MURDER IN DARNLEY GLEN

<p><strong>A dead woman. A missing baby. A desperate race against time.</strong></p><p></p><p>It's a cold October dawn when Detective Lola gets the call. The body of a young woman has been found in the reeds at Darnley Glen park on the outskirts of Glasgow. There's a vicious wound to her head.</p><p></p><p>She's not been dead long. A shaken taxi driver insists he saw the victim just hours earlier running through the darkness clutching a newborn.</p><p></p><p><strong>But there's no sign of a baby.</strong></p><p></p><p>Then a 999 call. A local businessman reports his ten-week-old son was kidnapped at gunpoint by a woman matching the victim's description.</p><p></p><p>But why did he wait so long to call the police? Lola's instincts tell her he's hiding something behind the walls of his plush suburban home.</p><p></p><p>Time is running out to find the missing child - but the truth is darker and more twisted than Lola ever imagined.</p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Dark unsettling and steeped in the shadows of the Scottish landscape this gripping detective mystery is perfect for fans of J.D. Kirk Ian Rankin Caro Ramsay Marion Todd and Val McDermid.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>WHAT EVERYONE IS SAYING ABOUT THE<em> DETECTIVE LOLA HARRIS MYSTERIES</em>:</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>'</span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Whipsmart plots and a vivid sense of place </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>-</span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> everything you could want from a crime fiction series</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>.' Marion Todd author of the DI Clare Mackay series.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>'If you like beautifully written noir with a feisty female lead then these are for you!'</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> Caro Ramsay author of the Anderson and Costello series</span></p><p></p><p>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'This book was <strong>unputdownable</strong>!!' Sarah B.</p><p></p><p>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ '<strong>Terrific</strong>. The villain remained quite a mystery (ha!) to me until pretty close to the end but as always Lola gets her man.' Kathy H.</p><p></p><p>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ '<strong>Wow! Fantastic read!!</strong> This book had a bit of everything . . . kept me glued to my kindle!' Debbie B.</p><p></p><p>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ '<strong>Loved this</strong>.' Susan M.</p><p></p><p>⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'If you need someone fearless and tenacious she's the detective for you.' Christina M.</p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>MEET THE DETECTIVE</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Lola Harris a former hairdresser is able to get people to trust her at their most vulnerable. She can pierce the toughest facade asking questions that get to the heart of the matter. But she knows she can play it mumsy when she needs to. She drinks too much coffee and likes a Bacardi and Coke though she tries not to drink because it makes her maudlin about her useless ex Joe.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>THE SETTING</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Glasgow is a city of many different faces from gritty and unsettling to modern and slick. It rains a lot: clouds make a lid over the city and citizens hunch as they hurry about their business. Still people are very friendly and like a good time.</span></p>