The Ginger Cat Bookshop Presents an Evening with Liam McIlvanney

Welcome to The Ginger Cat Bookshop Presents an Evening with Liam McIlvanney!

Join us for a fascinating evening with author Liam McIlvanney at Bernie’s Cafe Deli on Fri Jul 25 at 7pm as he discusses his new book, The Good Father with journalist and broadcaster, Paul English. Liam will be signing copies which will be available on the night.

Liam McIlvanney was born in Scotland and studied at the universities of Glasgow and Oxford. He has written for numerous publications, including the London Review of Books and the Times Literary Supplement. His first book, Burns the Radical, won the Saltire First Book Award. His crime novels have won multiple awards, including the Bloody Scotland McIlvanney Prize, the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel, and he has also been shortlisted for the Theakston Crime Novel of the Year. He is Stuart Professor of Scottish Studies at the University of Otago, New Zealand and is the son of novelist William McIlvanney.

The Good Father –

‘Heart-stopping and heart-rending, this is Liam McIlvanney’s best novel yet’ VAL MCDERMID

Gordon and Sarah Rutherford are normal, happy people with rich, fulfilling lives. They have a son they adore, a house on the beach and a safe, friendly community in a picture-postcard town.

Until, one day, Bonnie the labrador comes in from the beach alone. Their son, Rory, has gone – the only trace left behind is a single black sandal. Their lives don’t fall apart immediately.

While there’s still hope, they dig deep and try to carry on. But as desperation mounts, arms around shoulders become fingers pointed – at friends, family, strangers, each other. Without any answers, only questions remain.

Who can they trust? How far will they go to find out what happened to Rory? And the deadliest question of all: what could be worse than your child disappearing? When the truth begins to emerge, they find themselves in a world they could barely have imagined.