Alan Parks worked in the music industry for over twenty years before turning to crime writing. His debut novel
Bloody January was
shortlisted for the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière,
February’s Son was nominated for an Edgar Award,
Bobby March Will Live Forever was picked as a
Times Best Book of the Year, won a Prix Mystère de la Critique Award and won an Edgar Award.
The April Dead was shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year and
May God Forgive won the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year 2022. He lives and works in Glasgow.
To Die In June is the sixth Harry McCoy thriller.
At the
Guardian Parks tagged his top ten cops in fiction, including:
John Rebus
Ian Rankin’s Edinburgh-based detective has aged in real time as the series goes on. Now he’s not in the best of health and retired. But he’s still sticking his nose in where it’s not wanted and long may he do so. Rankin manages to keep Rebus involved in the changing city, keeps him in the here and now, still vital.
Read about
the other entries on the list.
John Rebus is among
Euan Ferguson's ten best fictional sleuths.
--Marshal Zeringue