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The first in the "Lennox" series, set in 1950s' Glasgow. When a body is discovered, Lennox finds himself in the frame for murder, and the only way to prove his innocence is to solve the crime. For fans of Ian Rankin and Stuart MacBride.
Synopsis
First novel in the Lennox series, featuring a shady investigator on the tough streets of 1950's Glasgow.
Book Details
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Publication Date:
29-Apr-2010
ISBN:
9781847249678
Guardian review
Glasgow noir
Laura Wilson the guardian Fri 10 July 2009
You can't get much more noir than 1950s Glasgow, where Russell's new series is set. Lennox introduces the eponymous hero, a Canadian ex-soldier turned fixer who, in the frame for the murder of wannabe bigshot Tam McGahern, finds himself tangling with the Three Kings, crime bosses who have - in some cases, literally - carved up the city's underworld and its members between them. Russell makes excellent use of all the hardboiled conventions: wisecracking voice, Tom and Jerry violence, neanderthal minders, cynical molls and the like, but, mercifully, he eschews the sentimentality and misogyny of Chandler and his ilk. Atmospheric, deftly plotted and especially good on Glaswegian insularity, Lennox is a gripping start to what promises to be a great series. Laura Wilson's Stratton's War is published by Orion
