Parallel Lines -

Parallel Lines

A DS Thoroughgood Thriller

By R. J. Mitchell

ISBN: 9781913230111

The first book in the acclaimed DS Thorouhgood series of Scottish crime thrillers, Parallel Line is the story of a deadly rivalry on both sides of the law.

With criminal rival and would-be underworld kingpin Declan Meehcan on the verge of controlling Glasgow’s lucrative illegal drug trade, Detective Sergeant Angus Thoroughgood vows to bring him down.

Parallel Lines is the story of a deadly rivalry on both sides of the law. With criminal rival and would-be underworld kingpin, Declan Meechan on the verge of controlling Glasgow’s lucrative illegal drug trade, Detective Sergeant Angus Thoroughgood vows to bring him down.

An edgy and fast-paced crime thriller set in the seedy criminal underworld of Glasgow, Scotland, Parallel Lines is the first book in the long-running Thoroughgood series. With Meechan bludgeoning his competition into submission, seizing the city piece by piece, his conflict with Thoroughgood gets all too personal when Celine Lynott, the woman who broke Angus’ heart ten years earlier, falls for his nemesis.

Parallel Lines sees author RJ Mitchell drawing from his 12 years of experience as a Glasgow police officer to drag readers into the city’s sleazy underbelly to encounter the violent and lawless stories that can be found there.

“...Mitchell’s first-hand knowledge of what goes on behind the police station’s closed doors that sets the book apart. This is a real page-turner: once that plot is set in motion, like a car with its brake pipes cut hurtling down a steep Glasgow street - and that’s an image from the book you won’t forget - it carries the reader right through to its bullet-strewn climax.”

Alan Morrison

Group Arts Editor, Herald & Times

About the Author

Robert James ‘RJ’ Mitchell is a crime fiction novelist from Stirling, Scotland. His DS Thoroughgood series of books have earned the author many plaudits, and a nomination for the prestigious People’s Book Prize (2017 & 2019). Mitchell draws on his experiences as a Glasgow cop throughout his work, and still cherishes his first police shoulder number – D325.