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Lädt ... Blood Tormentvon T F Muir
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When a three-year old girl is reported missing, DCI Andy Gilchrist is assigned the case. But Gilchrist soon suspects that the child's mother - Andrea Davis - may be responsible for her daughter's disappearance, or worse, her murder. The case becomes politically sensitive when Gilchrist learns that Andrea is the daughter of Dougal Davis, a former MSP who was forced to resign from Scottish Parliament after being accused of physically abusing his third wife. Now a powerful businessman, Davis demands Gilchrist's removal from the case when his investigation seems to be stalling. But then the case turns on its head when Gilchrist learns that a paedophile, recently released from prison, now lives in the same area as the missing child. The paedophile is interrogated but hours later his body is found on the beach with evidence of blunt force trauma to the head, and Gilchrist launches a murder investigation. As pressure relentlessly mounts on Gilchrist, he begins to unravel a dark family secret, a secret he believes will solve the fate of the missing child. Praise for T.F. Muir: 'Rebus did it for Edinburgh. Laidlaw did it for Glasgow. Gilchrist might just be the bloke to put St Andrews on the crime fiction map.' Daily Record 'A truly gripping read, with all the makings of a classic series.' Mick Herron 'Gripping and grisly, with plenty of twists and turns that race along with black humour.' Craig Robertson 'Gilchrist is intriguing, bleak and vulnerable... if I were living in St Andrews I'd sleep with the lights on.' Anna Smith Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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It opened well with Detective Chief Inspector Andy Gilchrist being summoned to attend the scene of an abduction. A three-year-old girl has been taken from the house where she and her mother lived. It transpires that the girl’s mother is the estranged daughter of a former MSP, who had recently been disgraced following reports across the media that he had physically abused his third wife. Having been outspoken on a number of issues over the years, it seems quite plausible that enemies might have sought to get at him by abducting his granddaughter.
Early in the investigation, however, the police identify a potential suspect – a previously convicted paedophile who upon his release from prison in England, had returned to Fife following the death of his mother, whose house he has inherited. He is taken in for questioning but subsequently released in the absence of sufficient evidence to warrant his further detention. The plot thickens, however, when the suspect is found murdered in a local park.
So far, so good, and a gritty and gripping plot is developing. Unfortunately, as with so many current crime writers (and particularly those operating in the ‘Scottish Noir’ field that has become so popular of late), the author just can’t help himself, and has to over-egg the pudding by throwing in a rather fatuous sub-plot between DCI Gilchrist and one of his Detective Inspectors. This implausible back story detracts too much from what might otherwise have been a commendable addition to the field.
Wishing to be generous, I would concede that it is the best novel set in St Andrews that I have read all year, but I might not go much further than that. ( )