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2000s: Luck runs out for three poker players when a gunman calmly shoots them dead.
2000s: Luck runs out for three poker players when a gunman calmly shoots them dead.
A gunman calmly shoots three poker players dead.
DI Jack Knox quickly establishes that the intended target, the leader of a bank heist many years before, has slipped through the net.
But his team has to split up when a young woman, the daughter of a prominent figure, goes missing from the city centre.
Suspecting she has been kidnapped, the search heads from Edinburgh to the Scottish Borders.
Will the detectives find her abductor in time? And can they root out a killer who seems to be holding all the cards?
Edinburgh and the Scottish Borders
Edinburgh
The city of Edinburgh is very much a character in this book! From the streets, art galleries and tram stops, you can see a fair bit of the city with this book as your guide!
Newcastleton
A small village in the Scottish Borders gives this an extra edge of mystery. Very different compared to Edinburgh and the busy nature of a city.
Destination/location: Edinburgh, Newcastleton Author/guide: Robert McNeill Departure Time: 2000s
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