Crucial Black — Colin Garrow

A brace of corpses. A bone-crunching machine. A new recruit.Now employed by an Inverness organised crime gang, former petty thief Relic Black is teamed up with hitman Ali McKay, the man he almost killed a few weeks earlier. As the team tidy up the loose ends after the shooting, gang member and bent cop DI McKenzie must investigate the disappearance of two people, knowing Relic and Ali have already disposed of the bodies.Meanwhile, Rebecca’s unpopular colleague DI Swinney, suspects her of involvement in the shooting. Knowing one of the bodies currently taking up space in the mortuary, remains anonymous, he discovers the man’s identity. Can Swinney uncover the truth, dig the dirt on McKenzie and regain his former status with the DCI, or will the gang step in to stop him?Warning - strong language and adult situations throughout.Crucial Black is book #2 in the Relic Black Thriller series set in Inverness, Scotland. NB book #2 is not a standalone – the series must be read in order.