A Bad Bad Place – Frances Crawford

Ah only went into her room to check she hadnae choked on her sick. And Ah was pissed off, know?” Lulu says in a whiny voice. “When she knocked me back, Samantha made me feel like scum. Ah thought she was looking down her snoot at me. Ah was just gonnae shove the photos in her face and say, “See? See? You’re just as bad as the rest of us.” But Ah didnae, cos it, it wisnae right. Ah handed her the photos and tolt her it was a joke.

And know the mad thing? She said sorry. Sorry she got in that state.” “Women have every right to get wasted.” Heather is affronted. “Sammy had nothing to be sorry for.” “Ah didnae think in a million years Samantha would keep they photos,” Lulu goes. “Total shock when you found them, hen.” Lulu lowers his head and Heather rubs his back. His quiff is just a floppy greasy mess and he looks less hard without his leather jacket.

His leg is vibrating, shaking the whole bed, and he’s wearing pink socks with parrots on them. Guess he didn’t bring any spare. Heather looks different too. At the funeral, she wore bright makeup and now her face is just pale and empty. They both look younger, like they’re still at school. Heather has gone to see what a noise is. It’s likely just her neighbour’s synthesiser but Lulu jumped out his skin. “Neighbour’s a bam,” Lulu says, his ear at the door to listen.

Boo is hiding behind the curtains, which are closed even though it’s afternoon. Lulu’s likely worried about people looking in and seeing him. I wander about a bit. The wallpaper’s got brown stains like Jean’s damp patches and the manky plates would give Nana a heart attack. I decide that me and Donna would not live in a bedsit, we’d have a proper house, with a room each and no smell. And it’d be right next door to Nana. Even though I’d like to be in a silent huff, I ask, “What was Skinny Jimmy saying that made yous fight?”

I had a fight in primary 6, when I spread it that Jackie wore a wig.

Published by Soho Press, Inc. 227 W 17th Street New York, NY 10011 www.sohopress.com Copyright © 2026 Frances Crawford All rights reserved. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Crawford, Frances, 1962- author Title: A bad, bad place / Frances Crawford. Description: New York, NY : Soho Press, 2026.

Identifiers: LCCN 2025030369 ISBN 978-1-64129-785-1 eISBN 978-1-64129-786-8 Subjects: LCSH: Glasgow (Scotland)—Fiction | LCGFT: Detective and mystery fiction | Bildungsromans Classification: LCC PR6103.R377 B33 2026 | DDC 823/.92—dc23/eng/20250825 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2025030369 Interior design by Janine Agro Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 EU Responsible Person (for authorities only) eucomply OÜ Pärnu mnt 139b-14 11317 Tallinn, Estonia [email protected] www.eucompliancepartner.com 1kitap1.com/en For Mammy 1kitap1.com/en CONTENTS Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38 Chapter 39 Chapter 40 Chapter 41 Chapter 42 Chapter 43 Chapter 44 Chapter 45 Chapter 46 Chapter 47 Chapter 48 Chapter 49 Chapter 50 Chapter 51 Chapter 52 Chapter 53 Chapter 54 Chapter 55 Chapter 56 Chapter 57 Chapter 58 Chapter 59 Chapter 60 Chapter 61 Chapter 62 Chapter 63 Chapter 64 Chapter 65 Chapter 66 Whit ye sayin’ a glossary of glesga patter Acknowledgments 1kitap1.com/en CHAPTER 1 -5 days- Sid Vicious is under the table waiting to see if there’s any dropped food.

When Nana isn’t looking, I kick him. Right in the belly. “That poor dog must be bursting,” Nana says. “Will you no take him out, Janey?” She says this every day but I can’t, not anymore. It’s Sid’s fault that I found the dead body. 1kitap1.com/en CHAPTER 2 The police want to interview Janey again. The wee soul has told them everything, so what in God’s name do they want from her?

My nerves are shot so we sit upstairs on the bus so I can smoke. It’s full fare at this time of day and no doubt Tottie-Heid will dock my wages when he finds I’m away. It was nice of Cathy to take over, especially with all that mess in the Gents. She’s been one of the good ones through this. It’s funny because I’ve never liked her much.

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