The End of the Wasp Season: A NovelWhen a notorious millionaire banker hangs himself, his death attracts no sympathy. But the legacy of a lifetime of selfishness is widespread, and the carnage most acute among those he ought to be protecting: his family. Meanwhile, in a wealthy suburb of Glasgow, a young woman is found savagely murdered. The community is stunned by what appears to be a vicious, random attack. When Detective Inspector Alex Morrow, heavily pregnant with twins, is called in to investigate, she soon discovers that a tangled web of lies lurks behind the murder. It's a web that will spiral through Alex's own home, the local community, and ultimately right back to a swinging rope, hundreds of miles away. The End of the Wasp Season is an accomplished, compelling and multi-layered novel about family's power of damage-and redemption. |
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... nodded into the hole, solemnly, as if he had finally come to terms with the death of a man he didn't know existed until he got the job of burying him. He looked at the other bearers, saw them wondering what the hell to do and swept his ...
... nodded into the hole, solemnly, as if he had finally come to terms with the death of a man he didn't know existed until he got the job of burying him. He looked at the other bearers, saw them wondering what the hell to do and swept his ...
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... nodded, smiled at the ground. She sensed that he knew Brian still wasn't working. She had asked Brian not to come. She did it because he was a good person, not fit to resist the snaky charms of Danny. Two minutes in his company and ...
... nodded, smiled at the ground. She sensed that he knew Brian still wasn't working. She had asked Brian not to come. She did it because he was a good person, not fit to resist the snaky charms of Danny. Two minutes in his company and ...
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... nodded at that. “But you're all I've got.” “Can they not talk to his mum?” Danny shook his head. “Hospital. Nuts.” “What about his granny? She's alive, isn't she?” “She's... not keen.” “Hmm.” Morrow didn't say it out loud either: JJ had ...
... nodded at that. “But you're all I've got.” “Can they not talk to his mum?” Danny shook his head. “Hospital. Nuts.” “What about his granny? She's alive, isn't she?” “She's... not keen.” “Hmm.” Morrow didn't say it out loud either: JJ had ...
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... he smiled. “Shock and awe?” Thomas nodded sadly at the lake. “Was though, wasn't it? Yesterday.” Squeak drew on his cig again. When he exhaled he was grinning. “Fucking A.” FIVE All the houses in Thorntonhall were big and lonesome.
... he smiled. “Shock and awe?” Thomas nodded sadly at the lake. “Was though, wasn't it? Yesterday.” Squeak drew on his cig again. When he exhaled he was grinning. “Fucking A.” FIVE All the houses in Thorntonhall were big and lonesome.
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... the shops round here? Why would you build a mansion down the hill from that mess?” “That'll be the original estate house,” said the driver, quietly nodding uphill. “The estate?” Morrow sat forward. The driver seemed embarrassed suddenly.
... the shops round here? Why would you build a mansion down the hill from that mess?” “That'll be the original estate house,” said the driver, quietly nodding uphill. “The estate?” Morrow sat forward. The driver seemed embarrassed suddenly.
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