Craig Russell

Yksityisetsivä Lennox saa pari helpolta vaikuttavaa tehtävää. Hänen pitää selvittää, pettääkö eräs vaimo aviomiestään, ja etsiä suurehkojen kassavarojen kanssa kadonnut ammattiyhdistysmies. Pian kumpikin juttu johtaa kuitenkin paljon suurempien ja synkempien asioiden äärelle. Kaikkea sävyttää Glasgowin savusumun kyllästämä atmosfääri. Yksityisetsivä Lennoxista on tekeillä brittiläinen tv-sarja.

From award-winning author Craig Russell comes a psychological tale of horror and suspense.

'Tough, uncompromising and insightful . . . Russell has brilliantly captured post-war Glasgow and the vulnerability of those left to pick up the pieces' Michael Robotham'A crime story that transcends the genre. . . This is storytelling at its very best!' Michael Connelly Glasgow, 1953: the war may be over but the battle for the streets is just beginning. Three crime bosses control the murky streets, but a small-scale con is trying to invade their territory. The balance is shifting. Lennox, a hard man in a hard city at a hard time, finds himself caught in the middle - a dangerous place to be. One night, a body is discovered on the road, his head mashed to pulp, and Lennox is in the frame for murder. The only way of proving his innocence is to solve the crime - but he'll have to dodge men more deadly than Glasgow's crime bosses before he gets any answers. The first in a unique and memorable crime series, Lennox is gritty, fast-paced, mordantly funny and totally compelling. Praise for award-winning writer Craig Russell: 'Another brilliantly sharp, witty and tough take on a hard city at a hard time . . . a former cop, Russell is Britain's rising crime-writing star' Daily Mirror'Through his humorous lens, time and place become razor-sharp ... The lightness of touch is a breath of fresh air in this most crowded of genres . . . This is tartan neo-noir at its most entertaining' Sunday Herald

'Tough, uncompromising and insightful . . . Russell has brilliantly captured post-war Glasgow and the vulnerability of those left to pick up the pieces' Michael Robotham'A crime story that transcends the genre. . . This is storytelling at its very best!' Michael Connelly Human remains are dredged up from the Clyde. They've been sleeping the deep, dark sleep for eighteen years. Suddenly Glasgow's underworld is buzzing with the news that the remains are those of 'Gentleman Joe' Strachan, Glasgow's most ruthless armed robber. When Strachan's daughters hire Lennox to find out who's been sending them cash every year on the anniversary of Strachan's biggest robbery, his instincts tell him the job spells trouble and will throw him back into world of the Three Kings - the crime bosses who run the city. But he takes the job. And soon learns that ignoring his instincts may cost him his life. Praise for award-winning writer Craig Russell: 'Another brilliantly sharp, witty and tough take on a hard city at a hard time . . . a former cop, Russell is Britain's rising crime-writing star' Daily Mirror'Through his humorous lens, time and place become razor-sharp ... The lightness of touch is a breath of fresh air in this most crowded of genres . . . This is tartan neo-noir at its most entertaining'Sunday Herald

'Tough, uncompromising and insightful . . . Russell has brilliantly captured post-war Glasgow and the vulnerability of those left to pick up the pieces' Michael Robotham'A crime story that transcends the genre. . . This is storytelling at its very best!' Michael Connelly Investigator Lennox just can't stay out of trouble. Lennox is looking for legitimate cases - anything's better than working for the Three Kings, the crime bosses who run Glasgow's underworld. So when a woman comes into his office and hires him to follow her husband, it seems the perfect case. And, unusually for Lennox, it's legal. But this isn't a simple case of marital infidelity. When the people he's following start to track him, once more Lennox must draw on the violent, war-damaged part of his personality as he follows this trail of dead men and broken hearts. The fourth in a unique and memorable crime series, Dead Men and Broken Hearts is gritty, fast-paced, mordantly funny and totally compelling. Praise for award-winning writer Craig Russell: 'Another brilliantly sharp, witty and tough take on a hard city at a hard time . . . a former cop, Russell is Britain's rising crime-writing star' Daily Mirror'Through his humorous lens, time and place become razor-sharp ... The lightness of touch is a breath of fresh air in this most crowded of genres . . . This is tartan neo-noir at its most entertaining' Sunday Herald

