More grounded and realistic than many novels in the crime genre…
Crime fiction to chill you…
Well-written, and moves apace…
Have read all the DCI Gilchrist books, which were all great, but this one just beats the others…
What critics and readers are
Saying About Dead Cold
One of my favourite detectives and one of my favourite authors…
I love these books, and this latest one didn’t let me down…
What critics and readers are
Saying About The Killing Mood
Excellent read!
Fabulous writing keeps you wanting to keep reading!!!
Read it at one sitting. Looking forward to the next…
What critics and readers are
Saying About Dead Find
A real page-turner told at a cracking pace…
Muir has crafted another superb book in the DCI Gilchrist series…
Not to be missed, a thoroughly good read…
A delight to read. Can’t wait for the next one!
What critics and readers are
Saying About The Murder List
Amazing writing, superb characters and a setting that just makes you want to go there…
Absolute winner for me…
Scottish Noir on speed…
Packed to the rafters with tension and suspense…
Complex and authentic with a serial killer every bit as dark as Hannibal Lecter…
Written with a blend of grit and vulnerability…
What critics and readers are
Saying About Dead Still
A gritty graphic procedural…
Gripped me from the very beginning…
Crime fiction at its very best…
Gripping and entertaining…
Fast-paced and kept me hooked till the end…
What critics and readers are
Saying About Dead Catch
A plot with more layers and twists than a plate of sausage rolls.
One of the best, and darkest, of the tartan noir detectives.
A plot that provides more than its quota of thrills…
A book and a series to savour…
Gilchrist is fast becoming one of my all-time favourite detectives…
What critics and readers are
Saying About The Killing Connection
Extremely well written…
Perfectly judged pace and an engaging plot that pulls you along to a satisfying conclusion…
Will probably make you want to sleep with the lights on…
Well-written crime fiction with characters who are so real they step out of the pages…
An absolute must-buy…
If you are looking for a book you cannot put down, this is it…
Excellent writing and addictive from beginning to end…
What critics and readers are
Saying About Blood Torment
Gilchrist is complex, caring, and far less irascible than Rebus… and less sardonic than Laidlaw…
A compelling and intriguing mystery in which nothing is ever quite what it seems…
A book we’d highly recommend to all lovers of well-constructed whodunits…
A darned good story, and the plot has more layers than an onion…
One of the best books from T.F. Muir. All suspense from start to finish…
Another brilliant read…
Gilchrist and his team just get better and better…
Keeps you turning the pages…
What critics and readers are
Saying About The Meating Room
Simply riveting from cover to cover…
Muir is a master at building tension…
On the edge of my seat as the final bits unfolded…
This brilliant series has become one of the best on the shelves…
Gripped from start to finish. Can’t wait to start the next one…
Couldn’t put the book down…
Dark and grisly in equal measure…
Already pre-ordered the next book — can’t wait…
What critics and readers are
Saying About Life For a Life
Muir knows what he’s about… A truly gripping read, with all the makings of a classic series.
…it’s the best yet… pure fiction gold…
…possibly the best DCI Gilchrist so far…
…the grisliest DCI Andy Gilchrist novel yet… not for the faint-hearted…
Another cracking story from Scottish crime writer Muir.
What critics and readers are
Saying About Tooth For a Tooth
…the jaws of this book grab you, bite down and hold you in their grip.
…a slow burn thriller that is impossible to put down…
A clever thriller, tinged with melancholy.
A high-tension, fast-paced crime thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat until the very last page…
he 3rd book starring DI Gilchrist in St. Andrews, is a nail biting, all night read! I hated to finish it, as I did Mr Muir’s first two books.’
…I was hooked from the first few pages, and if it wasn’t for heavy eyelids would have kept
on reading all night!
What critics and readers are
Saying About Hand for a hand
Terse, dark, and ultimately very scary… Gilchrist’s failings and his subsequent attempts to reach out to his loved ones make for a memorable, draining read.
…steadily ratchets up the tension…
…steadily ratchets up the tension…
After reading this one, I fully intend to buy every book Muir publishes from now on. They are superb.”
I enjoyed this book even more than the first. The story is darker and more gruesome…
A well paced, well judged and very absorbing romp of a detective novel. Recommended to those who love the crime thriller genre.
…even more captivating than #1, even more plot twists for Gilchrist to dissect…
What critics and readers are
Saying About Eye For An Eye
The unexpected plot twists and the simple humanity of the characters ensure you keep reading.
A book which seeks to play with the reader’s expectations of what a crime novel is supposed to be.
A tense, fast-paced crime novel
kept me turning the pages and left me wanting more.
Difficult to put down once you’ve got into it, and that takes all of two pages.
A very readable crime thriller that keeps you guessing virtually to the last page.
…keeps you on the edge of your seat and guessing till the very end. Great book.
Pacey, thrilling, emotive and gripping to the last page. Strongly recommended!