The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE recommends an impressive impersonation of Bob Dylan
Crime fiction with Mat Coward: May 21, 2024
Dodgy deals in Fife, trouble in Tinseltown, London Chinese, and traps for ex-pats
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews Here, Vermiglio, William Tell and Wolf Man
New releases from Thorpe and Morrison, Daria Kulesh, and Will Finn and Rosie Calvert
RINA ARYA confronts the brutal operation of Francis Bacon’s approach to portraiture
Emphasising his continuous engagement in labour movement struggles, ALISTAIR FINDLAY salutes John Foster’s contribution as activist, strategist, intellectual and defender of the Morning Star
ANDY MIAH advocates the use of AI to assist people by expanding access to global literature and culture
EWAN KOTZ relishes a veteran Glasgow band that have lost none of their verve for live performance
THE last surviving boss of one of Scotland’s premier crime families says he’s ready to do a deal, in The Devil You Know by Neil Lancaster (HQ, £16.99) — the location of a body from a long unsolved murder in exchange for transfer to a safer prison.
But DS Max Craigie and his colleagues in the Fife-based anti-corruption unit know there must be more to this than meets the eye: no Hardie ever helps the polis — that rule is part of their DNA. Can Max find out what he’s up to in time to stop it?
Endearingly eccentric characters, tense action and lots of lovely, authentic detail for the procedure fan explain why this series is rapidly picking up readers.
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