Ex-police constable and now taxi driver Blake Glover thought retiring to his hometown of Fraserburgh would be calm – until, while attending a local funeral service, he notices something disturbing: did the sturdy expensive coffin split as it was lowered into the grave? How could this be possible? Is there a cruel scheme taking place?
As if this wasn’t enough, one of Blake’s customers from the night before has gone missing and Blake is the last person to have seen him alive.
To make matters even worse, Blake is contacted by his old colleague-turned-nemesis, Mitch Campbell – now imprisoned in Glasgow’s HMP Barlinnie. Mitch is threatening to frame Blake unless he agrees to a dangerous request.
Torn between helping friends, confronting a past enemy and uncovering dark deeds, Blake is dragged into a toxic world of small-town tragedy and big-city drama. As he tries to untangle the truth, he underestimates just how deadly things will become . . .
An intricately plotted, twisty and clever Tartan noir thriller by Scottish crime writer Morgan Cry – perfect for fans of IAN RANKIN, VAL McDERMID, DENISE MINA and WILLIAM McILVANNEY.
The Fracture by Morgan Cry was published in paperback on 21 May 2026 by Severn House. My thanks to the publisher who sent my copy for review as part of this #RandomThingsTours virtual book tour
Morgan Cry returns with The Fracture, the second book in the Blake Glover series, and what a cracking read it is. Although this is book two, it works perfectly well as a standalone novel as the author gives readers everything they need while still rewarding those already familiar with Blake’s troubled past.
Poor Blake really does have a talent for stumbling into chaos. What begins with a strange moment at a funeral soon spirals into missing persons, old enemies, dangerous secrets and more trouble than any retired ex-police constable deserves. Add in a former colleague making threats from behind bars and you’ve got a story that has you constantly turning the pages for more.
The plotting here is wonderfully clever, with several threads weaving together seamlessly. Just when I thought I had worked things out, the author nudged the story in another direction entirely. The Scottish setting is absolutely perfectly depicted too. Fraserburgh and Glasgow feel vivid, gritty and completely authentic.
Blake himself is such a compelling character. Flawed, stubborn and often exasperating, but impossible not to root for. He tries so hard to do the right thing, even when life seems determined to trip him up.
Dark, twisty and packed with atmosphere, The Fracture is a hugely entertaining slice of Tartan noir. I really hope that the author continues the series as I already can’t wait to see what trouble finds Blake next.
along with a novella and a number of short stories.
Gordon is a founding director of Bloody Scotland, Scotland’s International Crime Writing Festival and also runs a strategic planning consultancy. He lives in Scotland and is married with two children.
In a former life Gordon delivered pizzas in Toronto, sold non-alcoholic beer in the Middle East, launched a creativity training business, floated a high tech company on the London Stock Exchange, compered the main stage at a two-day music festival and was once booed by 49,000 people while on the pitch at a major football Cup Final.
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