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This is the first book in the DS Max Craigie Scottish Crime series!
Synopsis:
This grave can never be opened.
The head of Scotland’s most powerful crime family is brutally murdered, his body dumped inside an ancient grave in a remote cemetery.
This murder can never be forgotten.
Detectives Max Craigie and Janie Calder arrive at the scene, a small town where everyone has secrets to hide. They soon realize this murder is part of a blood feud between two Scottish families that stretches back to the 1800s. One thing’s for certain: it might be the latest killing, but it won’t be the last…
This killer can never be caught.
As the body count rises, the investigation uncovers large-scale corruption at the heart of the Scottish Police Service. Now Max and Janie must turn against their closest colleagues – to solve a case that could cost them far more than just their lives…
Review:
LOVED this book from the very beginning, and who wouldn't with a story based on a tombstone quote that makes the mind spark with all sorts of imaginings! It's hard to believe its the first in the series, as it reads so well, you feel like you already know the characters! Perhaps it's because Lancaster was a cop, that he writes authentically and it shows...This is a tight mystery with lots of red herrings that keep you guessing up to the very end, if Max will be able to save the day, or be caught in the crossfire of an age old feud. You'll be actively waiting for the next book when you finish this one, be warned!
About the Author:
Neil was born in Liverpool but grew up in Kent, leaving aged seventeen where he served for six years in the Military Police with the RAF. He left the Metropolitan Police in 2015 where he served for over twenty-five years, predominantly as a detective, leading and conducting investigations into some of the most serious criminals across the UK and beyond.
Neil acted as a surveillance and covert policing specialist, using all types of techniques to arrest and prosecute drug dealers, human traffickers, fraudsters, and murderers. During his career, he successfully prosecuted several wealthy and corrupt members of the legal profession who were involved in organized immigration crime. These prosecutions led to jail sentences, multi-million pound asset confiscations and disbarments.
Since retiring from the Metropolitan Police, Neil has relocated to the Scottish Highlands with his wife and son, where he now writes crime thriller books, walks his dog, and looks out of the window at the view a little too much.
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