The Meating Room

When the body of Thomas Magner s business partner is found dead in his car on the outskirts of Anstruther, all evidence points to suicide. And Magner himself, a wealthy property developer, is currently under investigation for a series of alleged rapes from thirty years ago.

In total fifteen women are prepared to go to court to testify against Magner but one by one they inexplicably withdraw their complaints until only five remain. With the CPS now reconsidering its case, one of Magner s accusers is killed in a hit-and-run and the abandoned car is found to be registered to one T Magner.

DCI Andy Gilchrist is assigned to the hit-and-run case and soon discovers that Magner s murky past is very much seeping into the present. How did he acquire his wealth? How his first wife die? And why did his business partner commit suicide?

And was Magner a serial rapist in his youth? Or was he something far worse?

Praise for T.F. Muir:

Rebus did it for Edinburgh. Laidlaw did it for Glasgow. Gilchrist might just be the bloke to put St Andrews on the crime fiction map. Daily Record

A bright new recruit to the swelling army of Scots crime writers. Quintin Jardine

Gripping and grisly, with plenty of twists and turns that race along with black humour. Craig Robertson

Gilchrist is intriguing, bleak and vulnerable if I were living in St Andrews I d sleep with the lights on. Anna Smith

Born in Glasgow and now a dual UK/US citizen, T.F. Muir is a crime novelist with five books of his DCI Andy Gilchrist series published - the first, Eye for an Eye, won the Pitlochry Award for the best crime novel by an unpublished writer. He is now working on his next Andy Gilchrist novel, another story suffused with dark alleyways, cobbled streets and all things gruesome.

Past crimes never really fade from memory . . . When Thomas Magner's business partner is found dead in his own car on the outskirts of Anstruther, all evidence points to suicide. Meanwhile, Magner himself, a wealthy property developer, is under investigation for a series of alleged rapes from thirty years ago. In total fifteen women are prepared to go to court to testify against Magner, but one by one they withdraw their complaints without explanation until only five remain. With the CPS now reconsidering its case, one of Magner's accusers is killed in a hit-and-run. The car used in the crime is discovered abandoned - and registered to one T Magner. DCI Andy Gilchrist is assigned to the hit-and-run case and soon discovers that Magner's murky past is very much seeping into the present. How did he acquire his wealth? How did his first wife die? And why did his business partner commit suicide? And was Magner a serial rapist in his youth? Or was he something far worse . . . 'Rebus did it for Edinburgh. Laidlaw did it for Glasgow. Gilchrist might just be the bloke to put St Andrews on the crime fiction map.' Daily Record 'A bright new recruit to the swelling army of Scots crime writers.' Quintin Jardine

When the body of Thomas Magner s business partner is found dead in his car on the outskirts of Anstruther, all evidence points to suicide. And Magner himself, a wealthy property developer, is currently under investigation for a series of alleged rapes from thirty years ago.In total fifteen women are prepared to go to court to testify against Magner but one by one they inexplicably withdraw their complaints until only five remain. With the CPS now reconsidering its case, one of Magner s accusers is killed in a hit-and-run and the abandoned car is found to be registered to one T Magner.DCI Andy Gilchrist is assigned to the hit-and-run case and soon discovers that Magner s murky past is very much seeping into the present. How did he acquire his wealth? How his first wife die? And why did his business partner commit suicide?And was Magner a serial rapist in his youth? Or was he something far worse? Praise for T.F. Muir: Rebus did it for Edinburgh. Laidlaw did it for Glasgow. Gilchrist might just be the bloke to put St Andrews on the crime fiction map. Daily RecordA bright new recruit to the swelling army of Scots crime writers. Quintin JardineGripping and grisly, with plenty of twists and turns that race along with black humour. Craig RobertsonGilchrist is intriguing, bleak and vulnerable if I were living in St Andrews I d sleep with the lights on. Anna Smith

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