Paperboy

‘A serious talent’ Kevin Bridges ‘Inventive and witty, with a nerve-shredding finale’ Chris Brookmyre ‘An outstanding new writer who is destined to become a very big name’ Peter James 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 head-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?