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David Keenan
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Scottish BookThe Friday Girl: A gripping and unpredictable thriller, set in 1970s Dundee (Paperback)
Author: R.D. McLean
£9.95
ScotlandSet in Dundee & FifeDetective CrimeNoir CrimePolice Procedural
Set in 1970s Dundee, The Friday Girl follows Detective Elizabeth Burnet as she hunts a serial killer who begins by targeting neighbourhood pets before escalating to humans. Battling police prejudice and corruption, Burnet must uncover chilling truths in a gritty crime landscape. A tense and twisty mystery that blends procedural and historical crime elements. Perfect for fans of classic crime thrillers and gritty detective fiction.
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Why we chose this book
We found The Friday Girl gritty and purposeful, using its 1970s Dundee setting to explore misogyny, persistence, and the cost of pushing for truth inside resistant systems.
Our summary description
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Newly assigned to CID, Elizabeth Burnet is underestimated from the start, dismissed as little more than a pretty face. But when she uncovers a disturbing pattern behind a series of deaths, Burnet becomes convinced a serial killer is at work, stalking the shadows of Templeton Woods. The force is quick to dismiss her concerns, keen to keep the past buried.
The only person willing to listen is a disgraced former detective with his own reasons for challenging Tayside Police. As they work together, a darker truth emerges. Corruption runs deep, and some officers have much to gain from silencing the dead.
As Burnet closes in on the killer, she is drawn into the fractured mind of a man driven to violence by neglect, cruelty and rage. This is a tense, atmospheric crime novel about power, complicity and what happens when justice is deliberately ignored, set against a bleak Scottish landscape where danger waits just beyond the trees.
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