The Darkest Goodbye: 16 (William Lorimer) - Hardcover

Gray, Alex

4.03

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9780751554915: The Darkest Goodbye: 16 (William Lorimer)

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ISBN 10: 075155491X ISBN 13: 9780751554915

Publisher: Sphere, 2016

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'Brings Glasgow to life in the same way Ian Rankin evokes Edinburgh' Daily Mail

When an elderly woman is found dead in her home, newly fledged DC Kirsty Wilson is called to the scene. It appears that the woman had a mysterious visitor in the early hours of that morning - someone dressed as a carer, but with much darker intentions. It soon becomes obvious that this was not death by natural causes - it was murder. Before she can catch her breath, DC Wilson is thrown in at the deep end as another body turns up; this time the victim is a well-known drug dealer from Glasgow's mean streets, and there's no question that this was a brutal execution.

The two cases appear to have nothing in common, but when another vulnerable person is murdered in their sleep, the police realise that it's only a matter of time before the next victim emerges, and Detective Superintendent William Lorimer is called in to help DC Wilson investigate. This case is big and it's about to get more personal than either of them could have imagined...

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Review:

Rightly acclaimed in her native Scotland, it is important to remind the rest of the country just how impressive Gray's work is . . . she has brought Glasgow's dark underworld to life in the same way Ian Rankin did Edinburgh's . . . Told with characteristic panache, it confirms what an excellent crime writer Gray has become. (Geoffrey Wansell Daily Mail)

She definitely lives up to the hype . . . It's a fantastic plot, one that has a very interesting and topical debate at the heart of it, and keeps you guessing to the very last few pages . . . This was my first foray with Alex Gray - but it definitely won't be my last. (Press & Journal, Book of the Week)

Few have matched the sustained high quality of [Alex Gray's] output over twelve novels...What she delivers is sound characterisation, convincing Glaswegian atmosphere and superior writing. (The Times (Marcel Berlins))

The Scottish writer Alex Gray has been building a reputation as one of the most reliable practitioners of crime fiction at work today, and Keep the Midnight Out is one of her very best books. The series featuring her protagonist Detective Superintendent Lorimer has gone from strength to strength. (Good Book Guide)

Alex Gray describes her characters with sensitivity and the investigations in careful detail. (Literary Review)

Book Description:

The gripping new Glasgow-set crime novel starring detective William Lorimer.

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