Le diable de Glasgow

Synopsis of Le diable de Glasgow

«Le diable de Glasgow» is the historical crime novel by Gilles Bornais, published by 10/18 in paperback (352 pages, in French).

In 1887, Joe Hackney, a Scotland Yard detective with one leg shorter and a bad temper, travels to Glasgow for a robbery that turns into a double homicide. With the local police he uncovers a series of murders with rust marks, and his investigation takes him across Scotland after a nearly supernatural monster linked to Highland legends.

First novel by Gilles Bornais, winner of the Griffe Noire award for best French crime novel of 2001. Belongs to the Joe Hackney series.

For fans of historical crime fiction and Scottish legends of supernatural crimes.