemente el glaswegian Alan Parks que ha publicado cuatro novelas de una saga (de previsiblemente doce entregas) cuyo protagonista es el detective de la policía escocesa Harry McCoy. El lugar es el poco acogedor Glasgow de los años setenta (los que vivieron ese momento en la ciudad afirman que el retrato es fidedigno), el tiempo es invierno y la novela que nos ocupa es la segunda de ellas (las otras tres son ‘Bloody January’ y ‘Bobby March Will Live Forever’ y ‘The April Dead’). La saga parece ir mejorando sin repetirse a medida que progresa y el estilo de Parks es ‘old-fashioned’ (en el buen sentido de la palabra) pues nos rememora lo mejorcito del género años atrás, clichés incluidos, y su manejo del lenguaje es austero y curiosamente adictivo. Nos pinta una ciudad y unos personajes duros (tanto si están de parte de la ley como si no) en donde el optimismo no brilla por su presencia, no hay mucha fe en la naturaleza humana y los crímenes, sangrientos y sin compasión, no andan lejos de la acción. Además, y como cabría esperar, el detective no...

Spain on Apr 09, 2021

minstrel wb: The second book in the Harry McCoy series is a great detective story. In this tale, we learn about McCoy's relationships with Murray and with Cooper. The Galway weather plays a big role in the story, which takes place 30 days after the events in the first book. To the author's credit, injuries that occurred in the first book still need mending in this second, both emotional and physical. The tale twists and turns and flows quickly. Highly recommended.

United States on Apr 01, 2020

kf: This is well paced and has some great characters that you can understand and get involved with. The descriptions of Glasgow in the 70’s make you feel like you’re there and pacing is fast with some nice twists - some believeable, some not so much. All in all, a very entertaining book. The only complaint is the repetitive use of the word wee. It was a quaint touch at first, but maybe another term here or there?

United States on Mar 08, 2019