Lanarkshire author hopes to get readers in a lather with debut crime thriller

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An East Kilbride author whose debut novel will be published next week is hoping to get the literary world into a lather.Dad-of-two, Callum McSorley, from The Murray, is drawing on his experience of working in a car wash in 'Squeaky Clean' .The crime thriller - dubbed Guilt meets Breaking Bad - will be launched next Thursday and is the culmination of years of work by Callum.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android After graduating from the University of Strathclyde in 2013 with a degree in creative writing and journalism, he was selected for the Hermann Kesten Writing Scholarship in Nuremberg the following year.Since then, his short stories have appeared in Gutter Magazine, Monstrous Regiment, and New Writing Scotland.But during this time Callum, 33, also had various jobs such as in a car wash as well as the hospitality and catering industries.And it was his time scrubbing and polishing motors which planted the seeds for his first published book."The novel takes place in a car wash," he told Lanarkshire Live."And I drew on details from my time working in a one, the day-to-day and the characters I met.

I always had my time at the car wash bubbling away in the back of my head."'Squeaky Clean' is the first in a new series starring DI Alison McCoist - the least popular detective in the Glasgow police force.Th