Life for a Life


Published by Chicago Review Press
A brutal murder leads a Scottish DCI and his team to human traffickers and a terrifying killer in this crime novel by the author of Tooth for a Tooth.

When a young woman’s half-frozen body is found on Fife’s Coastal Path, buried in snow and with the remnants of a rope manacle around her wrist, DCI Gilchrist takes the case. But Gilchrist’s investigation uncovers a bloody trail of shootings and executions that lead him to the heart of a human trafficking war. Links to Scotland’s foremost criminal family, the Home Office, and a ruthless killer intent on expanding his territory pull Gilchrist deeper into this murderous web until he comes face-to-face with the most dangerous man he has ever met . . .

Praise for Life for a Life

“Book four in T. Frank Muir’s DCI Gilchrist Investigation series is a true crime fighting murder mystery loaded with action, humor, horror, and heart.” —Foreword Reviews

Life for a Life is one of the most atmospheric and gripping crime novels I’ve come across in a long while.” —Reviewing the Evidence

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