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Implements Of The Model Maker: A Captivating Scottish Crime Thriller (DS Thomas Hutton Crime Series Book 6) Kindle Edition
A body is found in a park in the middle of Glasgow. Arms and legs bound by strong, thin wire, small cuts made in the neck and the groin, arteries severed. The murder was surgical, the methods used fastidious and precise. Four days later, another body, another woman, a different park, the murder committed with the same surgical precision.
The city, slowly trying to emerge from the throes of a long, cold, deadly winter, is thrown into panic, and officers are called from all outlying stations to the centre. DS Hutton is given speculative leads to follow, people who might have known both victims.
And so it is that he comes to interview Dr Crispin Thebes. Retired art dealer, a man who sits at his workshop window by the Clyde, making model ships from scratch. Exact replicas, made with immaculate care. Surgical. Fastidious. Precise…
"An underrated writer with an eccentric, blisteringly satirical voice.” SUNDAY EXPRESS
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication date7 Jun. 2021
- File size1.5 MB
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- ASIN : B08V4S34VB
- Publisher : Long Midnight Publishing (7 Jun. 2021)
- Language : English
- File size : 1.5 MB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 294 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: 34,358 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 200 in Humourous Dark Comedy
- 277 in Lawyers & Criminals Humour
- 530 in Scottish Crime
- Customer reviews:
About the author

Scottish Field once described Douglas Lindsay as “a master of comic crime.” Readers should note this is because he writes comedy crime novels, not because he murders people while dressed as a clown.
He is the author of thirty-seven novels. His first book became Coen Brothers-esque film comedy, THE LEGEND OF BARNEY THOMSON, starring Robert Carlyle and Emma Thompson.
His series include:
• The DS Hutton & DI Buchan Glasgow crime novels
• Barney Thomson, nine comic novels and several novellas
• Detective Inspector Westphall – ‘Establishes Lindsay as someone deserving to be spoken of as a master.’ Shots Magazine
He lives in Somerset, England
Find out more at www.douglaslindsay.com and listen to the podcast at coldseptember.podbean.com. The podcast, COLD SEPTEMBER, is also available on Apple, Amazon and Spotify.
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Customers enjoyed the book's humor and found it a great read with a good plot. They appreciated the writing quality as fantastic and well-scripted. The narrative was described as insightful, descriptive, and a good puzzler.
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Customers enjoy the humor in the book. They find it insightful and humorous, describing it as the classic Lindsay Mix.
"...with Hutton's inner narrative threading through and occasional bursts of unexpected hilarity." Read more
"A really enoyable read with just a touch of humour. Douglas Lindsay's books have always got that twist in them." Read more
"A great read, well scripted, good plot and a true page turner. Funny, descriptive, insightful…..a great author. Enjoyed once more" Read more
"Droll, doomy, insightful, ingenious, hilarious.... The classic Lindsay Mix. It never disappoints!" Read more
Customers enjoyed the book's readability. They found it engaging with a good plot and script. Readers described it as an excellent novel by Tom Hutton, though with less drinking and sex than usual.
"Another terrific Tom Hutton novel, not as much drinking and sex as there usually is, but none the worst for that...." Read more
"A great read, well scripted, good plot and a true page turner. Funny, descriptive, insightful…..a great author. Enjoyed once more" Read more
"Excellent, up to the normal standard" Read more
"Brilliant sequel..." Read more
Customers enjoy the writing quality of the book. They find the storylines well-written and the plot engaging. The book is described as an enjoyable read with a touch of humor.
"Just love Thomas Hutton. What will be get up to next. The story lines are very well written, so many red herrings. A true roller coaster" Read more
"...Fantastic writing from Douglas Lyndsay once again, with Hutton's inner narrative threading through and occasional bursts of unexpected hilarity." Read more
"A really enoyable read with just a touch of humour. Douglas Lindsay's books have always got that twist in them." Read more
"A great read, well scripted, good plot and a true page turner. Funny, descriptive, insightful…..a great author. Enjoyed once more" Read more
Customers enjoy the narrative quality. They find it insightful, funny, and descriptive. The book is described as a good puzzler.
"...Funny, descriptive, insightful…..a great author. Enjoyed once more" Read more
"Droll, doomy, insightful, ingenious, hilarious.... The classic Lindsay Mix. It never disappoints!" Read more
"A good puzzler..." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 April 2023Another terrific Tom Hutton novel, not as much drinking and sex as there usually is, but none the worst for that. Have another couple of his books to be getting on with and can't wait for them. Highly recommended.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 November 2021Another gem from the pen of Mr Lindsay. The inimitable DS Hutton in fine form with more twists than a curly wurly. Never fails to satisfy.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 July 2021Read this far too quickly..and I rationed myself. A few pages at a time, trying to make it last. Even though I really wanted to devour it in one sitting. Sigh. If only the writing could out pace my reading I'd be a very happy woman.
No way I'm going to put a spoiler in here so I'll just say....
The "where-did-that-come-from moment"... I couldn't make sense of it. Thought the author was off his game... Shame on me! It wasn't supposed to make sense, until the end. You'll have to read the book to know what I mean here.
More please!!
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 December 2022Just love Thomas Hutton. What will be get up to next. The story lines are very well written, so many red herrings. A true roller coaster
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 October 2022Once again the author delivers. DS Hutton is the modern day copper we all need in our lives bringing the kind of satire and dysfunction to his profession we can only admire
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 August 2021As Hutton goes about his business of being a detective who has put alcohol in custody, murder goes on. Fantastic writing from Douglas Lyndsay once again, with Hutton's inner narrative threading through and occasional bursts of unexpected hilarity.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 June 2021A really enoyable read with just a touch of humour. Douglas Lindsay's books have always got that twist in them.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 August 2021Read to the end in order to assess how bad it would get! So much unnecessary swearing, long winded sentences, pages filled out with trivia. Unrealistic characters and poor plot. Dreadful read!
Top reviews from other countries
- MattyD - New ZealandReviewed in the United States on 28 June 2021
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
Another cracking read. The author knows how to keep the reader engaged. The character development is sublime. Already looking forward to book seven in the series.
- CashmereReviewed in the United States on 17 June 2021
2.0 out of 5 stars DISAPPOINTED
Really disliked this book, it is rare miss for Lindsey, but miss it is. Was a slugfest just getting through it. Seems about 90% of the book was spent aimlessly wandering around in Hutton's mind in pursuit of nothing. Just combing through his whys and wherefore and maybes. Little energy is actually spent on the murders. I buy a crime book because it's about the crime and its solving not the mental musings of the detective. If this is what we can expect from future Hutton books, I'll take a miss.