Acting DI Logan McRae's day starts with a jumper. The police are unable
to find the jumper's wife. Surely it can only get better from there.
Well, there is the woman who is complaining about her neighbour
decorating her tree with dog poo, and the drunk who, while staggering on
the pavement caused a road accident leading to road rage against him.
The following day, the wife of the jumper still hasn't been found, and
videos of the jump have gone viral. Later that day, the wife is found;
stabbed multiple times in the house of her lover, who is also dead.
But, where are the kids? Are they victims, too? Unfortunately DCI
Steel takes the case away from McRae's team. The feuding neighbours
escalate their fight, and the day after, the woman's 29 budgies have all
been nailed to her fence. He, however, has a solid alibi.
The next day, McRae receives a phone call from the female neighbour
telling him that it is all over. He rushes to find that the male
neighbour has been stabbed to death and she is in her own home, covered
in blood.
Meantime, McRae is in the process of selling his flat. Unbeknownst to
him, until after he has signed the papers, it has been purchased by a
crime lord for much more than its value. He now needs to keep an eye
over his shoulder for future problems.
Once again, author Stuart MacBride, has written a fast paced thriller
that goes by too quickly. I'm looking forward to the sequel.
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