| Record Number |
852310 |
| ISBN |
9781472120885 (paperback) |
| Author |
Muir, Frank (Crime novelist) author. |
| Title |
Blood torment / T. F. Muir. |
| Publisher/Date |
London : Constable, 2017. |
| ©2016 |
| Pagination etc. |
376 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
DCI Gilchrist 6 |
| Summary Note |
When a three-year old girl is reported missing, DCI Andy Gilchrist is assigned the case. But Gilchrist soon suspects that the child's mother - Andrea Davis - may be responsible for her daughter's disappearance, or worse, her murder. The case becomes politically sensitive when Gilchrist learns that Andrea is the daughter of Dougal Davis, a former MSP who was forced to resign from Scottish Parliament after being accused of physically abusing his third wife. Now a powerful businessman, Davis demands Gilchrist's removal from the case when his investigation seems to be stalling. But then the case turns on its head when Gilchrist learns that a paedophile, recently released from prison, now lives in the same area as the missing child. The paedophile is interrogated but hours later his body is found floating in the harbour with evidence of blunt force trauma to the head, and Gilchrist launches a murder investigation. |
| Subject - Name |
Gilchrist, Andy(Fictitious character)Fiction |
| Subject |
Police -- Scotland -- Fiction |
| Missing children -- Fiction |
| Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction |
| Detective and mystery fiction. |
| Shelf Location |
F MUIR |
