- Hardcover: 160 pages
- Publisher: Collins Crime (7 Feb 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0002323311
- ISBN-13: 978-0002323314
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,529,414 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Another of the author's workmanlike procedurals dealing mostly with Glasgow's grungy underclass of petty thieves and drug addicts. Among them here are Shane Dodemaide and Eddie Wroe, who share squatters' quarters in a rotting, abandoned building - as well as the favors of an upper-class addict named Veronica. Now, Eddie has been found stabbed to death in an alleyway, a knife with Shane's fingerprints lying nearby. Aging Detective Ray Sussock (Condition Purple, 1989) is sure that Shane is their killer. But Detective-Inspector Fabian Donoghue finds some crucial flaws in the case against him and concentrates on the disappearance of Veronica - a rewarding avenue, as it turns out. Along the way, some minor cases are handily solved; there are also gritty, sometimes pathetic characters, plus a full complement of likable policemen, in a steadily interesting story. Sturdy fare for procedural fans. (Kirkus Reviews)
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The body is found in a Glasgow alley, the murder weapon lies nearby with the murderer's fingerprints on it. It seems like an open and shut case until the officers of P division begin their investigations.
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Modern Glasow Crime
6 Feb 2000
Format:Hardcover
Peter Turnbull is an excellent chronicler of Glaswegian Crime. The officer's of P division look beyond the face value of a murder as the result of a brawl.
Gritty, Glasgow Police Procedural
2 Feb 2003
Format:Hardcover
The Kirkus Review clip above gives a nice description of the plot of this police procedural. This crisply written book is one of a series of "Glasgow P Division procedurals" about the officers of a central city police station in usually rainy Glasgow, earlier books in the series start with "Dead and Crisp and Even", then "Dead Knock", "Fair Friday", "Big Money", "Two Way Cut", and "Condition Purple". This is an unsentimental look at the seamy side of urban life in modern day Glasgow. The writing is good and the story moves along. Worth finding, at some point I'll read another book from Turnbull's series.
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