I guarantee that fans of crime fiction will enjoy this densely plotted police procedural set in Aberdeen. The book has been touted as the new ' Rankin and Rebus' and as 'tartan noir at its best' and for once the hype might just be accurate.
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Logan raised an eyebrow. 'You got Gerald Cleaver off.'
The lawyer buttoned his coat. 'No I didn't'.
'Yes you did! You picked the bloody case to pieces!'
Moir-Farquharson turned and looked Logan in the eye. 'If the case had been solid I couldn't have picked it apart. I didn't let Cleaver off: you did.'
'But-'
'Now if you'll excuse me, officer, I have other matters to attend to.'
