Alex Gray

Alex Gray was born and educated in Glasgow. She has been awarded the Scottish Association of Writers' Constable and Pitlochry trophies for her crime writing, and is the Scottish Chapter convenor for the Crime Writers' Association. Married with a son and daughter, she now writes full time.

Author photo © Charlie Hopkinson

If you like Alex Gray you might also like to read books by Ian Rankin, Quintin Jardine and Stuart MacBride

Sleep Like the Dead Alex Gray No one rests in peace. The pacey, thrilling new case for DCI Lorimer and psychologist Solly Brightman - taking the reader from the streets of Glasgow to the Balearics and North Africa. Format: Paperback - Released: 22/12/2011 Lovereading Price: £5.24 - Saving £1.75 (25%)

Sleep Like the Dead Alex Gray Everyone is searching for Billy Brogan and his sister, Marianne. Marianne's ex-husband Kenneth Scott is gunned down in his home and two men are found dead in Billy's West End flat. But Billy is on the run to Spain, with... Format: Hardback - Released: 03/02/2011 Lovereading Price: £14.99 - Saving £5.00 (25%)

Five Ways to Kill a Man Alex Gray DCI Lorimer, the new Rebus, with a gritty Glasgow setting. This intriguing tale appears at first to have too many side strands but they all come together gradually in a novel that kept me up late. I knew who... Format: Paperback - Released: 09/12/2010 Lovereading Price: £5.24 - Saving £1.75 (25%)

Glasgow Kiss Alex Gray A perfectly paced, atmospheric mystery, Glasgow Kiss gets to the beating heart of this Scottish city and features the most dynamic Scottish detective since Rebus. Like for like: Ian Rankin, Val McDermid, Denise Mina. Lorimer and Brightman series: Format: Paperback - Released: 05/11/2009 Lovereading Price: £5.24 - Saving £1.75 (25%)

Never Somewhere Else Alex Gray This was Alex Gray’s first crime thriller featuring DCI Lorimer. However, her thrillers are very much stand-alone novels although if you want to read them all in published order then start here. Scratch the surface of the polished Glasgow art... Format: Paperback - Released: 03/09/2009 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Pitch Black Alex Gray When Chief Inspector Lorimer returns from his holiday on the island of Mull, he feels a welcome sense of calm. But it doesn’t last long. Building to a dark and suspenseful climax, Pitch Black is one of Alex Gray’s most... Format: Paperback - Released: 04/12/2008 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

The Riverman Alex Gray A beautifully crafted, darkly atmospheric crime novel from one of Scotland's most talked about crime writers. When the dead body of a man is fished out of Glasgow’s River Clyde the morning after an office celebration, it looks like a... Format: Paperback - Released: 06/12/2007 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Shadows of Sounds Alex Gray When George Millar, the City of Glasgow’s orchestra leader, is brutally murdered in his dressing room before a performance, his colleagues are shocked. As the show goes on, DCI Lorimer and psychologist Solomon Brightman uncover a series of irrevocably tangled... Format: Paperback - Released: 15/05/2006 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

A Small Weeping Alex Gray A taut, suspense-filled thriller, A Small Weeping takes the reader on a gripping journey from the inner city to the wilds of the Outer Hebrides, and deep into the darkest depths of human nature. The body of a prostitute is... Format: Paperback - Released: 23/05/2005 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)