The Quaker, Liam McIlvanney
The Quaker, Liam McIlvanney
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The Quaker

Author: Liam McIlvanney

Narrator: Angus King

Unabridged: 11 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/12/2019


Synopsis

It is 1969 and Glasgow is in the grip of the worst winter in decades, yet it is something else that has Glaswegians on edge: a serial killer whose name alone is enough to make them tremble with fear. The Quaker has killed another victim, snatching a young woman from a nightclub and dumping her body like trash in the back of a cold-water tenement. He leaves no clues, and the investigation has led police down one blind alley after another.

DI McCormack has few friends in his adopted city and a lot to prove. A talented young detective from the Highlands, an outsider with troubling secrets of his own, Duncan McCormack is brought into the investigation to identify where, exactly, it's gone wrong. His arrival is met with anger and distrust by cops who are desperate to nail a suspect. When they identify a petty thief as the man seen leaving the building where the Quaker's last victim was found, they decide they've found their serial killer. But McCormack isn't convinced. From ruined backstreets, to deserted public parks, and down into the dark heart of Glasgow, McCormack follows a trail of secrets that will change the city—and his life—forever.

About Liam McIlvanney

Liam McIlvanney's first book, Burns the Radical, won the Saltire First Book Award. He is also the author of Where the Dead Men Go, which won the 2014 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel, and All the Colors of the Town. He is a regular contributor to numerous publications, including the London Review of Books, the Times Literary Supplement, and the Guardian. He is Stuart Professor of Scottish Studies at the University of Otago, New Zealand. He lives in Dunedin with his wife and four sons.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Stephen

First of all the copy I have has comply different cover, a boring seen of wet park bench with few trees & few flat roof houses in the background not like this much better cover. You know a book is going to be good when the author as both T.S.Eliot 's 'East Coker & The 'Silver Blaze' by Conan Doyle qu......more

Goodreads review by Ken

Loosely based on the ‘Bible John’ serial killer that plagued Glasgow in the late 1960’s. With so many crime stories set in the Scottish City, I felt that this was a clever way to try and stand out amongst so many other novels. Though the story was engaging enough, I found myself searching the interne......more

Goodreads review by Ceecee

4+ Who is the Quaker? Rumours abound in Glasgow of 1968 to 1969. The Murder Room at the Marine Police Station at Partick led by DCI George Cochrane are working flat out to try identify the killer before there’s a fourth female victim. The court of public opinion derides the police efforts so now ther......more