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EVERY NIGHT I DREAM OF HELL by Malcolm Mackay

EVERY NIGHT I DREAM OF HELL Malcolm Mackay Mantle (www.panmacmillan.com) £12.99 Nate Colgan is a name feared throughout the Glasgow underworld. Now, as “security consultant” for the Jamieson organisation, he has the heft to back up the reputation. Nate’s new job coincides with the murder of one of the members of the Jamieson lower echelon; […]

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THE SUDDEN ARRIVAL OF VIOLENCE by Malcolm Mackay

THE SUDDEN ARRIVAL OF VIOLENCE Malcolm Mackay Mantle (www.panmacmillan.com) £12.99 He’s touching the front of his coat, feeling the shape of the gun. Should have got rid of it. On any other night, any other job, he would. But this isn’t any other job. This, he intends, will be his last. Calum MacLean is determined […]

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HOW A GUNMAN SAYS GOODBYE by Malcolm Mackay

HOW A GUNMAN SAYS GOODBYE Malcolm Mackay Mantle (www.panmacmillan.com) £14.99 Careful on these stairs. That would be some return, falling flat on his face the first day back. Not the first time he’s been to the club since he had his hip replaced. He’s been haunting the place for the last two weeks. Letting everyone […]

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THE NECESSARY DEATH OF LEWIS WINTER by Malcolm Mackay

THE NECESSARY DEATH OF LEWIS WINTER Malcolm Mackay Mantle (www.panmacmillan.com) £14.99 Calum MacLean is twenty-nine years old and lives alone in Glasgow. He is a killer for hire, a hit-man who takes jobs to suit his own schedule and which allow him to minimise the risk to himself. When he accepts a job from Peter […]

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