Grisly Procedural The Meating Room Confronts Readers with a Gory Crime
Debi Moore
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When we first heard about The Meating Room, a thrilling Scottish noir mystery from T. Frank Muir, one of Britain’s best crime writers, we weren’t sure how Dread-worthy it might be; but after being assured there are elements of horror that are integral to the plot of this police procedural, we thought it worthy of a mention.
The fifth book in the wildly successful DCI Andy Gilchrist crime series, The Meating Room: A DCI Gilchrist Investigation will guarantee sleepless nights and endless page-turning. Within the first 30 pages, readers are confronted with a gory crime accompanied by no small amount of blood; and the ending contains some rather horrifying images before our two investigators become trapped in a labyrinth with a killer.
Sound up your alley? Read on for a few more details on The Meating Room, heading our way April 1st from Chicago Review Press (pre-order here).
Synopsis:
When Thomas Magner’s business partner is found dead in his car on the outskirts of St. Andrews, all evidence points to suicide. Meanwhile Magner, a wealthy property developer, is under investigation for a series of alleged rapes almost thirty years ago. In total, eleven women are prepared to go to court to testify against Magner, but one by one they withdraw their complaints until only six remain.
With the Procurator Fiscal now reconsidering her case, one of the remaining accusers is found brutally murdered in her home. Even though Magner’s alibi is rock solid, DCI Andy Gilchrist is convinced he is somehow responsible. But as Gilchrist and his sidekick, DS Jessie Janes, dig deeper, they begin to expose Magner’s murky past and uncover a horrifying secret that has lain dormant for decades.
Was Magner a serial rapist in his youth? Or something much worse?
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