The Heretic by Liam McIlvanney

From the award-winning author comes a much-anticipated sequel to the Scottish Crime Book of the Year The Quaker?_? Glasgow 1975 A deadly fireAn arson attack on a Glasgow warehouse causes the deaths of a young mother and child.A?Police suspect it?_Ts the latest act in a brutal gang warfare that?_Ts tearing the city apart ?_" one that DI Duncan McCormack has been tasked with stopping. A brutal murderFive years ago he was walking on water as the cop who tracked down a notorious serial killer.A? But he made powerful enemies and when a mutilated body is found in a Tradeston slum,McCormack is assigned a case that no one wants. The dead man is wearing a masonic ring, though, and Duncan realizes the victim is not the down-and-out his boss had first assumed. A catastrophic explosionAs McCormack looks into both crimes, the investigations are disrupted by a shocking event.A?A bomb rips through a pub packed with people ?_" and a cop is killed in the blast. A?The cases are stacking up and with one of his own unit now dead, McCormack is in the firing line. But he?_Ts starting to see a thread ?_" one that connects all three attacks?_?
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