'Packed with brilliantly drawn characters, laugh-out-loud humour, and lots of blood - what's not to love? Caz Frear, author of Sweet Little Lies

'I knew within a page that I was in good hands' Chris Brookmyre

'An amazingly accomplished debut' The Times Crime Book of the Month

Half the Glasgow copshop think DI Alison McCoist is bent. The other half just think she's a fuck-up.

No one thinks very much at all about carwash employee Davey Burnet, until one day he takes the wrong customer's motor for a ride.

One kidnapping later, he and the carwash are officially part of Glasgow's criminal underworld, working for a psychopath who enjoys playing games like 'Keep Yer Kneecaps' with any poor bastard who crosses him.

Can Davey escape from the gang's clutches with his kneecaps and life intact? Perhaps this polis Ally McCoist who keeps nosing around the carwash could help. If she doesn't get herself killed first.

"An amazingly accomplished debut" - The Times, Crime Book of the Month

"An uproarious, sardonic noir thriller from the Glasgow depths... Brutal, wonderfully humorous and a great addition to Tartan Noir, this novel unveils a terrific new talent" - Crime Time

"McSorley writes with a wonderfully light touch... There is humour on every page, too - this really is a very funny book despite the dark material. Both main characters are works of genius, and I very much hope there will be a sequel" - Scotsman

"A smart, nasty and really rather heartbreaking thriller set in and around a Glasgow car wash. Our introduction to DI Alison McCoist (yes, yes, she's heard all the jokes) and likely to be the first of many" - Herald

"Violent and action packed but full of wit and dark humour" - I Read With Ghosts

"A fantastic new voice in Tartan Noir, it was gritty, bleak and definitely violent but expertly balanced with plenty of dark humour. I was so thrilled that the story was set up perfectly for a sequel" - The Butler Did It...

"Fresh and vibrant... A superb debut. Callum McSorley is a new kid on the Scottish crime block" - Alex J Book Reviews

"A fast-paced thriller with a dark sense of humour, a grisly crime caper in the vein of Breaking Bad and Guilt" - Sunday Mail

"An absolute blast, and only strengthens the Scottish reputation for producing exceedingly good crime thrillers, tinged with laconic wit, and dark, dark, humour... It reads like a brilliant mash up of Irvine Welsh and Alan Parks... I can't recommend this one highly enough" - Raven Crime Reads

"An account of urban degradation, organised crime, social misery, police corruption and hard men, with a brilliant plot and some wit, both in story and language... Tough and impressive, but will not be waved around by the Glasgow tourist board" - The Critic

"A thoroughly astonishing brutally brilliant novel written with wit and verve and laced with a very black humour that betrays a vulnerability and gets right under the skin. Callum McSorley's writing is fresh and exciting, I can't wait to read more" - Angie Crawford, Waterstones

"This blackly-comic tale won the prestigious McIlvanney Prize Scottish Crime Book of the Year - not bad going for a debut novelist" - Scotsman

"Gritty, bloody and oozing with the menace of the underworld... McSorley has crafted an accomplished novel that is already being hailed as a classic of the Tartan Noir genre. [Squeaky Clean] cracks along at a rare pace, and combines an easy writing style, an ear for dialogue and a nice line in dry wit... The sort of page-turner which ensures that once you've started, you'll keep going until the final, gripping denouement" - Scottish Field