The Killing Floor

Synopsis

Investigating the killings of a social worker and the chief suspect in the case, the Glasgow Police Division P follow a winding trail of murder, blackmail, and corruption to a 30-year-old fraud that could very well shake the city to its foundations. ANNOTATION Social worker Pam MacArthur had a talent for making enemies and wasn't missed much when she disappeared. After her body is found eight months later and another grisly murder is revealed, Ray Sussock of Glasgow's P Division begins to unravel the shocking secret that will lead him to a cool, collected killer. Martin's Press. FROM THE PUBLISHER After a motorist swerves to avoid hitting an animal in the road, he accidentally discovers a decomposed corpse sans head and hands in the garden of a house in one of Glasgow's more prestigious suburbs. For the Glasgow's P division, the first task is to identify the body - which eventually turns out to be that of one Pam McArthur, a social worker with a talent for making enemies. Following a trail that she left behind, the Glasgow Police Division P begins to uncover the secret that got Pam McArthur killed. The investigation leads them to an East End housing project, and when Wayne Petty, one of the chief suspects, is murdered after talking to the police, the P Division feels the urgency to wrap this one up. Murder, blackmail, and corruption lead the police to uncover a massive thirty-year-old fraud that, if made public, would shake the city down to its foundations. FROM THE CRITICS BookList - Emily Melton The discovery of a woman's headless corpse sets Glasgow's famous "P" division on its latest case. Sussock and Reynolds, first on the scene, are doggedly determined to discover who murdered the young woman. Their persistence pays off when they find that the victim was an activist called Pam McArthur who had a bad habit of saying the wrong things to the wrong people at the wrong times. A second violent death--this time a stabbing--leads the investigators to a crumbling high-rise apartment block, where, as it turns out, Pam had stumbled onto a years-old scandal involving fraudulent contractors, crooked engineers, and a multimillion-dollar building scam. Turnbull's police procedurals have received high praise from readers and critics alike for their gritty realism, deft prose, and riveting plots. His latest is another fine example of all three of those elements. Outstanding crime fiction.

Copyright:

1994

Book Details

Book Quality:

Excellent

Book Size:

254 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780373262151

Publisher:

N/A

Date of Addition:

01/19/06

Copyrighted By:

peter turnbull

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers

Submitted By:

NW

Proofread By:

jill o'connell

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.