Peter Turnbull would later concentrate on a pair of detectives but in this first of his "P Division" mysteries he offers up a satisfying police procedural that's kind of a Glaswegian 87th Precinct novel. He juggles a fairly sizable cast of characters as they investigate a serial killer who's terrorizing the town in the midst of a bout of snowy weather. It's a capable first effort and, though new to me, the series is thirty years old now and has even been featured on British radio. I look forward to catching up.

(Reviewed:31-Dec-09)

Grade: (A-) Orrin C. Judd

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Peter Turnbull Links:

    -AUTHOR PAGE: Peter Turnbull (Tangled Web)
    -AUTHOR PAGE: Peter Turnbull (Stop You're Killing Me)
    -INFO: P Division (Utter Trivia)
    -BBC RADIO FOUR: P Division: Code Four One
    -REVIEW: of The Man With No Face by Peter Turnbull (Andy Plonka, The Mystery Reader)
    -REVIEW: of Turning Point by Peter Turnbull (Books to the Ceiling)

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