The Harlequin

On April Fool’s Day 1983 a cruel prank goes horribly wrong and a dangerous seed is planted.

Ten years later, a more sinister joke is played and six people die. The Harlequin has announced his arrival to the people of Glasgow. As a young detective constable, Tom Russell becomes embroiled in a hunt that will dog his career.

2003, the Iraq war has just begun and The Harlequin returns with his own ‘Shock and Awe’ tactic by killing three people in the middle of a Glaswegian spring day. Russell’s...