The Devil You Know

Name: The Devil You Know
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Neil Lancaster
ISBN: 9780008551315

Author: Neil Lancaster

Series: DS Max Craigie Scottish Crime Thrillers #5

Narrator: Angus King

Unabridged: 10 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HQ Digital

Published: 03/28/2024

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural, Crime, Suspense & Thriller, Women, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

‘A tense and twisty thriller that had me gnawing my fingernails one minute and laughing out loud the next.’ Marion Todd A CASE GONE COLD Six years ago, Beata Dabrowski arranged to meet her lover in Glasgow and was never seen again. There were no leads… until now. AN UNRELIABLE WITNESS Imprisoned gang boss Davie Hardie wants to talk in exchange for his freedom. He knows exactly where Beata is buried, and he’s prepared to take the police to her grave. A KILLER DESPERATE TO ESCAPE But when the mission to locate Beata’s body is hijacked, DS Max Craigie is drafted on to the case. Someone is selling secrets. Max will stop at nothing to expose police corruption and uncover Beata’s murderer… Don’t miss the next book in the DS Max Craigie series! Fans of Ian Rankin and Marion Todd will love this utterly gripping Scottish thriller! ‘Neil Lancaster is one of the most exciting, innovative crime writers in the UK right now… Consider me a fan’ ‘This tale is with blue lights and screaming sirens all the way’ ‘Action-packed & lightning-paced with some of the best dialogue I’ve read. I’m a huge fan of Lancaster and he’s ’ ‘As hard as it is to believe, ’ ‘ wickedly clever Graham Bartlett ‘Neil Lancaster just gets better and better. This is , seasoned with lovely flashes of humour' Praise for

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ceecee on January 04, 2024

DS Max Craigie #5 The devils Max knows are the Hardie gang with leader Tam Junior still missing after a prison break. Tam’s brother Davie, also incarcerated, makes claims to his solicitor that he has information on a missing person case of sex worker Beata Dabrowski that is so explosive it will secur......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on February 04, 2024

Six years earlier Polish sex Beata Dabrowski went missing and never heard of again. Six years on, Davie Hardie is in castrated in High security Shotts Prison after a previous crime he committed that DS Max Craigie was involved in and wants a cushier residence. He is willing to give information to Po......more

Goodreads review by Kevin on December 14, 2023

Neil Lancaster is genuinely one of my most reliable authors. Each time I read his novels, he delivers a cracking read. This is book 5 in the DS Max Craigie series and, for me, the best yet. Although this could be read as a standalone, and the necessary gaps are filled in for those who haven't followe......more

Goodreads review by Karen on September 18, 2024

4.0 / 5.0 Only good words for this book and series, if you want a solid stable and reliable series go for this one- you won’t be disappointed. I’ve been busy the last couple days and unable to spend a lot of time reading but everytime I pick up this book- I’m teleported back into the action and tense......more

Goodreads review by Ⓢ on February 13, 2024

Whilst this is the fifth in the DS Max Craigie series, this reads easily as a stand alone. The Devil You Know follows Max and his team trying to crack a brutal corruption case. This book is absolutely jam packed with action, drama and some grizzly murder scenes. Its fast pace makes it an utter page t......more

Quotes

‘Smashed through it, top work!’ ‘Neil Lancaster has an unerring ability to keep the pages turning. And he’s produced another belter of a book’ ‘Breakneck pacing combined with devious plotting and compulsive narrative hooks you from first page’ ‘Yet again, Lancaster has knocked it out of the park, over the main road, and into somebody's back garden!’