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When George Millar, the City of Glasgow’s orchestra leader, is brutally murdered in his dressing room before a performance, his colleagues are shocked. As the show goes on, DCI Lorimer and psychologist Solomon Brightman uncover a series of irrevocably tangled relationships between the orchestra members. Millar had been involved in a series of homosexual relationships and was well known for playing his lovers off against one another, but were his controversial dalliances really enough to incite cold-blooded and calculated murder?
Like for like: Ian Rankin, Val McDermid, Denise Mina.
Lorimer and Brightman series:
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2. A Small Weeping
3. Shadows of Sounds
4. The Riverman
5. Pitch Black
6. Glasgow Kiss
7. Five Ways to Kill a Man
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Shadows of Sounds Synopsis
The Glasgow Orchestra are rehearsing to perform, but little do they know of the sequence of events happening backstage. When George Millar, the orchestra's leader, is brutally murdered in his dressing room, his colleagues are shocked. But the show must go on. Enter DCI Lorimer and psychologist Solomon Brightman to investigate. What they uncover is a series of irrevocably tangled relationships between the orchestra members. Up until his death Millar had been involved in homosexual relationships with several other orchestra members and was well known for playing his lovers off against one another - but were his controversial dalliances really enough to incite cold-blooded murder? A thrilling, dark tale from one of Scotland's finest writers of human envy and intrigue.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9780749082383 |
| Publication date: |
15th May 2006 |
| Author: |
Alex Gray |
| Publisher: |
Allison & Busby |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
317 pages |
| Series: |
DCI Lorimer |
| Primary Genre |
Thriller and Suspense
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Reviews of Alex Gray's books:
‘a welcome member of the Tartan Noir pack’ Val McDermid
‘Engrossing and convincing…elegantly yet efficiently told, showing that Gray is a writer worth investigating’ Daily Express
Brings Glasgow to life in the same way that Ian Rankin evokes Edinburgh’ Daily Mail
‘Supremely
confident… The prose is direct and evocative, the kind of classic
ingredients that will have readers racing urgently towards the
denouement’ The List
‘Tautly plotted with well developed characters and an engaging style’ Glasgow Herald
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About Alex Gray
Alex Gray is the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Detective William Lorimer series. Born and raised in Glasgow, she has been awarded the Scottish Association of Writers' Constable and Pitlochry trophies for her crime writing and is the co-founder of the international Bloody Scotland Crime Writing Festival.
To find exclusive articles, reviews and the latest news about Alex Gray and the DSI Lorimer series, visit www.alex-gray.com or follow Alex on Twitter @alexincrimeland.
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