407 pages

English language

Published Feb. 10, 2013

ISBN:
978-1-4087-0408-0
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OCLC Number:
840432029

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5 stars (2 reviews)

Private investigator Jasmine Sharp's father was murdered before she was born, and her mother went to self-sacrificing lengths in order to shield her from the world in which he moved. Since her mother's death, all she has been able to learn is his first name - and that only through a strange bond she has forged with the man who killed him: Glen Fallan. But when Fallan is arrested for the murder of a criminal her mother knew since childhood, Jasmine is finally forced to enter his domain: a place where violence is a way of life and vengeance spans generations. Detective Superintendent Catherine McLeod has one major Glaswegian gangster in the mortuary and another in the cells for killing him - which ought to be cause for celebration. Catherine is not smiling, however. From the moment she discovered a symbol daubed on the victim's head, she has understood that …

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reviewed Flesh wounds by Christopher Brookmyre (Jasmine Sharp series -- 03)

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4 stars

Ahh, the annual Brookmyre. Where would we be with out it? Enjoyed this hugely compared to his last one (Bedlam) as I have been enjoying this loose trilogy set around his Glasgow gangster set-up. This flowed nicely and I devoured it quickly. Brookmyre on top form really, no more need be said.

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Subjects

  • Fiction

Places

  • Glasgow (Scotland)
  • Scotland
  • Glasgow