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Dead man's grave / Neil Lancaster.

By: Series: DS Max Craigie. 1 | Lancaster, Neil. DS Max Craigie ; 1.Publication details: London : HQ, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2022.Description: 384 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780008527730
  • 0008527733
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823.92 23/eng/20220422
Awards:
  • Longlisted for the 2021 McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year.
Summary: This grave can never be opened. The head of Scotland's most powerful crime family is brutally murdered, his body dumped inside an ancient grave in a remote cemetery. This murder can never be forgotten. Detectives Max Craigie and Janie Calder arrive at the scene, a small town where everyone has secrets to hide. They soon realise this murder is part of a blood feud between two Scottish families that stretches back to the 1800s. One thing's for certain: it might be the latest killing, but it won't be the last... This killer can never be caught. As the body count rises, the investigation uncovers large-scale corruption at the heart of the Scottish Police Service. Now Max and Janie must turn against their closest colleagues, to solve a case that could cost them far more than just their lives...
List(s) this item appears in: 1st in Series - Crime Fiction
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode Item reserves
Book Melbourne Athenaeum Library Fiction - Crime LAN Craigie Bk.1 Issued 04/05/2024 064230
Total reserves: 0

First published in Great Britain by HQ, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 2021.

"Some things should never be uncovered..." -- cover.

This grave can never be opened. The head of Scotland's most powerful crime family is brutally murdered, his body dumped inside an ancient grave in a remote cemetery. This murder can never be forgotten. Detectives Max Craigie and Janie Calder arrive at the scene, a small town where everyone has secrets to hide. They soon realise this murder is part of a blood feud between two Scottish families that stretches back to the 1800s. One thing's for certain: it might be the latest killing, but it won't be the last... This killer can never be caught. As the body count rises, the investigation uncovers large-scale corruption at the heart of the Scottish Police Service. Now Max and Janie must turn against their closest colleagues, to solve a case that could cost them far more than just their lives...

Longlisted for the 2021 McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year.

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