Heads or hearts
By: Paul Johnston
Edition: First world edition.
Series: A Quint Dalrymple mystery
Publisher: Severn House
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Sutton, Surrey, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780727885036; 9781780106564; 9781847516053
Subjects: Fiction; Murder; Investigation; Referendum
Description: Maverick ex-cop Quint Dalrymple returns to investigate a series of gruesome murders in a near-future independent Edinburgh. Independent Edinburgh, 2033. The Council of City Guardians has been forced to relax its grip on citizens and the borders are no longer secure. Then a human heart is found on a football pitch. Maverick investigator Quint Dalrymple is called in - but before he makes much progress, a citizen's headless body floats down a canal. Quint uncovers a link to the planned referendum over Edinburgh joining a reconstituted Scotland. But who is behind the killings and mutilations? Are the city's notorious gangs responsible, or does the solution lie with the rulers of Edinburgh and other former Scottish states? Quint must dig deep to save the Council from collapse, and to retain both his head and heart.
Notes: A Quint Dalrymple mystery.