Bullet Trick

WELSH, Louise

Canongate

Take note literary crime fans: an exceptional new writer has just broken the genre wide open. With the debut of The Cutting Room, Louise Welsh confidently landed on the British bestseller lists and then proceeded to collect several prizes, including The Saltire Society First Book Award, a BBC Underground 2003 Award and was declared one of the Best First Novelist of 2002, by The Guardian. The Cutting Room became a sellout stage production at Glasgow's famous Citizens' Theatre, has sold into seventeen languages and has been optioned for film.
Set in contemporary Glasgow, The Cutting Room is narrated by Rilke, an auctioneer by profession, and the most eccentric, sardonic, hedonistic and completely flawed character to seep from fiction in recent years. When Rilke comes across a hidden collection of violent and highly disturbing old photographs, he is driven to unearth the secrets of their recently deceased owner. What follows is a compulsive journey of discovery, decadence and deviousness, steered by Rilke's dark, insatiable curiosity.

Cutting Room

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Harper-perennial

When down-at-the-heels Glasgow conjurer William Wilson lands a string of cabaret gigs in Berlin, he’s hoping his luck is on the turn. In Berlin’s nightshift underground, Wilson can abandon himselfand more importantly, his past. There were certain spectators from his last show he’d rather forget. Like the one who is now a corpse.
The Bullet Trick marks Louise Welsh’s return to the illicit terrain of urban life after-hours. A s she moves her unforgettable characters from London’s infamous Soho district and the gritty streets of Glasgow to the faded burlesque clubs of Berlin, her dazzling prose, noir mystery and extraordinary literary prowess confirm Welsh as an unforgettable talent.

The Bullet Trick

The author of the multiple international prize-winning novel TheCutting Room turns to 16th century London, England, and the infamousChristopher Marlowe in this dark and dangerous novel for lovers of intrigue andmystery. Summoned to London at the command of the judicial Star Chamber, Marloweis given three days to defend himself against charges of treason and heresy byuncovering the author of pamphlets signed by Tamburlaine, the playwright’smost bloodthirsty villain.Tamburlaine Must Die is the vivid and addictive tale of thedeath of an imperilled man who dared to defy both God and state. With grittydetails of lust, treachery and revenge, Louise Welsh paints a portrait of adissolute city and a desperate time.

Tamburlaine Must Die

When Rilke, a dissolute auctioneer, comes upon a hidden collection of violent and highly disturbing photographs, he feels compelled to discover more about the deceased owner who coveted them. Soon he finds himself sucked into an underworld of crime, depravity and secret desire, fighting for his life.

The Cutting Room (Canons)

British & Irish

CANONGATE BOOKS *

No Dominion (Plague Times Trilogy (3))

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Quercus

Magnus McFall was a comic on the brink of his big break when the world came to an end. Now, like other survivors of "the Sweats," the mysterious plague that has decimated the planet, he is a man on the run. Thrown into unwilling partnership with an escaped convict named Jeb, Magnus flees the eerie desolation of de-populated London to make the long journey north, clinging to hope that the sickness has not reached his family in Scotland. Traveling through a familiar landscape now fraught with danger, Magnus finds himself a stranger in a world ruled by men like Jeb--hard-hearted, practical men quick to make life-or-death decisions. In a world re-written with a harsh code of justice, and a new set of rules where people barter for their existence with food and weapons, survival is the bottom line. But when Magnus and Jeb stumble across a murder during their journey, they will have to decide whether finding the truth about a single death can weigh in the balance against the need to survive.

Death is a Welcome Guest (Plague Times Trilogy (2))

