Scottish crime fiction: Made A Killing

Book description

​Nobody sheds a tear when the body of Scott Stevenson, a local troublemaker, is found with an ivory tusk driven through his torso. 

After DCI Alex Warren and his team are given the task of tracking down the killer, they investigate the numerous people Stevenson has harmed and stumble upon a web of crimes motivated by sex and greed. As the body count rises, they struggle to close the case before more lives are lost. 

First book in the Scottish crime series by Zach Abrams, Made A Killing is a fast-moving, gripping crime novel set in the tough, crime-ridden streets of Glasgow. 

What readers are saying about Made A Killing: 
- Tight cast of interesting characters 
- Mr. Abrams does a great job of bringing the gritty streets of Glasgow to life 
- I found it so hard to stop reading that I missed my regular Tuesday TV show 
- This book is an intriguing escape. It was dark but not too dark. As a reader I enjoyed every twist and turn.. The setting is made authentic not only by the author's Glasgow upbringing but his ability to visualize the grey, gloomy Scottish November that is a perfect setting for this whodunit 
- The characters were great. The reason for the murder was believable. I can see it happening in real life

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Details

GENRE: Scottish crime fiction
PRINT LENGTH: 210 pages
PUBLICATION DATE: July 19th, 2016
ISBN-10: 1535485825
ISBN-13: 978-1535485821
FORMAT: Kindle, paperback

Excerpt from the book

Following a fairly ordinary morning, Alex Warren’s day had taken a distinct turn for the worse.  He was not a happy man.

The sickening sight of the corpse lay in front of him.  It was a mess of blood and guts.   A bright red pool surrounded the wound which was edged by ravaged flesh and dotted with black congealing clots.  The horrified, wide-eyed stare of the victim exacerbated the profound ugliness of the scene.  Overwhelmed by the smell of blood, Warren felt nauseous imagining he could taste metal in his mouth, and with great reluctance he took another look at the body before exhaling loudly.  Even when he looked away, everything seemed bathed in a red haze.  He was confused.  There could be no doubt about how Stevenson was killed and Warren had strong suspicions about the murderer’s motives.  He wasn’t surprised that someone murdered him but, rather, that it hadn’t happened sooner. What perplexed Warren most was thinking about all the possible candidates for the crime.

The normally towering, muscular frame of DCI Alex Warren was weary and his shoulders drooped.  His black hair seemed lank and the clean-shaven skin of his normally tight, angular face sagged.  Instead of his usually healthy colouring, his skin came closer to matching the white protective one-piece coverall he was wearing.  He normally carried his age well and most people, on first impressions, imagined he was in his early-thirties, but today he looked all of his forty-one years.  Only his bright green eyes showed their usual sharpness.

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