Lennox a králové podsvětí – Russell Craig (2012)

Glasgow in the 1950s is a city steeped in crime. There is virtually no difference between the police and the criminals, and private detective Lennox, a tough guy who once served in the army, gets entangled with both sides. In a world of prostitutes, mobsters, hired killers, and corrupt law enforcers, he feels right at home. However, when he is hired to investigate the murder of the McGahern twin brothers, who have more than a small amount of blood on their hands, he realizes he has entered a game far too high for him. But there's no backing out now, and Lennox is forced to maneuver cautiously among three eccentric and quirky men who rule Glasgow's underworld. His journey to uncover the mystery of the murderous twins is filled with surprising twists, populated by gangsters of all kinds and beautiful, often fateful women, and at its end awaits certain death... This thriller by Scottish writer Craig Russell (whose novels Blood Eagle, Murders According to Grimm, and The Reincarnated Avenger have been published by Daranus) is full of tension and unexpected turns, permeated by the dark atmosphere of Glasgow, a city shrouded in eternal fog. The brilliantly told story will be appreciated not only by those who have succumbed to the charm of Raymond Chandler's novels, to whose legacy Russell pays homage in his book...