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    Vermin

    By Bill Graham

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    Meet Allan Linton ... a detective with a difference.

    It’s not exactly L.A. But dead bodies are the same wherever they turn up.

    Allan Linton became a private detective by pure chance. He may not follow the rules, but he always gets the job done. Until he's hired to track down a missing girl.

    All he's got to go on is an old photo and the help – and hindrance – of the city's biggest drug dealer and his eccentric associate Niddrie.

    Linton's investigation yields no trace of Tina Lamont. He's ready to throw in the towel – after all, some people want to be missing. But when a dead body turns up in London, it's clear there’s something sinister going on. And now others are on Tina's trail ...

    Tina ran away for a reason – and that reason will stop at nothing to find her.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBlack & White Publishing
    Release dateJul 19, 2018
    ISBN9781785302107
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    Bill Graham

    William A. Graham was born and raised in the west end of Dundee. He worked for a large publishing company based in Dundee for more than thirty years, mostly editing children’s comics. As an avid reader of American crime fiction, there was only one kind of book he wanted to write. William now lives in Carnoustie with his wife and two Jack Russell terriers.

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    • 4/5
      I liked this book. It is set in Dundee Scotland and I often looked up places on Google Maps to get a feel for the setting. Allen is a reporter turned private investigator. A well dressed nervous gentleman hires him to find a missing school girl and the mystery begins. The characters are likeable if a bit one dimensional. The main character, Allan, is the only one we get to know well. He is a good detective but not a great one but he has a lot of friends willing to help him out. He solves cases and earns the loyalty of those he helps. I liked this book but think the other characters need a little more polish. I never got a sense of what went wrong with Allen’s marriage or what the story was with his business partner. It just seemed a little lacking in detail. The story is mostly told in first person and it jumps back and forth in time. I know that it’s to explain relationships but it is a bit choppy and drags in some places. I was almost put off the whole book entirely when the first paragraph began describing a man farting at a dinner meeting but the rest of the book made up for that unnecessary detail. Overall, I liked it and would like to see more from this author. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me an ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.
    • 4/5
      Excellent first novelI must congratulate Mr. Graham on this, his first novel. It is very well written and a pleasure to read.Allan Linton's career as a crime reporter was truncated, cut short, strangled, or some other negative verb, by the takeover of his newspaper by modern types who could not understand why a reporter did not spend all his time at his desk. After not very much thought he took a buyout and reinvented himself as a private investigator. We join him several years later. The firm is now called "Allan Linton and Associates" although there is only one Associate, an enigmatic but highly effective fellow called "Niddrie". First name? Last name? TBD. Niddrie is an unusual associate for a detective in fiction because he isn't a bruiser, although one thinks he could be in the right situations.The story revolves around a missing person case. A mysterious client hires Allan Linton and Associates to find a young woman known only by her fake name and a photo of her in a fake school uniform. Allan's reporter's instincts and a career of shady contacts stands him in good stead.I look forward to reading more of these.I received a review copy of "Vermin" by William A. Graham (Black & White Publishing) through NetGalley.com.