The Quaker eBook

WINNER 2018 MCILVANNEY PRIZE FOR SCOTTISH CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR

AWASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF 2019

Based on true events, a Dickensian crime novel (Mystery Matters) set in 1960s Glasgow

It is 1969 and Glasgow is in the grip of theworst winter in decades yet it is something else that has Glaswegians on edge: aserial killer is at large. The brutality ofThe Quakers latest murder a young woman snatched from a nightclub, her body dumped like trash in the back of a cold-water tenementhas left the city trembling with fear. The assassin leaves no clues and the police investigation seems to be going nowhere.

Duncan McCormick, a talented young detective from the Highlands, is brought into the investigation to identify where, exactly, its 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 Quakers last victim was found, they decide theyve found their serial killer. But McCormack isnt convinced.

From ruined backstreets, to deserted public parks, and down into thedark heart of Glasgow, McCormack follows a trail of secrets that will change the cityand his lifeforever.