One of the most interesting detectives around' The TimesAs head of the Polizei Hamburg's Murder Commission, Jan Fabel is used to dealing with the dead. But when a routine inquiry turns violent and takes him to the brink of his own death, he emerges a changed man. Fast forward two years, and Fabel's first case at the Murder Commission comes back to haunt him. Monika Krone's body is found at last, fifteen years after she went missing. Monika - ethereally beautiful, intelligent, cruel - was the centre of a group of students obsessed with the gothic. Fabel re-opens the case. What happened that night, when Monika left a party and disappeared into thin air? When men involved with Monika start turning up dead, Fabel realizes he is looking for a killer with both a hunger for revenge and a taste for the gothic. What he doesn't know is that someone has been aiding and grooming a deranged escapee as his own, personal tool for revenge. Praise for the Jan Fabel series:'The Ghosts Of Altona is a confidently unsettling crime novel that subverts expectations with a joyful intelligence' The National'An excellent read' Literary Review'In Jan Fabel Russell has created one of the better drawn versions of the thinking man with a badge' Shots Magazine'Craig Russell writes intelligently and with sensitivity . . . The Ghosts of Altona is an absorbing above average crime thriller . . . absolutely not one to miss' SJ2B House of Books

'Storytelling at its very best!' Michael ConnellyWhen you have as few friends as private investigator Lennox does, you can't afford to lose any. When you do, someone has to pay. Quiet Tommy Quaid is one of Lennox's few friends in Glasgow. Lennox appreciates Tommy's open, straightforward personality - even if he is a master thief. When Tommy is flung to his death from a factory roof in front of Lennox's eyes, Lennox discovers just how wrong he was about Tommy's quiet life. It seems Tommy knew a secret, and it cost him his life. But for once, Quiet Tommy didn't go quietly. His secret concerned people above the law - people in some cases who are the law - and so now, from beyond the grave, he leaves a trail for Lennox to follow to ensure justice is done. For once, Lennox is on the side of the angels. But he is an avenging angel, and in brutal Glasgow, justice has to get bloody.*Praise for Craig Russell:'The kind of thriller writing that made me want to be a writer' Chris Brookmyre'A crime story that transcends the genre. . . This is storytelling at its very best!' Michael Connelly 'Tough, uncompromising and insightful . . . Russell has brilliantly captured post-war Glasgow and the vulnerability of those left to pick up the pieces' Michael Robotham'Brilliantly sharp, witty and tough take on a hard city at a hard time . . . a former cop, Russell is Britain's rising crime-writing star' Daily Mirror'A breath of fresh air' Sunday Herald

'The kind of thriller writing that made me want to be a writer' Chris Brookmyre'Storytelling at its very best!' Michael ConnellyFast-paced, stylish, and blackly funny noir for fans of Philip Kerr and Raymond ChandlerGlasgow in the 1950s - private investigator Lennox is keeping a low profile, enjoying a fling with the daughter of shady bookie and greyhound breeder MacFarlane. When MacFarlane is found bludgeoned to death, Lennox is a suspect. Luckily, he has a solid gold alibi - he was in bed with the victim's daughter at the time. It turns out MacFarlane was into some seriously dodgy stuff. One of Glasgow's notorious Three Kings, crime boss Willie Sneddon, is involved and he's not a man Lennox wants to cross. But there's an even bigger player out there, an elusive villain who makes the Three Kings look like minnows. Lennox is going to get his fingers burnt, badly. Praise for Craig Russell:'Another brilliantly sharp, witty and tough take on a hard city at a hard time . . . a former cop, Russell is Britain's rising crime-writing star' Daily Mirror'Through his humorous lens, time and place become razor-sharp . . . The lightness of touch is a breath of fresh air in this most crowded of genres . . . This is tartan neo-noir at its most entertaining' Sunday Herald

Clydejoen pohjasta nousee ruoppauskauhan mukana luuranko, jonka vaatteenriekaleiden taskusta löytyy kultainen savukerasia. Rasia tunnistetaan: se kuuluu 18 vuotta sitten kadonneelle raa'alle ryöstäjälle, Herrasmies-Joelle, joka ei koskaan jäänyt kiinni rötöksistään. Onko katoamisen arvoitus vihdoin ratkeamassa? Herrasmies-Joen kaksoistyttäret palkkaavat kovaotteisen mutta velmun yksityisetsivä Lennoxin selvittämään, mitä heidän isälleen aikoinaan todella tapahtui. Samaan aikaan Lennox saa tehtäväkseen auttaa kiristyksen kohteeksi joutunutta amerikkalaista filmitähteä. Tapaukset nivoutuvat yhteen vyyhdeksi, johon tietysti liittyvät myös Glasgowin kolme rikolliskuningasta ja joka on moneen kertaa kuristaa Lennoxin hengiltä.

