Why a Booktrail?
1969: Glasgow – A city torn apart.
The Quaker
Why a Booktrail?
1969: Glasgow – A city torn apart.
What you need to know before your trail
In the grip of the worst winter for years, the city is brought to its knees by a killer whose name fills the streets with fear: the Quaker. He takes his next victim – the third woman from the same nightclub – and dumps her in the street like rubbish.
The police are left chasing a ghost, with no new leads and no hope of catching their prey. DI McCormack, a talented young detective from the Highlands, is ordered to join the investigation. But his arrival is met with anger from a group of officers on the brink of despair. Soon he learns just how difficult life can be for an outsider.
When another woman is found murdered in a tenement flat, it’s clear the case is by no means over. From ruined backstreets to the dark heart of Glasgow, McCormack follows a trail of secrets that will change the city – and his life – forever…
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Glasgow
This is hardly the Glasgow you’d want to visit for real but it’s a deadly dark place that’s criminally good to visit in this book!
“The city itself was changing, its map reviewed y the wrecking balls. Slum clearance. Redevelopment. Whole neighbourhoods lost as the buildings came down. Streets cleared. Families dispersed. Some went to the big new schemes on the edge of the city but most of them left.”
“For those who stayed it was the winter of the Quaker. There was no escape from the blond-side parting and the crooked smile.”
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Quaker
Destination : Glasgow Author/Guide: Liam McIlvanney Departure Time: 1969
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