Broadfoot’s Stirling set crime series comes to an end
Neil Broadfoot and Connor Fraser
There’s a crime author out there that you really need to get on your TBR piles right now if you haven’t already. Neil Broadfoot writes two series of gritty, raw crime novels:
Connor Fraser – A series of 7 books about close protection expert Connor Fraser set largely in Stirling
McGregor and Drummond thrillers – set in Edinburgh
Two series to choose from (for now….)
Falling Fast – which was shortlisted for the Dundee International Book Prize and the Bloody Scotland book of the year – is the first in the Edinburgh-set McGregor and Drummond thrillers.
So why should you read Connor Fraser?
The Connor Fraser, Stirling-set series, which begins with No Man’s Land and features close protection expert Connor Fraser, has been hailed as “atmospheric, twisty and explosive” with a “complex cast of characters and a compelling hero”.
No Man’s Land was also longlisted for the McIlvanney Award.
Now, let’s focus on the Connor Fraser books for a moment. Book SEVEN – Exit Wounds is out on May 29 and wraps up a series that has seen poor Connor put through the wringer more than once.
A quick guide to the series:
No Man’s Land Book location map
Book one
Connor Fraser, an ex-Belfast police officer is now working as a close protection officer in Stirling
Two very gruesome murders with possible political connections
Echoes of Connor’s past in Northern Ireland and the paramilitaries who operate there come to the surface
Locations – Cowane’s Hospital, the Wallace Monument and Edinburgh
No Place to Die’s book location map
Book two
Connor Fraser is drafted in to cover the security for a former controversial venture capitalist turned personal and business development guru
Reporter Donna Blake is asking a lot of questions…but then an old colleague of Donna’s is found brutally bludgeoned to death
Locations : Church of the Holy Rude and Stirling University, The spa which the main character owns is sadly fictional.
The Point of No Return book location map
Book three
A man accused of the murder of two Stirling University students has been released from prison
Connor Fraser is asked to provide security protection
But then a body shows up with the same MO as the two students. It couldn’t be the man that Connor is protecting could it?
Locations – Stirling University
Book location map for No Quarter Given
Book four
Connor’s girlfriend is injured in an accident. But was it deliberate? A message for Connor himself? or the girlfriend’s dad?
The girlfriend’s dad asks Connor to find out who did this. Duncan McKenzie is not just a father – the McKenzie family are known in certain Scottish circles. Duncan’s trusted lieutenant Paulie King has gone missing.
There is a LOT that Connor is getting mixed up in. Can he survive?
Locations – Edinburgh’s Leith Docks and Craigs Roundabout, Stirling
Book map of locations in Violent Ends
Book five
An unknown voice on the phone says he’s deposited £70,000 in Fraser’s account, the hire fee for him to protect village priest Father John Donnelly.
Oh but there’s a catch? The man is the one who’s going to try to kill Donnelly.
Let the cat and mouse games begin….
Locations: Bannockburn and Banknock
Book map of locations in Unmarked Graves
Book six
A politics professor was found dead on the grounds of Stirling University 40 years ago. There were tons of conspiracy theories but nothing was proven.
Now his son is back to find out the truth. But another body has been found…
Connor has a very complicated case to investigate this time.
Locations – Airthrey Loch, Stirling University
And on May 29, Connor’s story comes to an end…but it goes out with quite the bang…
BookTrail review of Exit Wounds
Connor is back in Ireland after a very close friend dies. He’s got troubles in his personal life so also takes time to reflect on that. However at the funeral, there are some unwelcome faces that he recognises….
You really want to be reading the author who Ian Rankin has described as ‘A true rising star of crime fiction’
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