The Quaker

✍ Scribed by Liam McIlvanney

• Book ID: 100183441
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 200 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN: 0008259925

✦ Synopsis

In the chilling new crime novel from award-winning author Liam McIlvanney, a serial killer stalks the streets of Glasgow and DI McCormack follows a trail of devastating secrets to uncover the truth... Glasgow, 1969. In the grip of the worst winter for years, the city is brought to its knees by a killer whose name fills the streets with fear: The Quaker. He's taken his next victim – the third woman from the same nightclub – and dumped her in the street like rubbish. The police are left chasing a ghost, with no new leads and no hope of catching their prey. After six months, DI McCormack, a talented young detective from the Highlands, is ordered to join the investigation – with a view to shutting it down for good. But his arrival is met with anger from a group of officers on the brink of despair. Soon he learns just how difficult life can be for an outsider ... for McCormack is an outcast in more ways than one. When another woman is found murdered in a tenement flat, it's clear the...