Russel D. McLean
Author of The Good Son
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Russel McLean writes for Crime Spree Magazine.
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Crimespree Magazine #53 — Contributor — 1 copy
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- 105
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- #183,191
- Rating
- 3.4
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Set in Dundee one of the smaller cities of scotland, McNee left the police to become a PI after his wife died in a car crash. In the first story he's employed to investigate a brother's suicide, and in the second a missing daughter. There's lots of twists and turns and some unreliable witnesses. Dundee has it's own collection of gangs all run by one aging crime lord trying to put on a professional face. Linking both stories to the same people didn't really work, especially the 2nd where it just felt like a lack of imagination.
I've read far worse, but at the same time it didn't really shine. Had odd patches of engagement, but then we'd jump back into McNee's past or else he'd be again ignoring some current social contact and it would all feel stilted and artificial again.… (more)