Still Midnight is the first book in the Alex Morrow series by Denise Mina. Alex Morrow is a detective sergeant with Strathclyde Police in Glasgow but she is not your normal member of the police force. Her family has been involved with the local crime scene and her brother is still involved. As a woman she has a hard enough time fitting into the police work environment and Alex does not want her colleagues to know of this part of her background. Alex also has difficulty getting along with people in general since the death of her son. The relationship with her husband is practically non-existent.
The police investigate when an elderly man is forcibly removed from his home by two armed men and a ransom of £2,000,000 is demanded for the release of the hostage. The telling of the story alternates between the police and members of the family involved as well as those committing the crime. The account of the raid indicates that the two men are amateurs, definitely out of their depth. This is a story of a family with many secrets, not just from the outside world but within the family itself. It is also an account of rivalries within a work place. A fast moving crime novel with many layers.
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