{"product_id":"9781472128799-dead-catch","title":"Dead Catch","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe latest tartan noir thriller from T F Muir featuring DCI Andy Gilchrist and set in the picturesque town of St Andrews.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Joe Christie's fishing boat is swept onto Tentsmuir beach during a fierce storm, a man's mutilated body is found in the hold. DCI Andy Gilchrist of St Andrews CID is called in to investigate. But his murder investigation deepens when he learns that Joe Christie and his boat have been missing for three years. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe police pathologist, Dr Rebecca Cooper, retrieves a five pound note from the dead man's throat. Is this the killer's calling card? And whatever happened to Joe Christie? Cooper offers Gilchrist a clue to the dead man's identity - a scar from a recent operation to repair a bone shattered by a bullet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe dead man is found to have been on the payroll of big Jock Shepherd, Scotland's premier crime patriarch, and when three more of Shepherd's men turn up brutally murdered, Gilchrist fears a tectonic shift in the criminal underworld.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGilchrist and his partner, DS Jessie Janes, set off along a murderous trail where they  uncover a plot involving drug shipments and police corruption, and come face to face with a man for whom human life means nothing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRAISE FOR T.F. MUIR:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Rebus did it for Edinburgh. Laidlaw did it for Glasgow. \u003cb\u003eGilchrist might just be the bloke to put St Andrews on the crime fiction map\u003c\/b\u003e.' \u003ci\u003eDaily Record\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA truly gripping read, with all the makings of a classic series\u003c\/b\u003e.' Mick Herron\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eGripping and grisly\u003c\/b\u003e, with plenty of twists and turns that race along with black humour.' Craig Robertson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eDCI Gilchrist gets under your skin\u003c\/b\u003e. Though, determined, and a bit vulnerable, this character will stay with you long after the last page.' Anna Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gripping!'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeterborough Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40944098902113,"sku":"9781472128799","price":9.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27614791.jpg?v=1721970454","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781472128799-dead-catch","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}