The Lost Sister (J McNee Book 2)
Dundonian Detective J McNee dives deep into the underworld of Scotland's fourth city in this gripping sequel to The Good Son...
Mary Furst is missing. The teenager, god-daughter of local hard man David Burns, was a good girl with no history of trouble.
But when PI J McNee is reluctantly drawn in to the investigation surrounding her disappearance, he soon discovers that the worst lies people tell are the ones to they intend to protect themselves, and that old secrets have a way of impacting on the present.
The second J McNee mystery "begins to open up McNee's psychological baggage" (Library Journal, starred review), developing and adding new layers to the detective readers first met in "The Good Son".
Mary Furst is missing. The teenager, god-daughter of local hard man David Burns, was a good girl with no history of trouble.
But when PI J McNee is reluctantly drawn in to the investigation surrounding her disappearance, he soon discovers that the worst lies people tell are the ones to they intend to protect themselves, and that old secrets have a way of impacting on the present.
The second J McNee mystery "begins to open up McNee's psychological baggage" (Library Journal, starred review), developing and adding new layers to the detective readers first met in "The Good Son".
Selected Praise for The Lost Sister
"...an intense, taut crime story with a caustic PI. Not to be missed by fans of straight-up hardboiled noir." RTBook Reviews
"...snappily written heart-thumper." The Skinny Magazine
"Assured and uncompromising" The Big Issue
"Russel D McLean's second novel about tortured Scottish PI J McNee is a dark, downbeat, and wholly driven piece of intense writing that keeps you gripped from the very first page and stays with you long after the last is done. Slick and cynical, it confirms an outstanding new talent in crime noir." Zoe Sharp, author of Fourth Day
"...firmly rooted in the first person PI tradition with enough banter to keep the hard-boiled narrative cracking." Milwakuee Journal Sentinel
"...an intense, taut crime story with a caustic PI. Not to be missed by fans of straight-up hardboiled noir." RTBook Reviews
"...snappily written heart-thumper." The Skinny Magazine
"Assured and uncompromising" The Big Issue
"Russel D McLean's second novel about tortured Scottish PI J McNee is a dark, downbeat, and wholly driven piece of intense writing that keeps you gripped from the very first page and stays with you long after the last is done. Slick and cynical, it confirms an outstanding new talent in crime noir." Zoe Sharp, author of Fourth Day
"...firmly rooted in the first person PI tradition with enough banter to keep the hard-boiled narrative cracking." Milwakuee Journal Sentinel
