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Exciting beginning to a new series and a new author to me!

DCI Lorimer has taken on a case involving three young women who are discovered strangled and scalped and left in a Glasgow Park. He turns to Dr. Solomon Brightman, a psychologist and criminal profiler, much against his wishes. He thinks that Dr. Solomon is almost too eager to become involved in these murders.

These are gruesome murders, with the antagonist keeping the scalps as trophies, reminiscent of the 1800 battles of the Native Americans.

It takes a homeless man to find the connections among the victims, and Dr. Brightman finds himself lucky to have survived an assault with his hair intact. When a news reporter and his photographer start turning up and releasing confidential information, DCI Lorimer goes ballistic and more people die.

The action was a bit slow, but steady, in the very beginning, but picked up rapidly the more I read. I particularly enjoy new series and learning about all the major characters. I think the back stories make for great reading .. and this one met all my expectations.

I look forward to reading the rest of the series!


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Never Somewhere Else Alex Gray 9781841953939 Books Reviews

On the front of the paperback edition to this book it boldly states that "Brings Glasgow to life in the same way Ian Rankin evokes Edinburgh" This is a disgraceful statement to be pointed at the good name of Rankin and the god amongst crime detectives John Rebus. Reading "Never Someone Else" can only be compared to viewing a rather poor episode of Murder She Wrote starring the ever youthful Angela Lansbury. The crime market is awash with wannabe Rankinists and yet seemingly the author of this story is a well respected and revered past winner of Scottish Association of Writers' Constable and Pitlochry trophies for her crime writing....whatever that is....

DCI Lorimer has been tasked with the unenviable job of unmasking a vicious killer who has mutilated and scalped three women leaving their bodies to be discovered in St Mungo's park. To help him understand the mind of the perpetrator he requests the services of psychologist Sol Brightman. Lorimer is probably the most characterless detective I have ever encountered there is nothing enthusiastic or appealing about him...and surely a DCI should be bold and charismatic in order to instil enthusiasm in the officers under his command. Even his English teacher wife Maggie finds him unpredictable and boring, they rarely communicate and she never knows what time to expect his presence at home...if at all. We learn little about the inner Lorimer, his interests does he like music? does he have a weakness for alcohol? does he prefer the company of other women? He is uninteresting and dull and it is surely only a short time before his long suffering Maggie departs in tears closely accompanied by a disillusioned reader! For crying out loud, dear author, this is the first in a supposedly exciting crime series and yet nothing is done to expose the mind of the lead player...leaving him as a dull soulless pathetic individual......you get the picture I didn't like him!

Any reader of crime will know that the villain will always make an appearance in the story before he is unmasked and it is always fun to try to second-guess this individual. It was a relatively simple process to successfully select the killer in such a poorly written novel. Undoubtedly the later books in the series will gradually expose the inner thoughts of" Mr very very dull and boring DCI" but I will certainly not be reading and will be planning my escape with the lovely perplexed Maggie...........
Greatly enjoyed this book. A few predictable plot turns, but I'm looking forward to continuing with the series. I have a feeling it will improve with each subsequent novel.
I just stared this series. Love Lorimer and Maggie. Ordered all books on my in order that they were written. Love following the path of the series. Always looking forward to the next book.
Really wanted to like this Scottish mystery but just could not manage it. The plot is okay if nothing new and the characters... well they just never seemed more than two-dimensional, missing that spark that lifts them off the page.
I was really excited as I read further and further into this first book by Alex Gray. I've always enjoyed the Ian Rankin series with Rebus, including the BBC show about this character. In NEVER SOMEWHERE ELSE, that same intertwining relationship between detective and psychologist/profiler comes into play wonderfully.

Detective Inspector Lorimer is an attractive, happily married man who spends way too much time investigating his cases, according to his wife. But that probably won't change anytime soon because of shortfalls in the Glasgow, Scotland's budget. Dr. Solomon Brightman is a well liked college professor of psychology. Though younger than Lorimer, he soon becomes a trusted associate as his theories seem to play out correctly in his help with police investigations. Unmarried, Brightman and intriguing pathologist, Rosie Fergusson, seem to have an interesting affinity for each other. This team looks to be a very interesting combination for many more mysteries!

In this book, women are being strangled with a bicycle chain, scalped, mangled, and then placed in St Mongo Park. Is this a serial killer, or someone wanting one girl killed without a motive being detected? The art world, journalists, photographers, and pedophiles all come into play as the police try to find this sadistic murderer before he murders again. I really enjoyed the journey with everyone involved, as the evidence and clues became evident within this book! Thrilled to have found this new series by Alex Gray!
This book took awhile to get into but once I did, it was enjoyable.
Scotish mystery writing belongs to a top of the craft.People like Ian Rankin, Val McDermid, Stuart MacBride come to mind. Their gritty , poetic language doesn't spare anybody.
Alex Gray's debut novel tries to accomplish the same. The result is a mixed bag.It is perfectly competent police procedural with an interesting plot, but it lacks originality. It seems like something we saw many times before. Of course, this is a first novel, and some of this foibles could be expected. I have the rest of her books, so we'll see where it goes from here.
Exciting beginning to a new series and a new author to me!

DCI Lorimer has taken on a case involving three young women who are discovered strangled and scalped and left in a Glasgow Park. He turns to Dr. Solomon Brightman, a psychologist and criminal profiler, much against his wishes. He thinks that Dr. Solomon is almost too eager to become involved in these murders.

These are gruesome murders, with the antagonist keeping the scalps as trophies, reminiscent of the 1800 battles of the Native Americans.

It takes a homeless man to find the connections among the victims, and Dr. Brightman finds himself lucky to have survived an assault with his hair intact. When a news reporter and his photographer start turning up and releasing confidential information, DCI Lorimer goes ballistic and more people die.

The action was a bit slow, but steady, in the very beginning, but picked up rapidly the more I read. I particularly enjoy new series and learning about all the major characters. I think the back stories make for great reading .. and this one met all my expectations.

I look forward to reading the rest of the series!