The Second Cut

Review\nI doubt I'll read a better book this year. Dark, funny and humane, Louise Welsh tells the stories that nobody else dares -- VAL McDERMID\nRilke’s return is a treat: a dark, complex literary crime novel bursting with life. Louise Welsh’s band of outsiders and misfits are lovingly drawn, her Glasgow vibrant and gritty, the crimes she depicts terrifying and tragic -- PAULA HAWKINS\nPlunges the reader straight into Glasgow's underbelly. This is hard-boiled Scottish crime writing at its best -- SARA SHERIDAN\nOne of the most enjoyable mysteries I've read this year, The Second Cut had me from the word go. Rilke's world feels rife with possibilities for dark doings - and Welsh's writing is fresh, funny, fearless and fun -- JOSEPH KNOX\nThis return to the world of Rilke is a masterclass in engaging storytelling. Emotionally complex, and full of dark wit and deviant energy, this is a wonderful examination of the state of our culture today -- DOUG JOHNSTONE\nRichly layered, gloriously carnal, bursting with patter and irresistibly seductive -- CHRIS BROOKMYRE\nTwenty years is a long time to wait for a “sequel” but Louise Welsh has made the wait completely worthwhile. In Welsh’s writing, Rilke’s world remains recognisably queer – not sanitised, not tidied, not safe before the watershed – and all the better for it . . . (Please can the next one come a little sooner?) -- STELLA DUFFY\nGetting another look behind the curtain at Rilke’s world was a squalid thrill. Louise Welsh reclaims her crown as the queen of Glasgow’s grubby glamour -- KIRSTIN INNES\nA tale of antiques dealers, gangsters and chemsex parties set in the sleazy side of Glasgow. A terrific bit of crime storytelling, written with panache and wit ― The Times, 2022 Highlights\nIf writing a sequel to a bona fide Scottish classic weighed heavily on Louise Welsh you'd never know. The Second Cut grips from the very opening pages. The Glasgow it portrays is seamy but humane, its cast of characters flawed but endearing. The whole thing is compelling, immersive and brimming with life. A great achievement -- GRAEME MACRAE BURNET\nPraise for The Cutting Room: One of the most intriguing, assured and unputdownable debuts to come out of Scotland in recent years . . . A stunning work of fiction ― Sunday Times\nA remarkable first novel ― New York Times\nAstonishingly this is a first novel, catapulting Welsh straight into the superstar league, while establishing Rilke as a true original ― The Times\nI was hooked from page one. Rilke is not Welsh's only great creation. The huge supporting cast of misfits and outsiders . . . are equally memorable. And Glasgow becomes a character in itself: it is oppressive, foreboding - a dark place for a dark tale ― Guardian\nBrilliant -- ALAN PARKS\nThe Cutting Room fixes itself among a formidable modern pantheon that includes the novels of Ian McEwan and A.L. Kennedy ― LA Times Book Review\nWorth the wait ― Scotsman\nThe raw, tight prose of this novel delivers an edgy glimpse into the underbelly of 21st century Glasgow . . . a witty and sometimes sordid tale of a rank outsider ― Bloody Scotland, McIlvanney Prize Shortlist\nThe Times: Crime Books of the Year (BOTY)\n'I doubt I'll read a better book this year' Val McDermid 
'Compelling, immersive and brimming with life' Graeme Macrae Burnet\nAuctioneer Rilke has been trying to stay out of trouble, keeping his life more or less respectable. Business has been slow at Bowery Auctions, so when an old friend, Jojo, gives Rilke a tip-off for a house clearance, life seems to be looking up. The next day Jojo washes up dead.\nJojo liked Grindr hook-ups and recreational drugs - is that the reason the police won't investigate? And if Rilke doesn't find out what happened to Jojo, who will?\nThrilling and atmospheric, The Second Cut delves into the dark side of twenty-first century Glasgow. Twenty years on from his appearance in The Cutting Room, Rilke is still walking a moral tightrope between go

Genre Fiction

'Unputdownable' Sunday Times 
'I was hooked from page one' Guardian\nWhen Rilke, a dissolute auctioneer, comes upon a hidden collection of violent and highly disturbing photographs, he feels compelled to discover more about the deceased owner who coveted them. Soon he finds himself sucked into an underworld of crime, depravity and secret desire, fighting for his life. Louise Welsh’s writing is stylish and captivating; she combines a detective story with shades of the gothic and the result is a page-turning and deliciously original debut novel. Set in Glasgow, Scotland, The Cutting Room is a compulsive journey of discovery, decadence and deviousness – narrated by one of the most engaging, flawed and hedonistic fictional creations of recent years.

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Bullet Trick

Cutting Room

The Bullet Trick

Tamburlaine Must Die

The Cutting Room (Canons)

No Dominion (Plague Times Trilogy (3))

Death is a Welcome Guest (Plague Times Trilogy (2))

The Second Cut

The Second Cut

The Cutting Room (Canons)