How a Gunman Says Goodbye (The Glasgow Trilogy, 2) - Softcover

Malcolm Mackay's acclaimed debut series, the Glasgow Trilogy, has been the recipient of countless international honors, making the CWA New Blood Dagger Award shortlist, the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller of the Year Award longlist, the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award shortlist, and more. Mackay was born in Stornoway on Scotland's Isle of Lewis, where he still lives.

"[Mackay's] Glasgow Trilogy is classic . . . The subject is organized crime, but it's the author's blunt eloquence that matters. Don't pick up a Mackay book unless you've got spare time. They're habit-forming."―Janet Maslin, New York Times

"It's been a long time since so many pages went by so fast .... Mackay is a natural storyteller [with] a voice to which we're happy to surrender. Surprisingly rewarding .... a thriller trilogy that thrills. "―Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post

"Bracing ... remarkable."―Adam Woog, Seattle Times

"Gripping and surprisingly poignant . . . Frank and Calum are brutal criminals, but Mackay never robs the characters of their humanity."―Publishers Weekly (starred)

"How a Gunman Says Goodbye is even better than its remarkable predecessor . . . The author is already being hailed as a new star of tartan noir and if the third book in this trilogy can maintain the impetus of the first two the existing clan of Scottish writers may have to look to their laurels."―Daily Express

"You know how among all the kids acting tough at school there is one that stands out, the only one who convinces? Malcolm Mackay is that man. His characteristically urgent prose style drives his narrative at a remorseless pace as the Gunman - old and approaching the end of his career - works out what options he has left . . . Don't worry that it's set in Glasgow - there's no dialect. Nor that it's the second in a trilogy - it stands alone. By all means read the first book; you'll enjoy it. But it's time to get on board. Hail the new king of Scottish crime. This is a superb book. It should win prizes."―Crime Time