WINNER 2018 MCILVANNEY PRIZE FOR SCOTTISH CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR
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<p><b>WINNER 2018 MCILVANNEY PRIZE FOR SCOTTISH CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR</b></p><p><b>A <em>WASHINGTON POST</em> BEST BOOK OF 2019</b></p><p><b>Based on true events, a “Dickensian crime novel” (<em>Mystery Matters</em>) set in 1960s Glasgow</b></p><p>It is 1969 and Glasgow is in the grip of the <b>worst winter in decades</b> yet it is something else that has Glaswegians on edge: a <b>serial killer</b> is at large. The brutality of <b>The Quaker</b>‘s latest murder— a young woman snatched from a nightclub, her body dumped like trash in the back of a cold-water tenement—has left the city trembling with fear. The assassin leaves no clues and the police investigation seems to be going nowhere.<p>Duncan McCormick, a <b>talented young detective from the Highlands</b>, is brought into the investigation to identify where, exactly, it’s gone wrong. An outsider with troubling secrets of his own, DI McCormack has few friends in his adopted city and a lot to prove. His arrival is met with anger and distrust by cops who are desperate to nail a suspect. When they identify a petty thief as the man seen leaving the building where the Quaker’s last victim was found, they decide they’ve found their serial killer. But McCormack isn’t convinced.</p><p>From ruined backstreets, to deserted public parks, and down into the <b>dark heart of Glasgow</b>, McCormack follows a trail of secrets that will change the city—and his life—forever.</p></p>
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