Shadow Man
The first nail-biting case for DI Lukas Mahler
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'Shadow Man is a harrowing and horrific game of consequences.' Val McDermid
THE FIRST COMPELLING SCOTTISH CRIME THRILLER IN THE GRIPPING DI LUKAS MAHLER SERIES
Two sisters
Just before her wedding day, Morven Murray, queen of daytime TV, is found murdered. All eyes are on her sister Anna, who was heard arguing with her hours before she was killed.
Two murders
On the other side of Inverness, police informant Kevin Ramsay is killed in a gangland-style execution. But what exactly did he know?
One killer?
As ex-Met Detective Inspector Lukas Mahler digs deeper into both cases, he discovers that Morven's life was closer to the Inverness underworld than anyone imagined. Caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse, is Lukas hunting one killer, or two?
READERS LOVE MARGARET KIRK'S DI MAHLER SERIES:
'A harrowing and horrific game of consequences' VAL McDERMID
'Margaret Kirk's brilliant Inverness series is atmospheric and gripping. She goes from strength to strength. An absolute cracker!' CASS GREEN
'Tartain Noir at its very best' DAILY MAIL
'Harrowing...Be prepared to hear more from Lukas Mahler and his talented creator' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
'Dark and compelling' SUN
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
For debut thriller Shadow Man , Margaret Kirk constructs an excellent story of new beginnings and dangerously loose ends. Set in the author’s home town of Inverness, this tricky mystery sets a thrilling first case for former Met Officer Lukas Mahler. Moving to the Northeast Coast to care for his elderly mother, he’s soon assigned two high profile local investigations. A police informant’s life has been claimed in a gangland execution and a TV presenter, Morven Murray, has been brutally killed in a hotel. All leads are going nowhere, so it’s up to Mahler to prove himself to the cynical locals—and before his past threatens to derail his ambitions. Kirk’s entertaining Tartan Noir is further enriched by some intelligent political debate around Scottish independence.
