Newly promoted to the rank of detective superintendent in the elite Scottish crime squad, Colin Thane gets his first case when a hit-and-run victim is identified as being a top-end errand boy in the European drug scene. Some three million pounds worth of amphetamines have been manufactured in Scotland for shipment to the continent. Thane's assignment: find out where exactly the drugs are being made. He traces the operation to a network of whisky distilleries in the Highlands - and now the going gets tough. Furthermore, ...
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Newly promoted to the rank of detective superintendent in the elite Scottish crime squad, Colin Thane gets his first case when a hit-and-run victim is identified as being a top-end errand boy in the European drug scene. Some three million pounds worth of amphetamines have been manufactured in Scotland for shipment to the continent. Thane's assignment: find out where exactly the drugs are being made. He traces the operation to a network of whisky distilleries in the Highlands - and now the going gets tough. Furthermore, Thane is handicapped for he is without the help of his old colleague Phil Moss. For this case he has a new partner, a rookie named Francey Dunbar, and Francey just doesn't come up to the standards of the old school...Praise for Bill Knox: 'The expertise is interesting, the invention good and the writing literate and lively' - "Sunday Times". 'His plotting is impeccable...and he can build his books to a relentless climax' - "New York Times Book Review". 'Sound technical details...Thrills without frills' - "Sunday Telegraph". 'Always a thoroughly reliable, good read' - "The Times".
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Good+ to Very Good in Good+ to Very Good jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Some wear on lower board edges, yellow crime figure silhouettes label on spine under tape, d/j mylar covered and glued to pastedowns, pocket removed from back of rear endpage. "A Crime Club Selection" Red covers. 182 pages.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Light foxing on edging. DJ in Mylar. Mylar is slightly scuffed form shelf. Book never been read. Back DJ hs some yellowing on the white portions. DJ has price sticker on upper right corner front. Newly promoted to the rank of detective superintendent in the elite Scottish crime squad, Colin Thane gets his first case when a hit-and-run victim is identified as being a top-end errand boy in the European drug scene. Some three million pounds worth of amphetamines have been manufactured in Scotland for shipment to the continent. Thane's assignment: find out where exactly the drugs are being made. He traces the operation to a network of whisky distilleries in the Highlands-and now the going gets tough. Furthermore, Thane is handicapped for he is without the help of his old colleague Phil Moss. For this case he has a new partner, a rookie named Francey Dunbar, and Francey just doesn't come up to the standards of the old school...
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