The Counterfeit Killers

by Bill Knox, James Bryce (Read by)

A multi-million pound counterfeit fashion operation with money-making international connections has moved into the Scottish crime scene, and has prospered as it has spread. That is, until the arrival of a rival group calling themselves The Cutters, who have brutal plans to take over. The Cutters rule by fear. Detective Superintendent Colin Thane of the elite Scottish Crime Squad is given the task of smashing The Cutters. At first, he finds it hard to accept as a genuine priority -- he already has his own worries, from a mislaid bank-raid witness to problems caused by promotions within his team of detectives. However, he changes his attitude when two men are shot, execution-style, through the back of the head: and a woman who dares to talk about The Cutters has her face slashed and almost bleeds to death. The Cutters must be stopped. Thane's first real breakthrough comes when he and his wife are invited to a glittering rag-trade fashion show for charity -- but the Crime Squad are to be hard hit before the all-important answers come together...

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First published January 7, 1997

About the author

Also wrote as Robert MacLeod (westerns), Noah Webster and Michael Kirk.

William (Bill) Knox was a Scottish author, journalist and broadcaster, best known for his crime novels and for presenting the long-running STV series Crimedesk.

Born in Glasgow, Knox became the youngest journalist for a Glasgow newspaper at age 16. He went on to report on crime, on motoring, and to become a news editor.

He began writing crime novels in the 1950s. Knox often wrote under pseudonyms, frequently for the American market. These included Michael Kirk, Robert MacLeod and Noah Webster. He published over 50 crime novels, including several series, notably the "Thane and Moss" books.