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Bred In The Bone: A Jasmine Sharp And Catherine McLeod Novel (2014)

by Christopher Brookmyre(Favorite Author)

4.17 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0802122477 (ISBN13: 9780802122476)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Atlantic Monthly Press

series

Sharp Investigations

review 1: I'm a huge fan of Christopher Brookmyre and I thoroughly enjoyed the first two books in this series. I felt this was the best of the three and a satisfying way to resolve some of the previous loose ends, red herrings and tantalising glimpses of the previous books. This recent diversion into more serious territory still contains the odd comic gem and some great twists and turns. I've yet to read a bad Brookmyre novel and this is another winner in my opinion.
review 2: Flesh Wounds – Brilliant Glasgow ThrillerPrivate investigator Jasmine Sharp in Flesh Wounds returns in the final book of the Sharp Trilogy written by Chris Brookmyre. Brookmyre’s use of the Glaswegian really brings home the Glasgow setting and at the same time this book ties up all the loose en... moreds, in a bloody violent ending. This is an example of the Glasgow Underworld clashing with the police and the occasional bent copper a shine example of the Glasgow crime thriller.Jasmine Sharp is still searching for who her father may be and as her mother is dead she is searching all the people that knew her when she was a lot younger. This will drag her real rather in to the midst of the murder investigation being conducted by the Polis into the execution of gangland boss Stevie Fullerton at one of his businesses. Jasmine does not realise that this murder will drag a lot of history up not only her family history but that of the underworld, bent police and cover ups and a wrongly convicted person in a murder. The murder of Julie Muir 25 years earlier officially had been solved but during this case everything seems to collapse especially when people start searching for the paperwork from the case. Officers are threatened to look the other way and close the case as quickly as possible.Detective Superintendent Catherine McLeod is the senior investigating officer who is also living in fear during the investigation that her past may come out. We see flashbacks of what McLeod has to hide and what it means to her and her family. The biggest question is will that history come out in the light of day.What we do see in this thriller is an excellent interaction of all the characters who are strong use of the Glasgow Patter which you can hear them speak. Through the use of language we can explore the darker side of Glasgow and that language brings forth some brilliant imagery, even more so if you know Glasgow.Flesh Wounds is an excellent conclusion to the Jasmine Sharp trilogy where we get the answers to the questions she has put to herself. At the same time we are sold a pup before finding out at the end the real truth as reader and Sharp can see what has been hidden in plain sight all the time. Brilliant novel by an excellent writer well worth reading and you will not regret it. less

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