The Lost Sister (J McNee #2)
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Publisher Description
Dundonian Detective J McNee dives deep into the underworld of Scotland's fourth city in this gripping sequel to The Good Son...
Mary Furst is missing. The teenager, god-daughter of local hard man David Burns, was a good girl with no history of trouble.
But when PI J McNee is reluctantly drawn in to the investigation surrounding her disappearance, he soon discovers that the worst lies people tell are the ones to they intend to protect themselves, and that old secrets have a way of impacting on the present.
The second J McNee mystery "begins to open up McNee's psychological baggage" (Library Journal, starred review), developing and adding new layers to the detective readers first met in "The Good Son".
Praise for The Lost Sister and Russel D McLean
"...an intense, taut crime story with a caustic PI. Not to be missed by fans of straight-up hardboiled noir." RTBook Reviews
"...snappily written heart-thumper." The Skinny Magazine
"Assured and uncompromising" The Big Issue
About the author
Russel D McLean is the author of five novels featuring Dundonian PI, J McNee, and two standalone noir novels: And When I Die, and Ed's Dead, the latter of which has been translated into French and German. His debut novel was nominated for a Shamus Award by the Private Eye Writers of America. His short stories have been published in a variety of magazines and anthologies. When not writing, he works as a freelance editor, and occasionally teaches masterclasses in creative writing. visit his website at russeldmcleanbooks.com, or follow him on Twitter @russeldmclean.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In McLean's solid follow-up to The Good Son (2009), Scottish PI J. McNee, an ex-copper with copious professional and personal baggage, agrees to help a reporter friend who's covering the disappearance of 14-year-old Mary Furst. When McNee discovers that Mary's godfather is David Burns, a well-known Dundee criminal whom he'd tangled with in Son, he decides to back off the case, much to the surprise of his longtime friend and police confidante, Det. Constable Susan Bright. Yet something about Mary touches McNee, and when Wickes, a Glaswegian PI, contacts him with a possible lead, McNee is back on the case. With alliances shifting constantly, McNee must decide whom to trust: a fellow PI with a hair-trigger temper and an obvious emotional attachment to the case, or the police, in particular Bright. While McLean's sophomore effort is more nuanced than its predecessor, McNee still needs something extra to set him apart from the brooding PI pack.
