{"product_id":"the-unseen-hand-and-other-t-r-dray-9798232526245","title":"The Unseen Hand and Other Short Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Unseen Hand and Other Short Stories\u003c\/strong\u003e introduces Fred Buchanan, an ex-cop turned private eye walking the rain-slick streets of Edinburgh. He's sharp, cynical, and unflinchingly tenacious - a man who chain-smokes Camels, drinks vodka straight from the bottle, and takes the cases no one else will touch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom genteel care homes hiding dark conspiracies to the backstreet pubs of Leith where old secrets resurface, Fred digs into the lives polite society would rather keep buried. These are stories of missing persons, forged wills, whispered corruption, and the quiet disappearances that never make the papers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Fred's no hero. He's haunted by his own mistakes, estranged from his wife, and barely tolerated by his sister Margaret - who keeps his business running while trying to keep him from self-destruction. Sometimes he finds answers. Sometimes he only finds more questions. And sometimes the city swallows the truth whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in a lean, hard-boiled style that echoes Chandler and Hammett but grounded in the grit of modern Scotland, this collection is a prelude to the forthcoming \u003cem\u003eFred Buchanan Mysteries\u003c\/em\u003e - full-length novels that will see Edinburgh's most reluctant PI take on cases that cut to the city's heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you like crime fiction steeped in atmosphere, with a detective who sees too much and says just enough, \u003cem\u003eThe Unseen Hand and Other Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e is your way into the shadowed closes and smoky backrooms of Edinburgh hard-boiled Tartan Noir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e T. R. Dray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798232526245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e T. R. Dray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.42d","brand":"T. R. Dray","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47474559680767,"sku":"9798232526245","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_568ef08f-eead-44ed-8ea8-c42526833b2d.jpg?v=1762317518","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-unseen-hand-and-other-t-r-dray-9798232526245","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}