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A Burden Shared: The Dundee Murders First Edition
Author(s): Malcolm Archibald (Author)
- Publisher: Fledgling Press
- Publication Date: 9 Aug. 2013
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 320 pages
- ISBN-10: 1905916590
- ISBN-13: 9781905916597
Book Description
Struggling to find a connection in his investigations, Dundee seems closed to Mendick until an attempt on his life convinces him he is nearing the truth…
When Sergeant Mendick is sent to Dundee to collect a prisoner, he expects a speedy return to London but instead an unfortunate turn of events see him retained to help solve a particularly gruesome murder.
Within days Mendick finds himself leading the hunt for the mysterious China Jim who appears to control the criminal classes of Dundee through fear. Mendick’s investigations take him from the curling rinks to the foul closes of the disregarded poor, and the bed of the enigmatic Johanna Lednock.
More deaths follow and suspicion falls on a handful of men the elite of Dundee society, including Johanna’s husband and Mr Gilbride, a local ship owner. Each murder involves apparent cannibalism, shocking even the war-hardened Mendick.
Editorial Reviews
Review
The Skinny 22nd September 2011
It is difficult not to draw parallels between the author’s style and that of John Buchan, and the pace with which the chase scene and subsequent train ride towards the end of the book unfold certainly brings back memories of some of the Hannay books.
Review of The Darkest Walk
–undiscoveredscotland.co.uk
About the Author
Malcolm Archibald, born in Edinburgh and with a history degree from Dundee University, has worked as a lecturer and in historical research as well as in a variety of other jobs. He writes mainly historical fiction with the occasional venture into folklore and believes that history should be accessible to everyone.
A winner of The Dundee Book Prize 2005, he has published several novels among the most notable are Whales for the Wizard, Powerstone and The Darkest Walk. Malcolm lives in Moray with his wife Cathy.
