Blood On The Streets Rev/E

For more than 100 years, Glasgow has been right up there in the major league of big-city crime. From Madelaine Smith and Oscar Slater, by way of the Bridgeton Billy Boys and the Norman Conks, through to modern villains like Paul Ferris and Tam McGraw, Glasgow's streets have spawned a succession of fascinating tales of true crime. Even in the 21st century, as the new Glasgow polishes a growing reputation for sophistication and culture, blood still gets spilled on the streets and scams of one kind or another are always in the pipeline. Blood on the Streets is a compelling journey through an extensive history of crime and crime-fighting in a city where the illicit is never far away. From the tough streets of the east-end to the leafy avenues of the west-end; from murder behind velvet curtains in the sober homes of the wealthy to the violent and bloody street battles on postwar housing estates—all this and more is covered in gripping detail in Jeffrey's definitive true-crime guide to a city with a notoriously violent history.

Robert Jeffrey is a long-serving Glasgow journalist and the former managing editor of the Herald group of newspapers. His previous books include Glasgow's Hard Men, Blood on the Streets, Glasgow's Godfather, and Crimes Past.