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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.
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Lorimer and Brightman series:
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4. The Riverman
5. Pitch Black
6. Glasgow Kiss
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Synopsis
Glasgow Kiss by Alex Gray
Eric Chalmers is one of the most popular teachers at Muirpark Secondary School in Glasgow. Gentle and kind, he is the person the students come to when they want to confide in someone. So when precocious teenager Julie Donaldson accuses Chalmers of rape, the school goes into shock. How could a deeply religious family man like Chalmers do anything like that? With some students and teachers supporting Julie, and others standing by Chalmers, life at Muirpark is far from harmonious. And then things get much worse - Julie Donaldson goes missing, and the police are called in. For DCI William Lorimer, this is the second missing persons case in a week. He's been having sleepless nights about a toddler who has been missing for several days - with each day, the likelihood of her being found alive diminishes. Julie's disappearance adds a further burden to Lorimer's already overstretched workload. With hope fading, it becomes a breakneck race against time to find both missing girls.
Reviews
'Engrossing and convincing mystery, elegantly yet efficiently told, showing once more that Gray is a writer worth investigating'
Scottish Daily Express
'Gray gets better by the book'
Times
'An artfully constructed psychological mystery'
Daily Mail
'A gritty, fast-paced read'
Sun
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Publication date
5th November 2009Author
Alex GrayMore books by Alex Gray
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Publisher
Sphere an imprint of Little, Brown Book GroupFormat
Paperback432 pages
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Crime & mysteryISBN
9780751540772Their sending me my first book to review 18 months ago re-awakened my fondness for reading, since then I have purchased some real gems.
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