A Pound of Flesh: A DCI Lorimer Novel

With two new books coming out in 2018 this will total 16 books in this series. Although I always recommend starting at the very beginning, this one does okay as a stand alone. DI Lorimer is starting a new job, albeit temporary, but he's facing all kinds of problems ..getting to know all the new faces of his team is just one. There are two serial killers at play in Glasgow. One is killing ladies of the street. There have been 4 murders so far, and most of the police don't seem that bothered considering what the ladies do for a living. Lorimer looks at it differently .... they are all victims deserving on justice. There is also killing men in the middle of the night, during a full moon, and they all are driving a silver white Mercedes. When the last man is found, he is identified as a prominent Scottish politician. Who wants all these men dead? Is there a connection between the killers? the victims? And Lorimer is not happy when his supervisor pulls him off the prostitutes' killer and makes the politician his priority. But then the cases seems to connect ..... The author does a great job is putting the reader in the middle of the seedier side of Glasgow. Lorimer is a terrific series character ... he never steps over the lines and he feels all victims deserve the best he can give for them. I also enjoy the personal side ... the wife he loves, the way they have handled their childless lives. Secondary characters are well thought out and lend credibility to the story. Many thanks to the author / Harper Collins / Edelweiss for the advance digital copy of this crime thriller. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.