Set in the mid-1950s, his work makes use of the legislation and attitudes of the time, as one might expect. But he also looks back to the recent past, to the Second World War, and the after-effects of peacetime.
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Craig Russell: The Deep Dark Sleep (Quercus)
Although a strong sense of place is usually what anchors crime novels – and Russell is no different, choosing to make Glasgow the stomping ground for his Scots-Canadian private investigator, Lennox – it’s really the period that marks out his work.
