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Informationen zum Autor Craig Russell's novels have been published in twenty-five languages, four have been made into major films in Germany, in one of which he has a cameo role as a detective. He has won the CWA Dagger in the Library and the McIlvanney Prize (for which he has been shortlisted another twice), and has previously been shortlisted for the CWA Golden Dagger, the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger, and the SNCF Prix Polar in France. A former police officer, Craig Russell is the only non-German to have been awarded the Polizeistern - the Hamburg Police's Police Star. When not writing, Craig Russell paints, cooks and reads, but not simultaneously. Klappentext The third case in the Inspector Lennox series by award-winning crime writer Craig Russell Human remains are dredged up from the Clyde. They've been sleeping the deep, dark sleep for eighteen years. Suddenly Glasgow's underworld is buzzing with the news that the remains are those of 'Gentleman Joe' Strachan, Glasgow's most ruthless armed robber. When Strachan's daughters hire Lennox to find out who's been sending them cash every year on the anniversary of Strachan's biggest robbery, his instincts tell him the job spells trouble and will throw him back into world of the Three Kings - the crime bosses who run the city. But he takes the job. And soon learns that ignoring his instincts may cost him his life. Praise for the Lennox series 'The kind of thriller writing that made me want to be a writer' Chris Brookmyre 'A crime story that transcends the genre. . .This is storytelling at its very best!' Michael Connelly 'Tough, uncompromising and insightful . . . Russell has brilliantly captured post-war Glasgow and the vulnerability of those left to pick up the pieces' Michael Robotham 'Brilliantly sharp, witty and tough take on a hard city at a hard time . . . a former cop, Russell is Britain's rising crime-writing star' Daily Mirror 'A breath of fresh air' Sunday Herald The third outing in award-winning writer Craig Russell's 'Lennox' series, The Deep Dark Sleep is fast-paced, mordantly funny and totally compelling. Zusammenfassung The third outing in award-winning writer Craig Russell's 'Lennox' series, The Deep Dark Sleep is fast-paced, mordantly funny and totally compelling....