Kun maineeltaan epämääräinen vedonvälittäjä McFarlane murhataan, ensimmäiseksi epäillään yksityisetsivä Lennoxia. Onneksi Lennoxilla on raudanluja alibi: hän on tapahtumahetkellä ollut sängyssä murhatun tyttären kanssa. Juttuun sotkuun on sekaantunut yksi Glasgowin kolmesta rikolliskuninkaasta, jonka kanssa Lennox ei haluaisi joutua napit vastakkain. Mutta nyt on asialla joku vielä kovempi tekijä, jonka rinnalla kolme kuningasta näyttävät pikkukaloilta. Lennox on saada kynsilleen pahan kerran.

Glasgowin alamaailmaa hallitsee kolme kuningasta, kolme rikollispomoa, jotka kyräilevät toisiaan ja taistelevat uusia gangsterinalkuja vastaan. Yhteenotot ovat rajuja, väkivalta herkässä. Nyt näyttämölle ilmaantuu tuntematon uusi tekijä, joka näyttäisi aidosti uhkaavan kolmen kuninkaan asemaa. Tuon kaiken keskellä pujottelee hämäräperäinen yksityisetsivä Lennox, joka väistelee luoteja ja nyrkiniskuja ja pyrkii lähinnä vain hankkimaan elantonsa ja pysymään hengissä. Skotlantilainen Graig Russell on entinen poliisi, joka on jo pitkään toiminut vapaana kirjailijana. Hänen muista romaaneistaan on mm. tehty tv-sarja Saksassa.

Just as a major environmental summit is about to start in Hamburg, a massive storm hits the city. When the flood waters recede, a headless torso is found washed up. Initially, Jan Fabel of the Murder Commission fears it may be another victim of a serial rapist and murderer, but the truth of the situation is far more complex and even more sinister.

Njal's Saga Jan Fabel is a troubled man. His relationships with the women in his life are becoming increasingly complicated: his partner, Susanne, is looking for a deeper commitment. His daughter is considering joining the police and his ex-wife holds him responsible.

Forced to move every twelve days, what would happen to your life? 1927. Rembrandt is the only child in the tiny community of Three Farms. Soon his two aunts grow desperate for babies of their own. A man wearing a black top-coat and a glad-ta-meet-ya smile arrives with a magic bottle and a deadly deal is made. Determined to undo the wager, Rembrandt, Pa, and Uncle Thompson embark on the journey of their lives, for if they stay in one place for more than twelve days terrible things happen. But where and when will they find a champion capable of defeating the Black Bottle Man? Time ticks. Lives change. Every twelve days. . .

The Cologne police know a woman is going to die. They call on an outside expert: Jan Fabel, head of Hamburg's Murder Squad and Germany's leading authority on serial killers. Fabel is on the point of leaving the police for good, but Carnival in Cologne is a time when the world goes crazy, and he is drawn into the hunt for the Carnival Cannibal.

Two high profile victims are found murdered within 24 hours of each other. Both men have been scalped. Jan Fabel and his murder team find themselves under pressure to track down the killer. But Fabel is caught in a web of intrigue, obsession and revenge that seemingly spans sixteen centuries. He must find the crucial link to slove these murders.

A girl's body lies, posed, on the pale sand of a Hamburg beach, a message concealed in her hand. Jan Fabel, of the Hamburg murder squad, struggles to interpret the twisted imagery of a dark and brutal mind. Four days later, a man and a woman are found deep in woodland, their throats slashed deep and wide. The hunt is on for a serial killer.

Two women are killed in the same horrific, ritualistic manner. The murderer taunts the police with e-mails. It seems clear that a serial killer is at work, selecting victims at random and living out some twisted fantasy. But, as Jan Fabel and his murder team investigate further, nothing is as it first seems.