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Christopher Brookmyre

The murder of a small-time Scottish hoodlum makes big trouble for two Glasgow detectives in a thriller that’ll “wake up crime fiction readers everywhere” (Val McDermid).

When a neighborhood heroin dealer turns up dead one fine morning in Scotland, no one is too surprised. Sleeping with a major drug trafficker’s girlfriend can bring around plenty of enemies. It’s no wonder that Detective Superintendent Catherine McLeod has plenty of early leads.

If only out-of-work actress Jasmine Sharp could get a lead. With a career in nosedive, she’s learning the ropes at her uncle Jim’s PI business. But when Jim goes missing, Sharp is thrown into the deep end. To find him she’ll have to solve his most recent case—and do it solo.

Following the trail quickly leads Sharp into the crosshairs of an unknown assailant—and headed down the same road as McLeod. When their investigations become intertwined, “Glasgow’s mean streets come alive … [in] one of the best novels of the year” (John Lutz, New York Times–bestselling and Edgar award–winning author).

“[For] fans of Lynda La Plante’s Prime Suspect series and HBO’s The Wire. ” —Library Journal

“Tough Scottish humor … leavened with Elmore Leonard-like flourishes … finely controlled yet exuberant mayhem. ” —The Christian Science Monitor

Atlantic Monthly Press

The Jasmine Sharp and Catherine McLeod Novels

Where the Bodies Are Buried

From “one of the funniest, savviest crime writers around” comes a midsummer night’s murder mystery that sets its scene in Scotland (The Independent).

For actress-turned-private investigator Jasmine Sharp, finding long-lost relatives for clients is a standard routine. But when a woman hires Jasmine to find her missing sister, the case draws her back into the world of professional theater—and the warnings to mind her own business are coming on cue.

Detective Superintendent Catherine McLeod is taking an interest in drama as well. She’s just been called to the Highlands where a prominent figure in the Scottish arts community has just been issued the worst review of his life: taken out by a sniper at an outdoor performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

As Sharp and McLeod’s paths cross, so do the secrets of the missing girl and the hot-shot victim. And they’re leading both detectives to a mysterious Highlands estate where a conspiracy of drugs, sex, and satanic rituals is about to reach a shocking climax.

“A true pleasure for all detective fiction fans—think Ian Rankin by way of Agatha Christie. ” —Michael Koryta, New York Times–bestselling author of The Prophet

“Brookmyre’s work shimmers with a sense of unfettered fun … I’m already looking forward to the next Sharp-McLeod outing. ” —The Independent

When the Devil Drives

“Gangland violence explodes off the page” as two female detectives cross paths in Scotland’s criminal underworld (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

Glasgow Detective Superintendent Catherine McLeod has one gangster in the mortuary and another, Glen Fallan, behind bars for allegedly taking him out. But fighting for conviction isn’t going to be easy. This case may be more personal for McLeod than she’s letting on. And Fallan might not even be guilty.

Private investigator Jasmine Sharp has a stake in Fallan’s future, too. The gangland enforcer once moved in the same dangerous shadows that her mysterious father lived and died in. And the strange bond Fallan had with her mother is something no one in Sharp’s family ever dares to discuss.

As McLeod battles her demons and Sharp chases her ghosts, these two very different detectives will ultimately confront the secrets that have entangled both of their fates—by descending into the Glasgow underworld where vengeance spans generations and everyone has a score to settle.

“A polished stylist who spikes his smooth wordsmithery with a quirky Scottish brogue. ” —Marilyn Stasio, TheNew York Times

“Should cement Brookmyre’s reputation as one of today’s top Scottish crime writers. ” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

The Jasmine Sharp and Catherine McLeod Novels

The Jasmine Sharp and Catherine McLeod Novels

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