Douglas Brodie Series by Gordon Ferris

Gordon Ferris was born and grew up in Scotland. His first love was writing, but he took the long way round to becoming an author. He now writes thrillers set in post-war Britain; a natural 'noir' period of rationing and violence.



The Hanging Shed (Douglas Brodie #1)
The principle character is Brodie, ex Army Paratrooper back to his home town in Glasgow as a civilian during 1946 on a mission to try and save an ex friend of the past from the gallows. The scene set during that period so close to the end of WW2 runs away with one's imagination where the Pound Note went a long way, communications not taken for granted as present times, no fax machine, no mobile phone and coastal transport of passenger car ferry propelled by paddle wheel. Bent police, Glasgow razor gangs are after Brodie and the race continues to save his friend.

Bitter Water (Douglas Brodie #2)
This is a declaration to the people of Glasgow. The police are useless and corrupt. We are taking it into our own hands: The Glasgow Marshals For Douglas Brodie, Glasgow's outbreak of murder and mayhem begins simply enough. A typical Saturday night brawl adds a splash of colour to the morning edition of the Gazette. But Brodie's piece receives a hot-blooded reply - the declaration of a new war upon petty crime signed by a group of vigilantes: The Glasgow Marshals. After his own stint at the Front, Brodie counts himself lucky to be back in his home town, paying his way as the local crime reporter. And although the frustrated, demobbed men of Glasgow are taking an eye for an eye, Brodie has some sympathy for their cause. So when a man is murdered, suspicion automatically falls on the Marshals, and the police are quick to agree. But for Brodie, this crime is all wrong. The Marshals stand for justice, not murder. Amid the heated clash of populace and police, a calculated killing has been ignored. Enlisting the help of advocate Samantha Campbell, Brodie begins to investigate the death himself, finding that of course the old saying always holds true: still waters do run deep.