Craigie is endowed with a range of abilities and qualities which are verging on the superhuman; intelligent, empathetic, a street-tough boxer, ex-army with an extraordinary array of skills as a result, with an ESP-like ability to sense when he is being watched, and so bursting with integrity it’s a wonder it doesn’t give him a nosebleed. Before too long it becomes crystal clear that Tam’s murder is part of an ongoing blood feud involving the Hardie’s, and despite the police’s arrest of the perpetrator the family will stop at nothing to achieve vengeance against their enemy. Ross Fraser, Max's boss, and Max have a strong relationship, having served together in the Armed Forces. He chose to transfer to Police Scotland and the Serious and Organised Crime Unit from the Met, and his wife, less keen on the move, chose not to join him.

Angus king always does a fantastic job and I actively look for books he narrates, which is how I found this! The author was previously a Metropolitan police detective investigating serious crimes in addition to serving in the military police so I would recommend this to those connoisseurs of police tactical methods. Change country: -Select- Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Chile China Colombia Cook Islands Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Dominican Republic Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Finland France Gabon Republic Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Republic of the Congo Romania Saint Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Uganda United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vatican City State Vietnam Virgin Islands (U. I do love a good police procedural and have been reading quite a lot of Lynda La Plante’s books lately (she of Prime suspect fame). He knows he’s succeeded when he sees the words This Grave Never to be Opened on an overgrown granite grave slab.The best police procedural Ive read in years Jane CaseyGrabbed me from the first page Ian Rankin This grave can never be opened. This is another great Scottish tale, with a brilliant narrator, Angus King does it again, entertaining throughout. What is obviously a joke or banter is invariably followed by a description of someone chuckling or of a smile spreading across their face to make sure we’ve got the point – and ruining any lightness which may be intended.

Author, Neil Lancaster, deftly navigates this tense and tight plot, and the last few chapters had me reading at an ever increasing pace, such was its intensity. My wife’s best friend, Gail and her huge family had hired out this beautiful, massive house for a week and they had travelled from all over the world to be together for Christmas. Been off work for 3 months after surgery, surrounded by dozens of books that I pick up and put down, nothing gripped me. Max isn’t alone in trying to get to the truth of this very deadly case, joined by a young DC, Janie Calder, a woman dismissed as somewhat of a misfit by colleagues, but someone who proves to be one of Max’s greatest ally, and someone more than equipped to save his hide.

A missing person enquiry leads DS Max Craigie and DC Janie Calder to an ancient and abandoned burial ground, by the remains of an old chapel, located in a very remote spot in the Scottish Highlands. Now I have to admit, dear reader, that most of us take a deep breath when these ideas are landed upon us, but I was feeling relaxed (not drunk, definitely not drunk) and John was a great bloke, so I listened and I remember his words as if it was yesterday. Now based on Police Scotland’s Serious Organised Crime (SOC) team out of Gartcosh, North Lanarkshire, he and fast-tracked partner DC Janie Calder are assigned to investigate the case of missing person and ageing crime kingpin Tam Hardie responsible for the distribution of heroin and cocaine from his busy hub in Glasgow. The killer is apprehended quickly by Detective Max Craigie and his new partner Janie Calder and that should have been the end. He recently left the Metropolitan Police where he served for over twenty-five years, predominantly as a detective, leading and conducting investigations into some of the most serious criminals across the UK and beyond.

Walburga Appleseed, author of The Princess and the Prick, talks about changing the narrative and putting a feminist, frank, and funny spin on the fairy tales we all grew up with. Introducing DS Max Craigie, this is a police thriller with a dark heart, but one that held my attention to the very end. Now Max and Janie must turn against their closest colleagues - to solve a case that could cost them far more than just their lives. Although Max has the stereotypical relationship breakdown common to many fictional detectives, he’s neither bitter nor angsty about it, which is refreshing. I also like the actual police type investigation stuff to happen on-page such as crime scene descriptions and investigations etc.I had plenty of work to do on that and a deadline to meet, but I just couldn’t shake the image of this grave. DS Max Craigie and DC Janie Calder of the Serious Crimes Team at Gartcosh are instructed by boss DI Ross Fraser to carefully tread in a close enquiry. It has four nationally rare plants, Spanish catchfly, Boehmer's cat's-tail, Breckland Wild Thyme and spring speedwell. Back home in Scotland after serving in the Met, when it comes to who to trust, he doesn't have many choices.