Heads or Hearts by Paul Johnston
Maverick ex-cop Quint Dalrymple returns to investigate a series of gruesome murders in a near-future independent Edinburgh.Independent Edinburgh, 2033. The Council of City Guardians has been forced to relax its grip on citizens and the borders are no longer secure. Then a human heart is found on a football pitch. Maverick investigator Quint Dalrymple is called in - but before he makes much progress, a citizen s headless body floats down a canal.
Quint uncovers a link to the planned referendum over Edinburgh joining a reconstituted Scotland. But who is behind the killings and mutilations? Are the city s notorious gangs responsible, or does the solution lie with the rulers of Edinburgh and other former Scottish states? Quint must dig deep to save the Council from collapse, and to retain both his head and heart
Simon Kelly has 35 years' experience in the ICT industry in customer service, sales and marketing. He was Marketing Director for BT Major Business where he pioneered the move from 'product push' to 'value-based' selling and marketing. He led a canon of knowledge for the CIM on best practice B2b marketing. Now a 'pracademic'. he has developed innovative marketing and sales skills modules for Sheffield Business School where is is a Senior Lecturer. He is President of SHAKE Marketing Group, based in London.
Dr Paul Johnston joined Sheffield Business School (part of Sheffield Hallam University) over ten years ago. Prior to this, he spent 20 years in the gambling and electronic games industry. He served on the boards of several companies in competitive strategy, research and product innovation roles. Paul has recently been involved with a customer-centric services module of the Sheffield City Leadership Programme and a range of large corporate projects, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate student tutoring.
Stacey Danheiser is Founder of SHAKE Marketing Group, based in Denver, Colorado. Prior to founding her own consultancy, she had 15 years' experience as a marketing/sales enablement leader (including at board level) at large firms across cable, telecom, financial services and banking sectors.
SKU | GOR007474434 |
ISBN 13 | 9780727885036 |
ISBN 10 | 0727885030 |
Title | Heads or Hearts |
Author | Paul Johnston |
Series | A Quint Dalrymple Mystery |
Condition | Very good |
Binding Type | Hardback |
Publisher | Canongate Books |
Year published | 2015-04-30 |
Number of pages | 256 |
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