Keyhole Crime S.
3 total works
The murdered body of a girl, found in the boot of a wrecked car, is DCI Thane's starting point. At first, the killing seems the work of a sadistic prowler, but a dangerous trail of evidence leads to other possibilities, ranging from the rally-driver boss of a whisky investment firm to an elderly, iron-willed woman - and even to a young novice cop who claims to have found the girl's body accidentally. Following the truth leads to a terrifying car race through a mountainside forest - a race Thane and Moss have to win, because if they lose, the killer will strike again...Praise for Bill Knox: 'The expertise is interesting, the invention good and the writing literate and lively' - "The Sunday Times". 'His plotting is impeccable...and he can build his books to a relentless climax' - "New York Times Book Review". 'Always a thoroughly reliable, good read' - "The Times".
Newly promoted to the rank of detective superintendent in the elite Scottish crime squad, Colin Thane gets his first case when a hit-and-run victim is identified as being a top-end errand boy in the European drug scene. Some three million pounds worth of amphetamines have been manufactured in Scotland for shipment to the continent. Thane's assignment: find out where exactly the drugs are being made. He traces the operation to a network of whisky distilleries in the Highlands - and now the going gets tough. Furthermore, Thane is handicapped for he is without the help of his old colleague Phil Moss. For this case he has a new partner, a rookie named Francey Dunbar, and Francey just doesn't come up to the standards of the old school...Praise for Bill Knox: 'The expertise is interesting, the invention good and the writing literate and lively' - "Sunday Times". 'His plotting is impeccable...and he can build his books to a relentless climax' - "New York Times Book Review". 'Sound technical details...Thrills without frills' - "Sunday Telegraph". 'Always a thoroughly reliable, good read' - "The Times".
Chief Inspector Colin Thane of Glasgow CID has a bad case of the Monday morning blues. Not only is he fighting a bout of flu, he's also overwhelmed by departmental bureaucracy and the little matter of his latest assignment - the investigation of a private plane crash which has claimed the lives of two employees from a local travel agency. And when a third employee of Eurobreak Vacations dies, and the wreckage of the aircraft is blown to smithereens, it seems likely to Thane that someone at Eurobreak is organising something rather more sinister than holidays. So Thane and his trusted colleague Phil Moss retrace the final steps of the recently departed and take off for the Highlands on a little busman's holiday of their own...Praise for Bill Knox's "Thane and Moss" series: 'The expertise is interesting, the invention good and the writing literate and lively' - "The Sunday Times". 'His plotting is impeccable...and he can build his books to a relentless climax' - "New York Times Book Review". 'Always a thoroughly reliable, good read' - "The Times". 'Sound technical details...thrills without frills' - "Sunday Telegraph".
'The only practitioner who writes with complete authority and accuracy about the police procedures in Scotland' - "Glasgow Herald". 'Knox is a highly skilled professional...he stamps his books with his own brand of authenticity and accuracy and compelling plotting' - "Irish Times". 'Knox writes with the factual accuracy of a good reporter. He does his homework thoroughly' - "Evening Times", Glasgow.
'The only practitioner who writes with complete authority and accuracy about the police procedures in Scotland' - "Glasgow Herald". 'Knox is a highly skilled professional...he stamps his books with his own brand of authenticity and accuracy and compelling plotting' - "Irish Times". 'Knox writes with the factual accuracy of a good reporter. He does his homework thoroughly' - "Evening Times", Glasgow.