Loose Threads
the new laugh-out-loud crime novel from Martin Stewart
by Martin Stewart
£9.99
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Meet the most exciting 'detective' in Scottish literature. This second book in the Robbie Gould series is fast-paced and laugh-out-loud funny
The Scotsman
Terrific fun, a witty and fast-paced caper
The Herald
A guffaw-inducing crime romp... Stewart is a valuable addition to Scotland' crime writing scene
Sunday Post
Stuffed full of dark humour and quick wit, this pacy crime novel set in Glasgow boasts gangsters galore, a drawer full of radioactive shoes, llamas, an emu, and the most gloriously vexatious protagonist
LoveReading, Star Book and Book of the Month
Robbie Gould is back and as radioactive as ever, taking on gangsters, spies and inclement weather in his trademark bonnet. Loose Threads has bags of style, a madcap plot and patter to rival Glasgow's biggest gobshites. Martin Stewart is my favourite new crime writer
Callum McSorley
Pacy, punchy and propulsive. Martin Stewart is a gifted proponent of the no-fannying-about school of crime fiction
Chris Brookmyre
I absolutely loved it. Robbie Gould is a genius creation ... It's brilliant
Heather Critchlow, author of the Cal Lovett series
A fast-paced plot involving gangsters, grime and espionage... set among a grim-up-Glasgow of decay and ruined lives
The Critic
This fast-paced, dark humoured novel [is a] fun holiday read
Scottish Field
A hugely enjoyable ride on what feels like a runaway train. Robbie Gould is one of Scottish fiction's more memorable characters
Undiscovered Scotland
About the Book
Three homicidal maniacs. Two radioactive shoes. One body in a suitcase.
When Dr David Cairney, a politics lecturer, goes missing on the way home from his retirement party, his wife asks ex-boxer and journalist Robbie Gould for help. Gould wants nothing to do with it. But he needs the money.
Meanwhile, the body of another politics lecturer, Professor Stephen Hogg, has been found, his body folded into a suitcase beside the Clydeside Expressway. While poking around the murder victim’s office, Gould encounters pathologist Sarah Badar. She worked on Hogg’s post mortem, only to find her report redacted, and she wants answers too.
As the pair delve deeper into the case, they unearth connections between the two academics and a rogues’ gallery of oddballs and grotesques including rival gangsters from Edinburgh and Glasgow, a llama-farm owner in Kirkintilloch and an ex-KGB general with a trepanned skull and a thirst for vengeance.
Sarah and Gould find themselves immersed in a world of missing Kremlin diamonds and pre-digital espionage – all coded signals, orange peel and scraps of red thread.
The Author
Martin Stewart
Martin Stewart’s Young Adult work was published in the UK and US by Penguin Random House and nominated for several national awards. His Middle Grade series, Bridget Vanderpuff, launched in 2023 with Zephyr. Martin’s work has been published all over the world and translated into multiple languages. A native of Glasgow, he now lives in Troon with his wife, two children and a very big dog. His first adult fiction novel, Double Proof, was Shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize 2024.
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