Blood Runs Cold

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Blood Runs Cold | Neil Lancaster

May 2023 reading wrap up

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Mpcacher

Blood Runs Cold | Neil Lancaster

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I have become a huge fan of this Scottish police procedural series that follows a pair of cops that are charged with routing out dirty cops. The 4th in the series, it deals with forcing immigrant girls into prostitution and an Albanian crime boss known as the Surgeon. Some of the dialogue has Scottish expressions that are a little difficult to understand, but that only adds to the realistic feel of the story. I received an ARC from NetGalley. 4/5

lazydaizee I enjoyed reading this book too. 1y

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Andrew65

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This is outing number 4 for DI Max Craigie and his trusted colleague DC Janie Calder as they search out corruption in Police Scotland. On this occasion they are involved in the hunt for an abducted Albanian girl, Affi Smith, who was rescued from trafficking a few years before and has been living with a couple in the highlands of Scotland. As they search they quickly find evidence of information being passed over to the traffickers by police.

Andrew65 This book keeps up the very high standard of the earlier books in the series and it is always great to spend time with Max and Janie, as well as the rest of the team. Neil Lancaster has pulled together a great group of characters; I always feel like the highlands of Scotland is another character in these books, and for me adds another layer to the book, which makes me love them. 1y

Andrew65 There is plenty of fast paced action in this book, as with the others in the series, and the deeper the team dig the more corruption they find. Well before the end of the book I worked out who the main culprit wasn‘t but this still didn‘t spoil my enjoyment of the book. 1y

Andrew65 Overall the series has developed into a must read series for me and a favourite series. If you like high quality crime fiction I would definitely recommend the book which can be read as a standalone, but I also recommend the series. A five star read for me and I look forward to the next outing for Max and his team.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
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Lizzie69

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This sounded so exciting and it didn't disappoint.
Affi Dusku has had a terrible history.
She was part of a human trafficking gang but luckily escaped and is now living in Scotland.
But the gang has found her.
She goes out for a run on her fifteenth birthday and doesn't return.
Her Foster parents contact the police and a search ensues and given her background the threat is taken very seriously.
She has successfully broken away until now.

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