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2000s: The consequences of a chemical accident in India reaches Dundee….
2000s: The consequences of a chemical accident in India reaches Dundee….
In the Scottish university city of Dundee, life and all its complications are proceeding much the same as usual. The recklessly brilliant DI Donna Davenport, struggling to hide a secret from police colleagues and get over the break-up with her partner, is in trouble with her boss for a fiery and inappropriate outburst to the press. DI Evanton, an old-fashioned, hard-living misogynistic copper has been newly demoted for thumping a suspect, and transferred to Dundee with a final warning ringing in his ears and a reputation that precedes him. And in the peaceful, rolling Tayside farmland a deadly store of MIC, the toxin that devastated Bhopal, is being illegally stored by a criminal gang smuggling the valuable substance
The crime mystery and investigation are linked to Bhopal which the author mentions in her author note:
MIC is the substance that caused the Bhopal disaster in 1984. A share of proceeds from this book are donated to the Bhopal Medical Appeal.
Dundee is a great setting for a crime mystery. It’s a very nice and important city to visit for real too since it’s the country’s first UNESCO city of design and has some of the most stunning countryside in Scotland. Rich in farming and nutrients which create the best Aberdeen Angus beef and Arbroath smokies. On another note, there are links to Peter Pan too!
Much of the book is set here beside the famous Abbey and the High Street. This is also the home of the famous Arbroath smokie – line-caught haddock, smoke-cured over smouldering oak chips,
Destination : Dundee, Arbroath Author/Guide: Jackie McLean Departure Time: 1984, 2000s
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