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2000s: Two Women, One Quest, Grave Consequences
Cross Purpose
What you need to know before your trail
When Maggie Laird’s disgraced ex-cop husband suddenly dies, her humdrum suburban life is turned upside down. With the bills mounting, she takes on his struggling detective agency, enlisting the help of neighbour ‘Big Wilma’. And so an unlikely partnership is born. But the discovery of a crudely mutilated body drastically changes things
Aberdeen’s sink estates, clandestine childminding and dodgy dealers draw them in into their deadly hold….there might not be a way out this time..
Travel Guide
Aberdeen
“A grim reality”
Good description for the location here – not the tourist sites you see in the book ,and when you do you’ll not recognize them. More of the sink estates and the margins of the city as well as the margins of society. Where people live and what they have to do to get by. Some Aberdeen sayings and slang to further set the tone.
Castlegate
Situated at the east end of Union Street, the Castlegate encompasses an expansivensquare containing the castellated Citadel, mideival Aberdeen Castle, the Mercast Cross and the Gallowgate, where the city’s public hangings were once held
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Cross Purpose
Author/Guide: Claire MacLeary Destination: Aberdeen Departure Time: 2000s
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