Part of Series
Death Department is set in a large Glasgow department store, where shoplifting is an inevitable cause of loss. But when the losses rocket skywards, the managing director senses that a highly organised swindle is in progress and demands action from the police. The mystery deepens when the head woman buyer disappears. Then two savage murders follow quickly on one another and every resource of the police is thrown into the intensive investigation.
Author
Also wrote as Robert MacLeod (westerns), Noah Webster and Michael Kirk. William (Bill) Knox was a Scottish author, journalist and broadcaster, best known for his crime novels and for presenting the long-running STV series Crimedesk. Born in Glasgow, Knox became the youngest journalist for a Glasgow newspaper at age 16. He went on to report on crime, on motoring, and to become a news editor. He began writing crime novels in the 1950s. Knox often wrote under pseudonyms, frequently for the American market. These included Michael Kirk, Robert MacLeod and Noah Webster. He published over 50 crime novels, including several series, notably the "Thane and Moss" books.
