Alan Parks (writer) explained

Alan Parks (born 1963) is a Scottish crime writer in the Tartan Noir genre.^{[1] [2]} His fifth novel May God Forgive won the 2022 McIlvanney Prize as the best Scottish crime book of the year.^[3]

His novels, each including a month of the year in its title, are set in 1970s Glasgow and feature "rather bent copper" Harry McCoy. May God Forgive was shortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger.^[4]

Selected publications

• Bloody January (2017)^[5]
• February's Son (2019)^[6]
• Bobby March Will Live For Ever (2020)^[7]
• The April Dead (2021)^{[8] [9]}
• May God Forgive (2022)^[10]
• To Die in June (2023)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alan Parks – Canongate Books . canongate.co.uk . 30 September 2022 . en.
2. News: Handel . Peter . Alan Parks on Drugs, Noir, and Glasgow in the 1970s . 30 September 2022 . CrimeReads . 9 April 2021.
3. Web site: Winners revealed for the McIlvanney Prize 2022 & the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize . Bloody Scotland . 30 September 2022 . 16 September 2022.
4. Web site: 2023-05-17 . The 2023 CWA Daggers Shortlists Have Been Announced . 2023-07-10 . Ian Fleming . en-GB.
5. News: Book review: Bloody January, by Alan Parks . 30 September 2022 . www.scotsman.com . 17 January 2018 . en.
6. News: Book review: February's Son by Alan Parks . 30 September 2022 . HeraldScotland . 20 January 2019 . en.
7. News: Bobby March Will Live Forever Review . 30 September 2022 . www.crimereview.co.uk . 4 July 2020.
8. News: Bloody January . 30 September 2022 . Kirkus Reviews . 24 December 2017 . en.
9. News: The April Dead by Alan Parks . 30 September 2022 . www.publishersweekly.com .
10. News: Book Review: May God Forgive, by Alan Parks . 30 September 2022 . www.scotsman.com . 27 April 2022 . en.