They left him for dead. They made a mistake. On sabbatical from the force after a personal loss, DCI Harry McNeil spends his days renovating an old cottage he bought, and his nights down at the local bar. He's living in a small town where nothing much happens. Until it does. Harry meets a youn
STICKS AND STONES (A DCI Harry McNeil Scottish Crime Thriller Book 1)
β Scribed by John Carson
- Book ID
- 111261891
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 79 KB
- Series
- DCI Harry McNeil #1
- Category
- Fiction
- ASIN
- B07V62HV96
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Fifteen years ago, a man brutally murdered his wife, before taking his own life.
Now, DCI Harry McNeil is heading up a Major Investigation Team and he is called to a small town in the Scottish Highlands. A bride has gone missing from the hotel on her wedding night, and despite a search, there is no sign of her.
McNeil and his team are there to back-up a local MIT along with a team from Glasgow. The bride and groom are from very powerful families from the east and west coasts, and the police need to be seen to be doing something.
While hunting for the bride, somebody turns up dead, murdered in a similar way to the woman from fifteen years ago.
McNeil and the others are pressured into getting a quick result, but how do you catch a killer who is one step ahead and watching your every move? It is going to take all they have to bring him to justice.
Until then, he's going to keep on killing...
Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller
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