Acts of Malice

Your favourite Glasgow detective is back with a brand new case ''Move over Rebus'' DAILY MAIL ''One of the best'' LITERARY REVIEW ''Immensely exciting and atmospheric'' ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH ''Few have matched the sustained quality of her output'' THE TIMES _ DSI William Lorimer first meets Meredith St Claire when he is giving a career talk at his goddaughter''s school. The popular and glamorous drama teacher is distraught, begging him to investigate her fiance''s recent disappearance, but with a report already made to the relevant authorities, there''s nothing more Lorimer can do. Until a body is discovered on the outskirts of Glasgow. Guy Richmond was a wealthy and charismatic actor, adored by everyone. Or so it first seems. But as Lorimer and his team are drawn deeper into the peculiar world of professional theatre, they find themselves caught in a web of confidences and rivalry, thwarted dreams and ruthless ambition. For it seems the finest actors of all are those with the darkest secrets to hide . . .

Préface
The 22nd novel in the million-copy, Sunday Times bestselling series is a return to Alex Gray's classic procedural territory

Auteur

Alex Gray is the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Detective William Lorimer series. Born and raised in Glasgow, she has been awarded the Scottish Association of Writers' Constable and Pitlochry trophies for her crime writing and is the co-founder of the international Bloody Scotland Crime Writing Festival.

To find exclusive articles, reviews and the latest news about Alex Gray and the DSI Lorimer series, visit www.alex-gray.com.

Résumé

Your favourite Glasgow detective is back with a brand new case

'Move over Rebus' DAILY MAIL
'One of the best' LITERARY REVIEW
'Immensely exciting and atmospheric' ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH
'Few have matched the sustained quality of her output' THE TIMES

When William Lorimer gives a talk at his goddaughter's school, he is surprised to find himself accosted by a drama teacher on his way out. She claims her boyfriend has up and left, and that she wants William Lorimer to investigate.

Lorimer, thinking this is domestic dispute, decides this isn't for him. Until a body is pulled from the reservoir. But who could want to kill an actor on the cusp of fame?

Yet as Lorimer is drawn into the man's strange and glamourous world, he finds that all that glitters is not gold. In fact, there's something rotten at the heart of it, a darkness that Lorimer must root out at all costs.