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Two years after returning to the UK, Ronnie Glover has the perfect his own company, a luxury penthouse overlooking the Thames, and a girlfriend most men would give their right arm to be with.
But history has a way of not forgetting, and without realising it, Ronnie has become one of the most hunted men in the country.
When his company office is burnt to the ground and his girlfriend murdered, Ronnie starts to suspect his past may have caught up with him. The police want to charge him with arson and murder, but only Ronnie knows the truth; he knows who is after him - and why.
Ronnie fakes a chilling death and flees to Edinburgh fearing for his life. He takes a new identity that affords him none of the luxuries he once took for granted. But ghosts from the past are waiting for him in Scotland, too - a part of his past he knew nothing about.
Ronnie’s worlds come clashing together, and when they do he faces some tough decisions. Can he survive a life on the run? Can he get his old life back? Does he even want to?
Sometimes, you're better off dead.
But history has a way of not forgetting, and without realising it, Ronnie has become one of the most hunted men in the country.
When his company office is burnt to the ground and his girlfriend murdered, Ronnie starts to suspect his past may have caught up with him. The police want to charge him with arson and murder, but only Ronnie knows the truth; he knows who is after him - and why.
Ronnie fakes a chilling death and flees to Edinburgh fearing for his life. He takes a new identity that affords him none of the luxuries he once took for granted. But ghosts from the past are waiting for him in Scotland, too - a part of his past he knew nothing about.
Ronnie’s worlds come clashing together, and when they do he faces some tough decisions. Can he survive a life on the run? Can he get his old life back? Does he even want to?
Sometimes, you're better off dead.
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First published January 2, 2012
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Colin Galbraith
7 books11 followersColin Galbraith was born in Paisley in 1973 and raised in Bridge of Weir. After attending the Open College of the Arts, he began writing seriously in 1999. He lives in South Queensferry.
His website is at www.colingalbraith.co.uk
His website is at www.colingalbraith.co.uk
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April 26, 2012
"He always thought this day might come, he just hadn't expected it so soon. And now he was dead - Ronnie Glover was officially dead. The funeral would have been and gone, the mourning all but finished."
Ronnie Glover, multi-millionaire, womaniser and alcoholic seems to have everything in life and lives the ideal lifestyle. Or so it seems. After his girlfriend, Amy, raises concerns about being followed through the streets of London; and there is the odd appearance of a stranger in an unusual place; events take a sinister course, which culminate in Ronnie committing a gruesome crime and fleeing to Edinburgh. But on arriving in his new "hometown", he isn't as anonymous as he thinks he is......
This is a graphic, thrilling, violent but gripping novel that is responsible for me getting hardly any sleep overnight, as I just HAD to see what happened next! If you like the Steig Larsson books, you will enjoy this one. It's much more violent than the kind of novel I normally read, but the plot is very haunting, and I have to admit to yelling "Noooooo!" at Ronnie/Norrie several times when he seemed to be a bit lax in keeping his profile low. I loved the Detectives Lennox and Mulholland - real Dempsey and Makepeace-type characters. Also, being an Edinburgh lass, I liked the story happening in my city - although I'm not at all au fait with the seedier side of the place!
Well done Colin, a great novel!
"There's always risk. You just have to be slick to get ahead. Nothing more to it than that, mate."
Ronnie Glover, multi-millionaire, womaniser and alcoholic seems to have everything in life and lives the ideal lifestyle. Or so it seems. After his girlfriend, Amy, raises concerns about being followed through the streets of London; and there is the odd appearance of a stranger in an unusual place; events take a sinister course, which culminate in Ronnie committing a gruesome crime and fleeing to Edinburgh. But on arriving in his new "hometown", he isn't as anonymous as he thinks he is......
This is a graphic, thrilling, violent but gripping novel that is responsible for me getting hardly any sleep overnight, as I just HAD to see what happened next! If you like the Steig Larsson books, you will enjoy this one. It's much more violent than the kind of novel I normally read, but the plot is very haunting, and I have to admit to yelling "Noooooo!" at Ronnie/Norrie several times when he seemed to be a bit lax in keeping his profile low. I loved the Detectives Lennox and Mulholland - real Dempsey and Makepeace-type characters. Also, being an Edinburgh lass, I liked the story happening in my city - although I'm not at all au fait with the seedier side of the place!
Well done Colin, a great novel!
"There's always risk. You just have to be slick to get ahead. Nothing more to it than that, mate."
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