01986cam a2200325 4500 405395435 TxAuBib 20191223120000.0 191119s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781609455408 PAP 18.00 1609455401 PAP 18.00 TxAuBib McIlvanney, Liam. The Quaker [BOOK] / Liam McIlvanney. New York, N.Y. : Europa Editions, 2019. 375 pages ; 21 cm. "A D.I. McCormack mystery"--Cover. A city torn apart. Glasgow, 1969. In the grip of the worst winter for years, the city is brought to its knees by a killer whose name fills the streets with fear: the Quaker. He takes his next victim - the third woman from the same nightclub - and dumps her in the street like rubbish. A detective with everything to prove. The police are left chasing a ghost, with no new leads and no hope of catching their prey. DI McCormack, a talented young detective from the Highlands, is ordered to join the investigation. But his arrival is met with anger from a group of officers on the brink of despair. Soon he learns just how difficult life can be for an outsider. A killer who hunts in the shadows. When another woman is found murdered in a tenement flat, it's clear the case is by no means over. From ruined backstreets to the dark heart of Glasgow, McCormack follows a trail of secrets that will change the city - and his life - forever ... 20191223. Gay police officers Fiction. Serial murderers Fiction. Serial murder investigation Fiction. Secrecy Fiction. Nineteen sixties Fiction. Glasgow (Scotland) Fiction. Mystery fiction. Historical fiction. Noir fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.)