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    House of Dust

    By Paul Johnston

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    April, 2028, and independent Edinburgh is facing a mounting crime wave. Experts from the utopian university-state of New Oxford recommend an extreme deterrent – a maximum security prison alongside the central tourist zone. At the prison opening ceremony, the unthinkable happens – an Edinburgh guardian is shot. Having linked New Oxford to the assassination, maverick investigator Quintilian Dalrymple travels there to close the case. Once there, he discovers evidence of a ruthless conspiracy extending to his home city and the only way to stop it is to penetrate New Oxford’s mysterious heart – the place known only as the House of Dust.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSevern House Publishers
    Release dateDec 12, 2011
    ISBN9781448300471
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    House of Dust
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    Paul Johnston

    Born and brought up in Edinburgh, Paul Johnston studied in his home city, and at Oxford and St Andrews. As well as the Quint Dalrymple novels, he is the author of the Alex Mavros and Matt Wells crime series. He is a lecturer in creative writing at Liverpool Hope University.

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      This book is one in a series set in Edinburgh, Scotland in the 2020's after the world economy has collapsed into scattered city-states due to wars and drugs. Edinburgh is tightly run by the Guardians with the support of auxiliaries, who are referred to by their numbers rather than their names. The Guardians proclaim the city crime-free, but then hire Quint (Quintilian) Dalrymple to solve the crimes that occur. Quint is supported by a great group of friends and acquaintances who are interesting and well fleshed out. The series is amusing and entertaining. In this, the fifth book in the series, a visiting dignitary from Oxford is shot at, and Quint & his sidekicks travel to Oxford to try to solve the attempted murder.