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Thomas Hutton #7
Let Me Die In My Footsteps
A winter wonderland becomes a snowbound, claustrophobic hellscape
Detective Sergeant Hutton has taken a month’s leave, after inadvertently sleeping with the chief inspector. He is a few days into his stay in a small Highland village when the local police come calling for aid. A young woman has gone missing. Hutton, as uncomfortably addicted to police work as he is to sex and vodka, agrees to help.
The hunt is on for Alice Schäfer. Part-time Post Office worker, bit-part player in the low-budget vampire feature shooting nearby, and promiscuous lover with a reputation around town. Add in the curious case of the Lodge of St Augustine, and Hutton has to cast a very wide net.
Someone, however, does not want Hutton involved. Low-level threats quickly escalate, and the terrorising of Hutton has begun. And as winter weather closes in, and the villagers are trapped in a suffocating snowstorm, it’s not just Hutton who will be haunted. Blood flows, screams disappear in the night, and at last a killer will show her hand…
"A master of comic crime." SCOTTISH FIELD
Detective Sergeant Hutton has taken a month’s leave, after inadvertently sleeping with the chief inspector. He is a few days into his stay in a small Highland village when the local police come calling for aid. A young woman has gone missing. Hutton, as uncomfortably addicted to police work as he is to sex and vodka, agrees to help.
The hunt is on for Alice Schäfer. Part-time Post Office worker, bit-part player in the low-budget vampire feature shooting nearby, and promiscuous lover with a reputation around town. Add in the curious case of the Lodge of St Augustine, and Hutton has to cast a very wide net.
Someone, however, does not want Hutton involved. Low-level threats quickly escalate, and the terrorising of Hutton has begun. And as winter weather closes in, and the villagers are trapped in a suffocating snowstorm, it’s not just Hutton who will be haunted. Blood flows, screams disappear in the night, and at last a killer will show her hand…
"A master of comic crime." SCOTTISH FIELD
293 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 25, 2022
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January 24, 2023
One of my favourite series and one of the best in the series. No one has an internal dialogue like Hutton and that is what makes this book and series so great. He is very flawed, and these books are so addictive the plot is almost beside the point because he is such an entertaining character to read about, but the plot and characters here are pretty entertaining as well. 4++ stars
May 3, 2022
I think I'm a fan
I have to admit that I have read almost everything Douglas Lindsay has written with much enjoyment and eagerly look forward to new releases. My problem is that I don't want to get to the end, my other half always telss me I will reget it when I do, and I did. Thoroughly enjoyable, well written and a great read.
I have to admit that I have read almost everything Douglas Lindsay has written with much enjoyment and eagerly look forward to new releases. My problem is that I don't want to get to the end, my other half always telss me I will reget it when I do, and I did. Thoroughly enjoyable, well written and a great read.
December 26, 2022
Oh dear oh dear. Hutton and his sexual carry ons are really going to be his downfall! Having a little holiday after a brief fling with his superior, he is called upon to assist a charming policewoman in a small village.
He is helping in a disappearing young girl case which leads on to more sinister goings on. Another brilliant story from this very imaginative author.
He is helping in a disappearing young girl case which leads on to more sinister goings on. Another brilliant story from this very imaginative author.
December 28, 2022
Brilliant series
Just love Tom Hutton. It was a good story line which kept me hooked from the first page. Only 2 more to go
Just love Tom Hutton. It was a good story line which kept me hooked from the first page. Only 2 more to go
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