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Pitch Black

Author
Alex Gray
Genre
Media
Book
Publisher
Little Brown
ISBN
9781847440792
Reviewer
Jayne

Synopsis

When Chief Inspector Lorimer returns from his holiday on the island of Mull, he feels a welcome sense of calm. But it doesn't last long. Kelvin FC's new star midfielder is found brutally stabbed to death in his own home and, with his wife apprehended trying to leave the country, a seemingly straightforward new case begins. But the grisly murder of a referee after a Kelvin match throws light on some dark secrets at the ground. And when the latest signing to the club becomes the latest victim in a string of killings, Lorimer knows there's a serial killer on the loose - one that's only beginning to show his true colours. As lies emerge and tensions build, the players and managers live under the constant threat of becoming the next Kelvin fatality. Building to a dark and suspenseful climax, Pitch Black is Alex Gray's most powerful work to date.When Chief Inspector Lorimer returns from his holiday on the island of Mull, he feels a welcome sense of calm. But it doesn't last long. Kelvin FC's new star midfielder is found brutally stabbed to death in his own home and, with his wife apprehended trying to leave the country, a seemingly straightforward new case begins. But the grisly murder of a referee after a Kelvin match throws light on some dark secrets at the ground. And when the latest signing to the club becomes the latest victim in a string of killings, Lorimer knows there's a serial killer on the loose - one that's only beginning to show his true colours. As lies emerge and tensions build, the players and managers live under the constant threat of becoming the next Kelvin fatality. Building to a dark and suspenseful climax, Pitch Black is Alex Gray's most powerful work to date.

 

 

Review

Alex Gray has taken up the detective theme bringing Glasgow to the fore where we meet DCI Lorimer who is a gentleman I would not like to cross swords with.

Alex has set her story around the Kelvin Football club who although not in the league of Rangers and Celtic, to the locals they are a very special group of people. Kelvin FC have recruited two new stars from other teams and just before his first match one of them Nicko Falkner is found stabbed to death in his home. Whose to blame for his murder? When other things start happening at the club, they pull in crack ace DCI Lorrimer to crack the case.

If Alex can keep these books coming perhaps her Lorimer will become a rival for Edinburgh's Rebus books . Lets watch this space and see what happens.

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