Death by Glasgow — Jon Breakfield

Shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Debut Dagger Award in 2012.

What would you do if you were the first female police officer in Glasgow with a PhD? Could you survive if you were raised in a posh neighbourhood of Edinburgh and learnt about crime from a book?

Would your PhD in psychology clash with your newly assigned detective inspector who grew up in the slums of Glasgow's East End and learnt about crime from the street?

Would you royally piss off this new boss of yours if you were ‘all about rules' and he was ex-Marine and ex-SWAT in America for ten years, and had brought back the aggression and attitude of a cowboy cop to Glasgow?

DEATH BY GLASGOW teams up the education, sophistication and brains of Detective Sergeant Fiona Lyon-Jones with the street sense, balls and gall of Detective Inspector Fleet Sharkey.

A double-barrel with a posh lilt, partnered with a bad boy with an impenetrable accent. Colliding cultures. Colliding accents. Colliding egos.

A marriage made in hell.

It's a week before Christmas. If they don't get their act together -- fast -- neither one will live to see Hogmanay.