Andrew Taylor

For Glasgow – with love and squalor: The Second Cut, by Louise Welsh, reviewed

Welsh’s trouble-prone auctioneer Rilke stumbles on a suspicious death and a cache of recreational drugs in this tough, Glasgow-based crime novel

Louise Welsh. [Steve Lindridge] 
issue 22 January 2022
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  • The Second Cut

    Louise Welsh

    Canongate, pp. 384, £14

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