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When a small-time heroin dealer turns up dead one fine morning in Scotland, no one is that surprised. Sleeping with a big-time drug trafficker's girlfriend can bring around plenty of enemies. Little wonder that Detective Superintendent Catherine McLeod has no shortage of early leads.
If only out-of-work actress Jasmine Sharp could get a lead. With a career in nosedive, she's helping her uncle Jim with his PI work and having more than a little trouble learning the ropes. When her uncle goes missing, Sharp is thrown into the deep end. To find him she'll have to solve his most recent case-and do it solo.
If only out-of-work actress Jasmine Sharp could get a lead. With a career in nosedive, she's helping her uncle Jim with his PI work and having more than a little trouble learning the ropes. When her uncle goes missing, Sharp is thrown into the deep end. To find him she'll have to solve his most recent case-and do it solo.
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"Glasgow's mean streets come alive, and author Brookmyre puts his readers in the shoes of the people who walk them. Surely Where the Bodies are Buried is one of the best novels of the year."
John Lutz, New York Times–bestselling and Edgar award-winning author
"Sharp, crafty, hard-edged and full of heart-Where the Bodies Are Buried is a gripping read."
Meg Gardiner, Edgar Award–winning author of China Lake and Ransom River
"[An] offbeat tale of ruthless mobsters in Glasgow.... A brainy, barbed noir, this book takes its time setting the scene and establishing its characters. Most of its violence occurs off the page. But with its contrasting characters (it's easy to envision a series built around the endearing Jasmine), local color and language and skillfully orchestrated sense of bad things to come, the novel maintai
Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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- SeriesJasmine Sharp and Catherine McLeod #1