Shadow Man by Margaret Kirk

The Blurb On The Back:

Two brutal killings rock Inverness, and bring ex-Met Detective Inspector Lukas Mahler the biggest challenge of his career …

The body of Morven Murray, the queen of daytime TV, is discovered by her sister, Anna, on the morning of her wedding day. But does Anna know more about the murder than she’s letting on?

Police informant Kevin Ramsay’s murder looks like a gangland-style execution. But what could he have stumbled into that was dangerous enough to get him violently killed?

Caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse, is ex-Met DI Lukas Mahler hunting one killer, or two?

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The Verdict:

Margaret Kirk’s debut crime novel (the first in a series) is an okay if generic story with a loner police officer troubled by family and personal demons that’s let down by an antagonist who I guessed after their first appearance and by the fact that one of the murders goes unsolved in an obvious (and irritating) set-up for the sequel.

SHADOWMAN will be released in the United Kingdom on 2nd November 2017. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the ARC of this book.