[DCI Lorimer 06] • Glasgow Kiss

A perfectly paced, atmospheric mystery that gets to the beating heart of the Scottish city and features the most dynamic Scottish detective since Rebus

Eric Chalmers is one of the most popular teachers at Muirpark Secondary School in Glasgow. Gentle and kind, he is the person the students come to when they want to confide in someone. So when precocious teenager Julie Donaldson accuses Chalmers of rape, the school goes into shock. How could a deeply religious family man like Chalmers do anything like that? With some students and teachers supporting Julie, and others standing by Chalmers, life at Muirpark is far from harmonious. And then things get much worse—Julie Donaldson goes missing, and the police are called in. For DCI William Lorimer, this is the second missing person case in a week. He's been having sleepless nights about the toddler who has been missing for several days—with each day, the likelihood of her being found alive diminishes. Julie's disappearance adds a further burden to Lorimer's already overstretched workload. With hope fading, it becomes a breakneck race against time to find both missing girls.

Review"Engrossing and convincing mystery, elegantly yet efficiently told, showing once more that Gray is a writer worth investigating." —Scottish Daily Express

"Gray gets better by the book." —Times

About the AuthorAlex Gray has been awarded the Scottish Association of Writers' Constable and Pitlochry trophies for her crime writing, and is the Scottish Chapter convenor for the Crime Writers' Association. She is the author of The Riverman and Pitch Black.