The Last Victim in Glen Ross

by M.G. Kincaid

Detective Sergeant Seth Mornay and his partner, Constable Claire Gillespie, may be in over their heads when they investigate the stabbing murder of a woman whose body is found in an old graveyard and whose killing may be linked to an unsolved case from the past.

Genres: Mystery

304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published December 1, 2003

About the author

M.G. Kincaid's first trip to Scotland was made at the tender age of one, when her mother -- born and raised in Dalkeith, Scotland -- returned to visit her parents. Kincaid has since spent many family holidays in the country that was the inspiration for her Seth Mornay series. A decorated former Marine, she resides in northern Michigan and is currently at work on her next Mornay mystery. - See more at: http://authors.simonandschuster.com/M...

Reviews

[LJ · Rating 3 out of 5]

THE LAST VICTIM IN GLEN ROSS (Police Procedural-Scotland-Cont) - G
M.G. Kincaid - 1st in series
Pocket Books, 2003- Paperback
Detective Sergeant Seth Mornay is called to investigate the murder of a woman found in the local church graveyard of the vicar with whom she was a close friend. When Mornay learns the vicar's wife committed suicide a couple year's earlier, Mornay feels there is a link between the two deaths.
*** The main reason this did not rate more highly was my constant irritation of the author referring to previous cases and history yet knowing this is the first book in the series. However, the character of Mornay is interesting; dimensional and imperfect, along with his partner Constable Claire Gillespie. Even though I did suspect the identity of the killer fairly soon, there was enough going on to make me turn the pages and keep me involved. I shall probably follow this series to the next book, more for the characters than the plot.

[Margaret]

I enjoyed this mystery a lot even though I was able to guess the killer. I had not read a British police procedural for quite a while and really liked the Scottish setting. I thought the characters were well-developed and they seemed especially true-to-life with flaws and vices. I would read more by this author.