Why a Booktrail?
2000s: To be dragged into Glasgow’s underbelly and find a body in a morgue that’s not supposed to be there….
Old Friends and New Enemies
What you need to know before your trail
The body on the mortuary slab wasn’t who Glasgow PI Charlie Cameron was looking for.
But it wasn’t a stranger.
Suddenly, a routine missing persons investigation becomes a fight for survival. As Charlie is dragged deeper into Glasgow’s underbelly he goes up against notorious gangster Jimmy Rafferty and discovers what fear really is. Rafferty is so ruthless even his own sons are terrified of him.
Now he wants Charlie to find something. And Jimmy Rafferty always gets what he wants.
There is only one problem… Charlie doesn’t know where it is.
Travel Guide
Glasgow
While you might not want to do the exact booktrail of this book (the underbelly of the city for example, there are some fine places to visit nevertheless despite how they are portrayed in the novel!
“On a Friday night in Glasgow, you might meet anybody; it’s that kind of place”.
The mafia had Omerta in the east end of the city and Rafferty owned the Tao.” He is oringally from Bridgeton who has done either good or bad depending on your point of view. The city is well served by hospitals according to the book and someone checks six of them to find someone
The Candleriggs area towards the green is nice although the squat stone box building where the mortuary is in the book is not so nice! The Glasgow Green area of the city is well known and great for a walk. Not usually somewhere you’d expect to visit a mortuary like in the book!
Loch Lomond
Stay in the hotel where one of the characters drives to in Loch Lomond:
Tranquil would be selling it short; serene was nearer the mark. Late afternoon sunshine fell across nearby fields.
On both sides, brown stone cottages with slate roofs stood as they had since eighteen hundred, owned no doubt by retired Sassenachs, delighted with the little piece of heaven that was theirs”
Booktrailer Review
Old Friends and New Enemies is the second book in the Charlie Cameron series. Initially I felt I had missed out as I have not read the first book The Games People Play and it took me a little while to get into the characters and the setting as I didn’t have the benefit of the backstory that had gone before in the previous book. However, as the book progressed I settled in, got to know the characters better, and it worked well as a standalone novel.
Charlie Cameron is a great character who I really warmed to. He has the right combination of being straight-forward with hidden depth which makes you want to get to know more about him. Mullen has created a great cast around Charlie in his friends which results in the reader feeling fully involved in their lives. I really liked the dynamics portrayed in the Rafferty family and Mullen has made the ‘bad guys’ gritty and two-dimensional with insights into their family and personalities. This always adds extra to the story as I always love to know more about the villains and their motivations.
Part of the #AroundtheUKin 144 books challenge
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Old Friends And New Enemies
Author/Guide: Owen Mullen Destination: Glasgow, Loch Lomond, Luss Departure Time: 2000s
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