<p><b>*<u>THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER</u>*</b><br><br><b>*A SUNDAY TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH*</b><br><br><b>''A gloriously funny mystery'' </b><i>Telegraph</i><br><br><b>''An enjoyably dark and entertaining tranche of Glasgow noir . . . Imagine <i>Withnail and I</i> stumbling into a Bond movie co-written by William McIlvanney and Mick Herron . . . [A] deft, engaging thriller'' </b><i>Observer</i><br><br>Glasgow, 2015. When Valium addict Felix McAveety''s best friend Marina is found murdered in the local park, he goes looking for answers to questions that he quickly forgets. In a haze of uppers, hallucinogens, and diazepam, Felix enlists the help of a brilliant but mercurial GP; a bright young trade unionist; a failing screenwriter; semi-celebrity crime novelist Jane Pickford; and his crisis fuelled downstairs neighbour Donnie.<br><br>Their investigation sends them on a bewildering expedition that takes in Scottish radical politics, Artificial Intelligence, cults, secret agent