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Chargement... Witness the Deadpar Craig Robertson
   Aucun Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.  rabbitprincess | Jul 22, 2018 |   Its present day Glasgow, Young girls are being murdered 3 so far there are strong similarities to the Red Silk murders of 1972. The Police are under pressure to solve these crimes. A young Police photographer called Tony Winter with the help of his retired Copper Uncle Danny Neilson who worked on the 1972 unsolved cases, speak to Archibald Atto a killer suspected of the earlier crimes. It turns out the culprit is in fact Atto's daughter who he has never met. The Police solve the case in time before victim no.4 is murdered. Easy to read enjoyable book. I enjoyed the writing style and warmed to the characters. (  ) Daftboy1 | Jul 14, 2016 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF RANDOM AND MURDERABILIA - DS Rachel Narey must bring a serial killer to justice. Scotland 1972.Glasgow is haunted by a murderer nicknamed Red Silk - a feared serial killer who selects his victims in the city's nightclubs. The case remains unsolved but Archibald Atto, later imprisoned for other murders, is thought to be Red Silk. In modern-day Glasgow, DS Rachel Narey is called to a gruesome crime scene at the city's Necropolis. The body of a young woman lies stretched out over a tomb. Her body bears a three-letter message from her killer. Now retired, former detective Danny Neilson spots a link between the new murder and those he investigated in 1972 - details that no copycat killer could have known about. But Atto is still behind bars. Determined finally to crack the case, Danny, along with his nephew, police photographer Tony Winter, pays Atto a visit. But they soon discover that they are going to need the combined efforts of police forces past and present to bring a twisted killer to justice. Brilliant crime fiction for fans of Stuart MacBride and Ian Rankin, Craig Robertson's debut thriller Random was shortlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger. Praise for Craig Robertson: 'Robertson is doing for Glasgow what Rankin did for Edinburgh' Mirror 'I can't recommend this book highly enough' MARTINA COLE 'Brace yourself to be horrified and hooked' EVA DOLAN 'Fantastic characterisation, great plotting, page-turning and gripping. The best kind of intelligent and moving crime fiction writing' LUCA VESTE 'Really enjoyed Murderabilia - disturbing, inventive, and powerfully and stylishly written. Recommended' STEVE MOSBY 'A great murder mystery witha brilliantly realised setting and deftly painted characters' JAMES OSWALD 'Takes a spine-tingling setting and an original storyline and adds something more' Scottish Daily Record 'A perfectly constrcuted police procedural with real psychological depth' Crimefictionlover Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Despite being the fourth book in the Rachel Narey series, Witness the Dead contains enough information about the recurring characters to orient new readers and (hopefully) not alienate established ones.
The plot of “serial killer targets women” is one I tend to avoid these days because it’s done so often. Ditto the idea of gloaty convicts manipulating police officers from within the safe confines of the prison. It was really the setting of the book that went a long way to keeping me interested; Glasgow is a great place and it is described well in these pages. If this had been set anywhere else (especially in the States), I wouldn’t have given it a second thought.
I’d recommend this if you’re looking for a mystery set in Scotland (or Glasgow to be precise) and are able to handle something a bit grim. (