Ways to Die in Glasgow

This is a darkly funny and violent story in which Jay Stringer creates a number of disparate characters, sets them largely at odds against each other, and then steps back and watches while they attempt to somehow find their way out of the mess he’s left them in. As the story opens, two killers set up......more

To all of you opening line junkies—The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed; Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again; It was a dark and stormy night; It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins—try this one on for......more

I read a couple of Jay Stringer's books some years back from the Eoin Miller series set in the Midlands. I enjoyed them. Can't recall quite why I came across this one however I was looking for something relatively light to read and it was in my "library". It satisfied the need. It was pacey, violent......more

Ways to Die in Glasgow follows a handful of characters as they maneuver around the disappearance of gangster-turned-acclaimed-true-crime-author Rab Anderson. I caught the author, Jay Stringer, at this year’s Bouchercon during the Best Paperback Original panel and not only was he hilarious, he was one......more