And Did Murder Him (U) (Ulverscroft Large Print) - Hardcover

Turnbull, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0708929222 ISBN 13: 9780708929223

Publisher: Ulverscroft, 1993

Synopsis

The body of a young man is found in an alley. He has been stabbedto death and the murder weapon is lying close by. The fingerprints found on the knife prove to belong to a known associate of the deceased, but the officers of Glasgow's P Division do not accept things at face value and begin to unravel atale of premeditation and subterfuge. They follow a trail which leads via the squalid world of the drug addict, to the prosperous ambience of the city's most prominent citizens.

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From Kirkus Reviews:

Another of the author's workmanlike procedurals dealing mostly with Glasgow's grungy underclass of petty thieves and drug addicts. Among them here are Shane Dodemaide and Eddie Wroe, who share squatters' quarters in a rotting, abandoned building--as well as the favors of an upper-class addict named Veronica. Now, Eddie has been found stabbed to death in an alleyway, a knife with Shane's fingerprints lying nearby. Aging Detective Ray Sussock (Condition Purple, 1989) is sure that Shane is their killer. But Detective- Inspector Fabian Donoghue finds some crucial flaws in the case against him and concentrates on the disappearance of Veronica--a rewarding avenue, as it turns out. Along the way, some minor cases are handily solved; there are also gritty, sometimes pathetic characters, plus a full complement of likable policemen, in a steadily interesting story. Sturdy fare for procedural fans. -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ulverscroft
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0708929222
• ISBN 13: 9780708929223
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320