Noughts and Crosses - Mcneill, Robert
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After powerful investors lose big, investigating a financial advisor's murder won't be child's play for a strained detective. DI Jack Knox's Edinburgh team are busy dealing with a series of violent rapes when a man is found murdered on a residential street. The detective splits the under-resourced squad and follows up the murder himself, quickly establishing that there is no shortage of individuals who would have wanted the man dead. The victim had secured private investments for NewTech, a video games company that fell foul of copyright law. A lot of serious people lost serious money. Whilst…mehr

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After powerful investors lose big, investigating a financial advisor's murder won't be child's play for a strained detective. DI Jack Knox's Edinburgh team are busy dealing with a series of violent rapes when a man is found murdered on a residential street. The detective splits the under-resourced squad and follows up the murder himself, quickly establishing that there is no shortage of individuals who would have wanted the man dead. The victim had secured private investments for NewTech, a video games company that fell foul of copyright law. A lot of serious people lost serious money. Whilst Knox treads on eggshells and traces the finances, the rest of the team led by his real life partner, DC Yvonne Mason, focus on the rape. They zone in on the perpetrator, but cornered and desperate, their quarry won't go without a fight. Ready for a quiet life, yet battered from all sides, will this be one blow too many for Knox? NOUGHTS AND CROSSES is the fourth standalone murder mystery by Robert McNeill in the DI Jack Knox series set in Edinburgh. The full list of books is as follows: 1. THE INNOCENT AND THE DEAD 2. MURDER AT FLOOD TIDE 3. DEAD OF NIGHT 4. NOUGHTS AND CROSSES 5. A VIEW TO MURDER 6. CONFESSION TO MURDER 7. DON'T CRY, DARLING
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Robert B. McNeill was born Edinburgh, Scotland. He took up freelance journalism in 1990, after spending many years in direct sales. His feature articles on Scotland, Scottish history, and World War II have appeared in many publications worldwide, including Compass, Scots Magazine, The Highlander and Hemispheres (the in-flight magazine of United Airlines). He has also written a number of western novels and WWII action adventure stories. Non-fiction books include a reference book on Edinburgh entitled 'Edinburgh Castle and the Royal Mile: a fully-illustrated guide to the Old Town's ancient thoroughfare.' Now retired, he devotes his time to his current interest - police procedural crime mysteries set in Edinburgh featuring Detective Inspector Jack Knox. He lives with his family in the city.