Alex Gray (1) (1951–)
Autore di Never Somewhere Else
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Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: Tim Duncan
Serie
Opere di Alex Gray
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1951
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- Scotland
- Luogo di residenza
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Attività lavorative
- author
writer
folksinger
teacher - Breve biografia
- Alex Gray was born and educated in Glasgow. She has worked as a folk singer, a visiting officer in the DSS and an English teacher. She has been awarded the Scottish Association of Writers Constable and Pitlochry trophies for her crime writing. Married with a son and daughter, she now writes full time.
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 21
- Utenti
- 1,522
- Popolarità
- #16,893
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 50
- ISBN
- 172
- Lingue
- 2
This book is the 19th in the series that has DSI William Lorimer as the chief investigator. Even though I haven't read any of the other books I didn't have any difficulty with a mystery far into the series. Lorimer has taken his friend, Daniel Kohi, to hike the mountain Buchaille Etive Mor to introduce Daniel to Scottish hiking as he is from Kenya. When they get to the summit Daniel sees the body of a man at the bottom of a cliff. As soon as they can get a signal for their phone they call the local Mountain Rescue Team which is headed by the constable of the local detachment. It's much to late to return to Glasgow that day so they arrange to stay in the B & B in Glencoe run by the constable's wife. Lorimer is so charmed by the place that he decides to book a room for him and his wife during Easter break. The unfortunate hiker turns out to be Dutch and most people think he accidentally fell to his death. Daniel isn't so sure but he has no official status in Scotland even though he was a police detective in Kenya. Then, just before Easter, the body of another hiker is found in the nearby quarry. Lorimer and his team are tasked with investigating this death which is obviously the result of murder. Lorimer's wife and Daniel accompany the detective to Glencoe. Shortly after they arrive, the teenage girl who discovered the body goes missing. And while Daniel accompanies a search team he discovers yet another body in a bothy sometimes used by hikers. That's a lot of suspicious deaths for such a small, quiet place. Never fear, the detective and his team will find the perpetrator.
The author tried to lead the reader to considering one of the rescue team to be the guilty party. I don't think it is a spoiler to say that this was the reddest of red herrings. Ms. Gray tipped her had a little too much, in my opinion. The front cover has a quote from the Daily Mail saying "Move over Rebus." but I think Ian Rankin's fan base is secure.… (altro)