Fire in the Blood

In the modern world coming across as bolshie, outspoken and opinionated at a job interview usually guarantees that you are virtually unemployable. At JD Investigations in Glasgow, it means you’re hired on the spot.

This comic thriller from George McCartney is filled with a cheerful, bloody-minded attitude that is unique to the Scottish characters who walk its pages. Fire in the Blood provides the perfect combination of ‘Tartan Noir’ with a double shot of humour.

Join Annie James as she begins her new job, working as a summer intern with Jack Davidson, an old-school private detective. She quickly discovers that this temporary gig is completely different from all the mind-numbing, zero-hours contracts she’s endured since leaving college and takes on the challenge of dragging her technophobic employer kicking and screaming into the 21st century.

Jack is instructing Annie in the dark arts required to be an effective private eye when arsonist and killer Thomas Burke is unexpectedly released from prison. Swearing vengeance against the cop who put him away for eighteen years (you guessed it, it’s Jack!) he draws the two new partners into a deadly battle of wits where the psychopath always seems to be one step ahead…

From the streets of Glasgow to the scenic Solway coast, Fire in the Blood will take you on a whistlestop tour of Scotland’s finest murder, mystery and mayhem.