Could the Sandman’s identity lie buried in the coldest of cold cases? Or is a new killer about to claim their first victim? They enlisted Methvin’s father, whom Bonnie and Clyde knew, to wait on the side of the road as bait. Then, they waited. And waited. Finally, around 9 a.m. on May 23, the police saw Clyde’s stolen Ford V8 speeding down the road. After compiling a shortlist of suspects that includes seven bestselling authors – all old friends of MacRae’s – Lomond and his team head to a Highlands crime writing festival, where the seven are gathering to remember their fallen friend. I haven’t read any of Andrew Raymond’s books before, so I was excited to read The Bonnie Dead, the first novel in the DCI Lomond Crime Thrillers series and it was brilliant! I sometimes find it hard to get into thrillers, but I couldn’t put it down and read it within a day.

Wikimedia Commons A photo of Bonnie and Clyde’s “death car,” where they spent their bloody final moments. The author created very relatable and engaging characters that I instantly became invested in. The Glasgow team gathered along with Lomond make up a colourful and interesting group of varied personalities who were unlike the usual crime thriller police stereotypes. Their interactions felt very authentic and I loved their banter. I particularly liked Donna and look forward to seeing more of her in the future books. In life, Bonnie and Clyde were inseparable. But in death, that was not the case. Though they had both expressed a desire to be buried together after they died, Bonnie’s family wouldn’t allow it. Bonnie and Clyde were both laid to rest in Dallas, Texas — but they were buried in separate cemeteries. On the evening of May 21, 1934, a posse of six police officers from Texas and Louisiana set up an ambush on a rural road in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. They were ready to take out Bonnie and Clyde for good.

The Bloody Death Of Bonnie And Clyde

When a child is abducted in similar Sandman fashion from an affluent Glasgow suburb, Lomond is brought in to find them before it’s too late. Still trying to figure what went wrong all those years ago, DCI Lomond and his team, after relentless and desperate investigations, will come up with new evidence and some more skeletons will be found connected to the Sandman.

Storytelling is marvellous, the story is well structured and executed, but the characters in general are professionally very sound but personally somewhat shallow, and that last bit is my only small complaint about this story as a whole. Soon afterward, their life of crime began in earnest, as the duo started committing several robberies together. But before long, Clyde Barrow’s crimes began to escalate. After one of his accomplices killed a store owner in 1932, Clyde decided to go on the run. And he took Bonnie with him. So, loved reading this. Good story from the start. A few cliches but they are forgiven. (brooding detective, mean colleague, typical journalist a hole…blablablabla) the hero worship is a bit stupid too btw… never had that feeling toward any of my colleagues, no matter the size of the case they handled.As you can see the story is unhinged. While we have a sturdy build up of the main character and a very detailed description of Scotland’s cities and highways… the actual subject of the novel is left guessing. Almost like after thoughts they meant to work out later. The story bowls along at a fast pace with loads of twists and turns that had me guessing until the finale. And what a finale! Author decided it was a dirty ex cop: they find liters of blood, omg it is all so bad never seen before crime scene, with the blood and dna of all the kids in that residence. Though this was all cleaned up, yet they find samples ( that should very much be compromised) that they can analyze in a day . Also who writes bloody messages on a carpet (to start with in a darn carpet??) only to clean it up again? That makes no sense at all.

Upon seeing Methvin’s father parked on the side of the road, Bonnie and Clyde took the bait. They pulled over, presumably to ask him for help. To kill the infamous couple, authorities trained their sights on a known accomplice of theirs named Henry Methvin. He had family in Bienville Parish. And authorities suspected that Methvin, Bonnie, and Clyde would head to the Methvin house if they got separated. Five years ago, DCI John Lomond led the search for notorious Glasgow child-killer ‘The Sandman’, until personal tragedy forced him off the case. Now, with nothing but work left in his life, Lomond remains obsessed with the case–despite the nightmares it brings.

And after the murder of a man in Texas a few months later, another warrant was issued. A farmer who claimed to have witnessed the murder said that Bonnie had held the gun and laughed as the man died. Although the witness may have exaggerated Bonnie’s involvement, this changed the public’s perception of her. Previously, she was seen primarily as a bystander. Then, before they had time to get out of the car, the police officers opened fire. Clyde was killed instantly by a shot to the head. One of the officers recounted hearing Bonnie scream as she realized he’d been hit. The police procedures seem believable. Are they accurate? I couldn't say, not being a Scottish cop. But they're more convincing than most crime novels that weren't written by a police officer. Reading this book, I never once thought, "but why didn't he..." Cut off from the outside world at a remote country home, it doesn’t take long for the whisky to flow, old resentments to reignite…and another dead body to appear.

In North Korea, any literature not written by or about the leadership of the country is banned. Any book that doesn’t focus on the rise of the Party or that does not glorify the rise of Kim’s power is banned. This makes it difficult to imagine the other, whether the other is a place, person, or time.Scottish noir seems to be all the rage lately, with series after series set in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and the like. Some are good, some not so good. This book has to be one of the best. A stolen child. A killer stalking the streets of Glasgow. A troubled detective running out of time. From the bestselling author of Official Secrets. Hello? You are indicating that a paedophile succumbed to his urges 20 years ago…yet somehow there are 10 years between one murder and the other. It is said the man was fired for grooming! In an online chat but no one did anything, not even open a case AND his colleague knew about his preferences but didn’t even come forward then? How did he meet Sharon? Why did the collude? There is no history behind this… When legendary crime novelist William MacRae is found murdered in his Glasgow home, Police Scotland’s premier investigator DCI John Lomond is put on the case. However, the enduring legacy of Bonnie and Clyde’s story binds them together for eternity. People remain enthralled by this criminal couple’s story — their relationship, their violent crimes, and their bloody demise. And eerily, Bonnie and Clyde’s death photos continue to fascinate the public.