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This is a declaration to the people of Glasgow. The police are useless and corrupt. We are taking it into our own hands: The Glasgow Marshals For Douglas Brodie, Glasgow's outbreak of murder and mayhem begins simply enough. A typical Saturday night brawl adds a splash of colour to the morning edition of the Gazette. But Brodie's piece receives a hot-blooded reply - the declaration of a new war upon petty crime signed by a group of vigilantes: The Glasgow Marshals. After his own stint at the Front, Brodie counts himself lucky to be back in his home town, paying his way as the local crime reporter. And although the frustrated, demobbed men of Glasgow are taking an eye for an eye, Brodie has some sympathy for their cause. So when a man is murdered, suspicion automatically falls on the Marshals, and the police are quick to agree. But for Brodie, this crime is all wrong. The Marshals stand for justice, not murder. Amid the heated clash of populace and police, a calculated killing has been ignored. Enlisting the help of advocate Samantha Campbell, Brodie begins to investigate the death himself, finding that of course the old saying always holds true: still waters do run deep.
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Gordon Ferris is an ex-techy in the Ministry of Defence and an ex-partner in one of the Big Four accountancy firms. Maybe that's where he gets his interest in spies and crooks. He writes about the important things in life: conflicted heroes and headstring women embroiled in tangled tales of life, love and death. He is the author of the No. 1 bestselling eBook The Hanging Shed.
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It is the summer of 1946 and ex policeman, ex Soldier Douglas Brodie is now working as a journalist for the Glasgow Gazette as understudy to Chief Crime Reporter Wullie McAllister.
The brutal murder of a Town Councillor has Wullie's nose twitching - Wullie is old school heading towards retirement and looking for that one last scoop by which to be remembered.
Accosted by a Highlander who says `call me Ishmael' Brodie is asked to help a man accused of stealing some food. The man like so many other's who fought in the war for king and country, has returned home to ...nothing. No job. No family. No future. Ishmael had heard how along with lawyer Samantha Campbell Brodie had fought for justice for his old friend Hugh Donovan (see The Hanging Shed). And he wants Brodie to obtain justice for Johnson.
With rumours of corruption in local government the people of Glasgow are tired of corrupt officials, so the appearance of a group of vigilantes who start to mete out their own brand of justice, is at first welcomed by the people, pleased to hear that those whom the law has failed to put behind bars are getting their comeuppance, but then things go too far.
Unfortunately, the vigilantes have chosen the Glasgow Gazette to air their views of violence against those they think deserve punishment, and soon Brodie is caught up in a web of deception, as he suspects he knows the identity of the leader of the vigilantes.
Bitter Water, like The Hanging Shed, portrays starkly the post war years, the poverty and shortages, and in many cases little immediate hope of anything better. Beautifully written this is an enthralling thriller, and highly recommended by this reviewer as a book not to be missed.
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Lizzie Hayes
The brutal murder of a Town Councillor has Wullie's nose twitching - Wullie is old school heading towards retirement and looking for that one last scoop by which to be remembered.
Accosted by a Highlander who says `call me Ishmael' Brodie is asked to help a man accused of stealing some food. The man like so many other's who fought in the war for king and country, has returned home to ...nothing. No job. No family. No future. Ishmael had heard how along with lawyer Samantha Campbell Brodie had fought for justice for his old friend Hugh Donovan (see The Hanging Shed). And he wants Brodie to obtain justice for Johnson.
With rumours of corruption in local government the people of Glasgow are tired of corrupt officials, so the appearance of a group of vigilantes who start to mete out their own brand of justice, is at first welcomed by the people, pleased to hear that those whom the law has failed to put behind bars are getting their comeuppance, but then things go too far.
Unfortunately, the vigilantes have chosen the Glasgow Gazette to air their views of violence against those they think deserve punishment, and soon Brodie is caught up in a web of deception, as he suspects he knows the identity of the leader of the vigilantes.
Bitter Water, like The Hanging Shed, portrays starkly the post war years, the poverty and shortages, and in many cases little immediate hope of anything better. Beautifully written this is an enthralling thriller, and highly recommended by this reviewer as a book not to be missed.
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Lizzie Hayes
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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This is the second in Ferris' Douglas Brodie series which started as a Kindle sensation with The Hanging Shed. Tartan Noir at its finest, putting Brodie's Glasgow right up beside Rebus' Edinburgh.
Brodie is now working as a crime journalist in Glasgow when a spate of vigilante attacks hits the city. At the same time, his colleague, senior reporter Wullie McAllister is covering the murder of a councillor and suspects corruption at the heart of Glasgow Corporation. Brodie's relationship with Sam Campbell is still on-off as she struggles to get over the after-effects of their last adventure.
