Who’d have thought a back alley in the most cutthroat part of damp, dank Glasgow would be a far safer vacation spot than a sun-soaked vista of nature’s greatest wonders? Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * Who’d have thought a back alley in the most cutthroat part of damp, dank Glasgow would be a far safer vacation spot than a sun-soaked vista of nature’s greatest wonders? Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? Who’d have thought a back alley in the most cutthroat part of damp, dank Glasgow would be a far safer vacation spot than a sun-soaked vista of nature’s greatest wonders? Detective Superintendent Bill Lorimer and his wife Maggie sure know how to pick ‘em. For which we can all be grateful for , 21st in the outstanding series of Alex Gray murder mysteries which remain outrageously under-renowned. Out of Darkness As fans will recall, it’s been several books now since Zimbabwean refugee Daniel Kohi landed in Glasgow, fortuitously met Lorimer in mutual crime-fighting and joined the polis as a rookie constable.
Except, of course, Kohi is nothing of the rookie sort, having been an inspector and a clean cop when the corrupt regime in Harare thought it had killed Kohi along with his wife and child in a house fire. As we pick up our tale, Kohi is sharing a home with Netta, the elderly Scottish widow who befriended him as a refugee. Kindly Netta, she of the magical scones, who keeps.