Blood City by Douglas Skelton sampler
Meet Davie McCall – not your average henchman. Abused and tormented by his father for fifteen years, there is a darkness in him searching for a way out. Under the wing of Glasgow’s Godfather, Joe ‘the Tailor’ Klein, he flourishes. Joe the Tailor may be a killer, but there are some lines he won’t cross, and Davie agrees with his strict moral code. He doesn’t like drugs. He won’t condone foul language. He abhors violence against women. When the Tailor refuses to be part of Glasgow’s new drug trade, the hits start rolling. It’s every man for himself as the entire criminal underworld turns on itself, and Davie is well and truly caught up in the action. But an attractive young reporter makes him wonder if he can leave his life of crime behind and Davie must learn the hard way that you cannot change what you are. Blood City is a novel set in Glasgow’s underworld at a time when it was undergoing a seismic shift. A tale of violence, corruption and betrayal, loyalties will be tested and friendships torn apart.
Meet Davie McCall – not your average henchman. Abused and tormented by his father for fifteen years, there is a darkness in him searching for a way out. Under the wing of Glasgow’s Godfather, Joe ‘the Tailor’ Klein, he flourishes.
Joe the Tailor may be a killer, but there are some lines he won’t cross, and Davie agrees with his strict moral code. He doesn’t like drugs. He won’t condone foul language. He abhors violence against women. When the Tailor refuses to be part of Glasgow’s new drug trade, the hits start rolling. It’s every man for himself as the entire criminal underworld turns on itself, and Davie is well and truly caught up in the action.
But an attractive young reporter makes him wonder if he can leave his life of crime behind and Davie must learn the hard way that you cannot change what you are. Blood City is a novel set in Glasgow’s underworld at a time when it was undergoing a seismic shift. A tale of violence, corruption and betrayal, loyalties will be tested and friendships torn apart.
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douglas skelton<br />
lassie here, tell us if you’ve ever seen her before? Just a quick look,<br />
that’s all. It’ll be like looking at a picture. Then you can be on your<br />
way.’<br />
The boy’s head was shaking from side to side and Donovan<br />
thought he could see the livid red marks of a recent wound on his<br />
neck, scratch marks that had left blood on his scarf. ‘No,’ said<br />
Lowry, ‘I don’t want to look!’<br />
‘Come on, pal,’ coaxed Knight, now close enough to touch the<br />
youth. ‘Just a wee peek…’<br />
Knight lunged, but the boy was quick, jumping back and whirling<br />
on his heels before breaking into a sprint back down the pathway.<br />
‘Fuck it!’ Knight took off after him, yelling over his shoulder.<br />
‘Blow it in, Frank – he’s the fucker we want.’<br />
Donovan watched his partner vanish into the dark and leaned<br />
into the microphone clipped to his uniform collar. ‘C 1-3-2, C<br />
1-3-2. C 1-0-8 in pursuit of male suspect on towpath of Forth and<br />
Clyde Canal, heading towards Firhill Basin. Request immediate<br />
assistance. Repeat, request immediate assistance. Suspect is white<br />
male, around 20 years of age, name of William Lowry.’<br />
A voice crackled back, ‘Lowry? Like the painter?’<br />
‘Affirmative.’<br />
Donovan took his finger off the button and looked back along<br />
the pathway. The sound of Jimmy Knight’s size tens had long since<br />
vanished and he was left once again with the lapping water behind<br />
him and the occasional engine on Maryhill Road. There was just<br />
him and the girl left now, waiting for the circus to arrive.<br />
* * *<br />
Knight could hear footfalls ahead of him, but he couldn’t see their<br />
source. He pounded after the sound, a smile on his lips. This was<br />
the part of the job he enjoyed, chasing a scroat, bringing him down.<br />
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