Author:
Malcolm Mackay
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Learn moreOliver Peterkinney and Alex Glass, two friends from Glasgow's desperate fringes, become involved in one of the city's darkest and most dangerous trades: debt collection. While one rises quickly through the ranks, the other falls prey to the industry's addictive lifestyle, accumulating steep debts of his own.
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 outmaneuver one another for a bigger share of the spoils. Peterkinney and Glass will find themselves at the very center of this war; 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 . . .
The Night the Rich Men Burned is a novel for our times, and Mackay's most ambitious work to date, proving that in Glasgow's criminal underworld, there's nothing so terrifying as money.
"Malcolm Mackay has created his own world." -- The Sunday Times [UK]"A sharp-edged morality play delivered with the relentless intensity of machine gunfire." -- Library Journal
Malcolm Mackay's Glasgow Trilogy has been nominated for several international prizes. The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter was shortlisted for the Edgar Awards' Best Paperback Original, the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger, and the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. How a Gunman Says Goodbye won the Deanston Scottish Crime Book of the Year Award. Mackay was born in Stornoway on Scotland's Isle of Lewis, where he still lives.
Audiobook details
Narrator:
Angus King
ISBN:
9781478964414
Length:
11 hours 49 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Hachette Audio
Publication date:
May 3, 2016
Edition:
Unabridged
Reviews
"Don't pick up a Mackay book unless you've got spare time. They're habit-forming."โJanet Maslin, The New York Times "A bracing taste of Tartan Noir . . . A powerful morality tale . . . [Mackay] delves deeply into the psyches of his characters."โMargie Romero, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Mackay's devilishly intricate storylines ultimately converge with lethal force."โVick Mickunas, Dayton Daily News "A sharp-edged morality play delivered with the relentless intensity of machine gunfire"โLibrary Journal PRAISE FOR THE GLASGOW TRILOGY:"It's been a long time since so many pages went by so fast.... Mackay is a natural storyteller.... Surprisingly rewarding ... a thriller trilogy that thrills."โDennis Drabelle, The Washington Post "Malcolm Mackay has created his own world."โThe Sunday Times [UK] Expand reviews