The Turncoat
by Alan Murray
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Pub Date 9 Oct 2016 | Archive Date 20 Jan 2017
Description
Beneath the rubble of war lies a terrible truth
In 1941, over two nights, the Luftwaffe attacked the town of Clydebank, resulting in over 500 deaths, 600 seriously injured and 48,000 left homeless. Danny Inglis and George Maclean, officers in Military Intelligence, have the unenviable task of rooting out those German informants believed to be responsible for directing the assault.
By chance a random arrest may have identified a prime suspect but the man concerned is found dead before he can be questioned. What has the killing to do with the IRA and could the outrageous claims of the German pilot who just crash landed in the Scottish countryside possibly be true?
In a world where nothing is as it seems, Inglis and Maclean battle through the fog of war to uncover a brutal conspiracy at the heart of the countryís fight against the Nazis. With the freedom of the world at risk, the stakes could not be higher.
Here, mixing fact and fiction, Alan Murray delivers a brilliant historical conspiracy thriller, with all the pace of Robert Harris and the authenticity of Gordon Ferris.
Advance Praise
'Shades of John Buchan and Erskine Childers in this deft and stirring wartime thriller. Vivid, pacy, powerfully authentic...' Liam McIlvanney, author of Where the Dead Men Go
'Historical crime fiction, arguably the literature's most important sub-genre in our increasingly anti-intellectual age, does not have a strong tradition in Scotland, where contemporary whodunnits and howcatchems have long dominated the bestseller charts. Yet if Alan Murray's new novel - a WW2 thriller full of explosive drama and down-and-dirty historical detail - is as influential as it is intelligent and intriguing, The Turncoat may soon make a name for itself as a turning point in the history of Tartan Noir." Len Wanner, author of Tartan Noir
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781911332039 |
| PRICE | £9.99 (GBP) |
Featured Reviews
Vanessa D, Reviewer
In 1941, the town of Clydebank, is attacked, resulting in over 500 deaths, 600 seriously injured and 48,000 left homeless. Military officers Danny and George have the job of searching out the German informants who are believed to be responsible for setting the attack in motion.
They make an arrest, but the suspect is killed - suicide or murder, this is what needs to be uncovered and the death has occurred before he can be questioned.
What has this death got to do with the IRA and, could the claims coming from the German pilot, discovered in the Scottish country in his crashed plane, be true?
The two military officers have a battle on their hands, winding their way through the war and atrocities, to possibly uncover a devastating conspiracy during the country's war against the Nazis.
A brilliantly written story, partly fact, partly fiction. This story gets your mind thinking about what has happened in the past, that possibly could maybe have been a different ending.
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