Skeleton Blues by Paul Johnston
"As the stakes rise, Johnston keeps the logical twists coming while making his dystopian future plausible"Publishers Weekly Starred Review
Ex-cop Quint Dalrymple discovers there is something very rotten in the independent city-state of Edinburgh in this near-future dystopian thriller.
Edinburgh, spring 2034. The weather's balmy, there's a referendum on whether to join a reconstituted Scotland coming up - and a tourist is found strangled. As usual, maverick detective Quint Dalrymple is called in to do the Council of City Guardians' dirty work.
For the first time in his career, Quint is stumped by the complexity of the case. An explosion at the City Zoo is followed by the discovery of another body - and the prime suspect is nowhere to be found. Can Quint and his sidekick, Guard commander Davie, put a stop to the killings before the city erupts into open violence? Are the leaders of other Scottish states planning to take over Edinburgh, or is the source of unrest much closer to home? Quint must race to pull the threads together before he becomes one of the numerous skeletons on display ...
Paul Johnston, who was born and raised in Edinburgh, went to Oxford to study ancient and contemporary Greek and now splits his time between Scotland and Greece. He is the author of the award-winning Quint and Matt Wells crime series, as well as four prior Alex Mavros novels.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847516879 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847516874 |
| Title | Skeleton Blues |
| Author | Paul Johnston |
| Series | A Quint Dalrymple Mystery |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Year published | 2016-09-30 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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