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Grab This Book review of ‘Cross Purpose’

22/02/201715/03/2017 Claire MacLearyReviews

Grab This Book reviews ‘Cross Purpose’: We first meet Maggie Laird when she is at her lowest possible ebb. Family life has been challenging of late as her husband had been forced to leave his job with the police after allegations of corruption. After scrabbling to make a success of a private investigator business we learn that…Continue reading Grab This Book review of ‘Cross Purpose’

Glasgow ‘Cross Purpose’ launch

21/02/201715/03/2017 Claire MacLearyEvents

Excited to be launching my debut crime duo Cross Purpose at Waterstones Argyle Street, Glasgow, on 23rd February. Hope to see you there!

Claire profile by the University of Dundee

01/02/201716/03/2017 Claire MacLearyNews

Author profile by the University of Dundee: Graduate Claire’s first novel published by Contraband Cross Purpose, the debut novel of creative writing graduate Claire MacLeary, will be published this month as part of a two-book deal she signed with Sara Hunt of Saraband under their Contraband imprint. The crime thriller has been a long time coming…Continue reading Claire profile by the University of Dundee

Coming soon… Cross Purpose

24/01/201721/02/2017 Claire MacLearyNews

The debut crime novel from Claire MacLeary, ‘Cross Purpose’, launches on the 23rd February 2017. Set in Aberdeen, Cross Purpose is surprising, gritty, sometimes darkly humorous – a tale combining police corruption, gangs and murder with a paean to friendship, loyalty and how ‘women of a certain age’ can beat the odds. Read more about…Continue reading Coming soon… Cross Purpose

Claire in The Courier

18/01/201716/03/2017 Claire MacLearyReviews

Author profile in The Courier (Dundee): Claire takes gran lit to a new level with debut crime thriller Claire MacLeary is proof that good things come to those who wait. Now in her 60s, her first novel, a crime thriller called Cross Purpose, the first in a series of Harcus & Laird stories, is to…Continue reading Claire in The Courier

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About the author

Following a career in business, Claire MacLeary gained an MLitt with Distinction from the University of Dundee.

Her Harcus and Laird series, featuring unlikely crime duo Maggie and Wilma, is published by Saraband under its Contraband imprint. Her short stories have been published in various magazines and anthologies.

A native Glaswegian, Claire spent her childhood in the Highlands and currently lives between Edinburgh and St Andrews.

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