Raw Bone: A MacNeice Mystery

by Scott Thornley

In the third suspense-filled instalment of the critically acclaimed MacNeice Mysteries, Detective Superintendent MacNeice finds himself in the line of fire when two seemingly random acts of violence lead him deep into Dundurn’s seedy underbelly.

On a cold morning in early spring, the body of a young woman is found trapped in the ice of Dundurn Bay. The next day at dawn, a homeless man discovers a school teacher in a public park. Gagged and bound with duct tape, the man is rigged to an elaborate grenade that’s been set to blow if anyone attempts to free him.

Detective Superintendent MacNeice and his team are called in to investigate the two seemingly unrelated crimes, and quickly find themselves venturing into the dive bars and rooming houses of Dundurn, where Irish immigrants rub elbows with mercenaries and the city’s criminal underclass….

372 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 26, 2018

Reviews

[Garth Simpson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fabulous.

This guys characters and plots are excellent. The whole series is compulsively readable.
Be sure to read them soon.
Bravo.