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The Cut Up

By Louise Welsh
Series: A Rilke novel
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It's hard to be good when living is expensive. And times are tough on the streets these days. Luckily for Rilke at Bowery Auctions, the demand for no-questions-asked cash is at an all-time high, and business is booming. When Rilke hears his old acquaintance Les is... Read More
Format: Hardback
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The keenly anticipated third Rilke thriller exploring the dark underbelly of contemporary Glasgow, from the Award-winning author of the cult classic The Cutting Room

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It's hard to be good when living is expensive. And times are tough on the streets these days. Luckily for Rilke at Bowery Auctions, the demand for no-questions-asked cash is at an all-time high, and business is booming.

When Rilke hears his old acquaintance Les is fresh out of prison, his inclination is to stay well out of his way. Letting sleeping dogs lie is one thing—but when one of Bowery's customers winds up dead on their tarmac, Rilke needs a bit of help from his friends to tidy things up. If only his friends didn't have such a habit of making things worse.

The Cut Up navigates the murky waters of friendship and desperation in a fast-paced, sharply observed narrative that is as much about the cost of living as it is about the price of survival.

Series: A Rilke novel

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  • The Cut Up
    The Cut Up
    It's hard to be good when living is expensive. And times are tough on the streets these days. Luckily for Rilke at Bowery Auctions, the demand for no-questions-asked cash is at an all-time high, and business is booming. When Rilke hears his old acquaintance Les is fresh out of prison, his inclination is to stay well out of his way....
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  • The Second Cut
    SHORTLISTED FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE 'Superb' - The Times Crime Book of the Month 'A hardboiled gem' - Guardian 'I doubt I'll read a better book this year' - Val McDermid Auctioneer Rilke has been trying to stay out of trouble, keeping his life more or less respectable. Business has been slow at Bowery Auctions, so when an old friend,...
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  • The Cut Up
    The Cut Up
    It's hard to be good when living is expensive. And times are tough on the streets these days. Luckily for Rilke at Bowery Auctions, the demand for no-questions-asked cash is at an all-time high, and business is booming. When Rilke hears his old acquaintance Les is fresh out of prison, his inclination is to stay well out of his way....
    By Louise Welsh
    Hardback
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781838859862

Publisher: Canongate Books

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 29 January 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Canongate Books

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 27.0mm

Width: 141.0mm

Height: 220.0mm

Weight: 426g

Pages: 320

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Crime & Thriller Fiction General Fiction Louise Welsh Series: A Rilke novel

About the Author

Louise Welsh is an award-winning author of ten novels. The Cutting Room, her debut novel, won the Crime Writers' Association John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Award and the Saltire First Book of The Year Award. In 2018, she was named the Most Inspiring Saltire First Book Award winner by public vote. She is a Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow. In 2022 she published The Second Cut, which was shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland McIlvanney Prize for Crime Book of the Year and named by The Times as their Crime Book of the Year.

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