Ferris doesn't stint on violence and gore as the attacks and murders mount up and in true thriller style the climax is explosive. But along the way we are treated to some great humour, much of it very black. However the thing that makes these books really stand out is Ferris' descriptions of post-war Glasgow (Brodie has only recently returned to Glasgow after serving as a major in the Second World War) and his completely authentic use of Glasgow slang. No psychopathic killers here - these men are murderin' bampots. I'm not old enough to remember Glasgow in the forties, but the language and attitudes of the characters chime in with my own memories of how people of my parents' generation talked and felt. The locations are so accurately described they whisk me back in time, though some of the places still exist today. The Horseshoe Bar, for instance, is still a thriving institution. Ferris writes so well that you never get the impression he's researched the period - you feel certain he must actually have lived in it.
In my view, Ferris is the most exciting new Scottish crime writer on the scene and in Brodie he has developed an attractive, compelling lead character whose second outing is even better than the first. Highly recommended.
Brodie is now working as a crime journalist in Glasgow when a spate of vigilante attacks hits the city. At the same time, his colleague, senior reporter Wullie McAllister is covering the murder of a councillor and suspects corruption at the heart of Glasgow Corporation. Brodie's relationship with Sam Campbell is still on-off as she struggles to get over the after-effects of their last adventure.
Ferris doesn't stint on violence and gore as the attacks and murders mount up and in true thriller style the climax is explosive. But along the way we are treated to some great humour, much of it very black. However the thing that makes these books really stand out is Ferris' descriptions of post-war Glasgow (Brodie has only recently returned to Glasgow after serving as a major in the Second World War) and his completely authentic use of Glasgow slang. No psychopathic killers here - these men are murderin' bampots. I'm not old enough to remember Glasgow in the forties, but the language and attitudes of the characters chime in with my own memories of how people of my parents' generation talked and felt. The locations are so accurately described they whisk me back in time, though some of the places still exist today. The Horseshoe Bar, for instance, is still a thriving institution. Ferris writes so well that you never get the impression he's researched the period - you feel certain he must actually have lived in it.
In my view, Ferris is the most exciting new Scottish crime writer on the scene and in Brodie he has developed an attractive, compelling lead character whose second outing is even better than the first. Highly recommended.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I have now read the latest Gordon Ferris book - Bitter Water - and must say I really enjoy his style of writing, as usual with Gordon's books this was a book that I found hard to put down and upsetting when finished as I wanted his next book now.
It seems I will have to wait until April 2013 for the next offering.
It seems I will have to wait until April 2013 for the next offering.
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the ferris wheel
This is the third book I have read by Gordon Ferris, and just like s Ferris Wheel, this writer gets bigger and better. Read more
Published 8 days ago by bennyc27
An author to follow
I have read all four of Gordon Ferris's books on the Kindle and have greatly enjoyed his work. In this, as the others, if you reduce the plot to a story line much of it may seem... Read more
Published 9 days ago by Brambleamble
Another great Brodie tale
Another cracking read from Gordon Ferris, I'm really glad that I found this author. I loved the first Brodie story - The Hanging Shed and this second installment does not... Read more
Published 9 days ago by LMS72
Brilliant
Absolutely brilliant Gordon Ferris delivers yet again.You never know who you can trust keeps you guessing from start to an expolding finish a must read
Published 11 days ago by Nelle W
A Page Turner
This book is an excellent read with a compelling story with good plot turns. I purchased this as a Kindle Daily Deal and (be warned) it lead me to reading all of Mr Ferris's 4... Read more
Published 12 days ago by NeilJH
Compelling Tale set in post-war Glasgow
This book is for you if you're looking for great fiction interwoven with a very authentic social portrayal of Glasgow as it was immediately after the second world war. Read more
Published 16 days ago by D. K. Henderson
Excellent thriller, very atmospheric.
Extremely well written and thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish. Only thing that jarred was the name of the corrupt left wing firebrand councillor. Read more
Published 16 days ago by Derek England
Love it, Love It, Love it
I too have read all of Gordon Ferris's books and Brodie is my favourite of his heroes. Having completely lost myself in 'The Hanging Shed' it was music to my ears to hear that... Read more
Published 19 days ago by Stumblebum
An excellent sequel!
I thoroughly enjoyed 'the Hanging Shed' and was keen to read the sequel; I wasn't disappointed, as 'Bitter Water' is a well written, well researched, gripping story. Read more
Published 20 days ago by Aileen
When are they making the film?........
I read The Hanging Shed in three days, Bitter Water has taken me slightly longer but it was gripping. Read more
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