Duncan Lorimer, a Glasgow criminal inspector nearing retirement, believes he is spending a quiet holiday in Périgord. Error: in a neighboring hamlet, the body of the wife of a Scottish industrialist is discovered.
This one, Fergus Murdoch, is nowhere to be found. Here is Duncan associated with the investigation, which he continues in Glasgow. The portrait of the Murdochs becomes clear very quickly: extremely wealthy and formidable business leaders, with inhuman management. Throughout his investigations, Duncan, the son of a miner, returns to his region of origin and to the mining town where he grew up, in the heart of a warm and supportive working community. Today, it is a ghost town and this homecoming, Duncan will not come out unscathed. Fortunately, there is his beautiful assistant Nora, with the color of a wild loch, football and his favorite club, Celtic Glasgow, and a good pint at the pub from time to time.
Scottish murder in Périgord by Jean-Pierre Drilhol
A journalist by trade, Jean-Pierre Drilhol is passionate about words. Now settled in the Dordogne, he plunges us through this novel into a thriller with a very marked social background.
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– The Black Gesture