{"product_id":"the-quaker-9781609455408","title":"The Quaker","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER 2018 MCILVANNEY PRIZE FOR SCOTTISH CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003cem\u003eWASHINGTON POST\u003c\/em\u003e BEST BOOK OF 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBased on true events, a “Dickensian crime novel” (\u003cem\u003eMystery Matters\u003c\/em\u003e) set in 1960s Glasgow\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is 1969 and Glasgow is in the grip of the \u003cb\u003eworst winter in decades\u003c\/b\u003e yet it is something else that has Glaswegians on edge: a \u003cb\u003eserial killer\u003c\/b\u003e  is at large. The brutality of \u003cb\u003eThe Quaker\u003c\/b\u003e‘s latest murder— a young woman snatched from a nightclub, her body dumped like trash in the back of a cold-water tenement—has left the city trembling with fear. The assassin leaves no clues and the police investigation seems to be going nowhere.\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuncan McCormick, a \u003cb\u003etalented young detective from the Highlands\u003c\/b\u003e, is brought into the investigation to identify where, exactly, it’s gone wrong. An outsider with troubling secrets of his own, DI McCormack has few friends in his adopted city and a lot to prove. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom ruined backstreets, to deserted public parks, and down into the \u003cb\u003edark heart of Glasgow\u003c\/b\u003e, McCormack follows a trail of secrets that will change the city—and his life—forever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liam McIlvanney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48170165403899,"sku":"9781609455408","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_859db721-aca5-40cd-8c05-c11d415b3924.jpg?v=1770635847","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-quaker-9781609455408","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}