Jack-in-the-Box

Name: Jack-in-the-Box
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ISBN: 9781846977176

A D.I. Lomond Thriller

Pat Black

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Polygon
01 June 2026

Fiction & Literature; Crime & Mystery; Thriller & suspense

Series: D.I. Lomond

Home can be the most dangerous place.

They had cameras, alarms, lights, even guard dogs. They had storm doors and locks on their windows. They knew martial arts, they had knives to hand, and one of them even had a gun. And he still got in...

A terrifying killer is haunting Glasgow's affluent suburbs

invading homes and smothering people left on their own. The tabloids have a name for the murderer based on his method of folding the bodies into tiny spaces, as well as his uncanny knack of seemingly springing out of nowhere: Jack-in-the-Box.

Inspector Lomond has an impossible case to crack. The houses involved have state-of-the-art security systems and were all securely locked at the time of death. There is no evidence of forced entry, and video footage shows no sign of any intruders. How is he getting in? How is he getting out? And who will be next?

'Pat Black has breathed new life into the police procedural in To Pay the Ferryman, the first novel in what promises to be a highly entertaining series'

Mark Sanderson, The Sunday Times

By: Pat Black
Imprint: Polygon
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 230g
ISBN: 9781846977176
ISBN 10: 1846977177
Series: D.I. Lomond
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 01 June 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Pat Blackis a journalist and the author of several thrillers published by Head of Zeus, including The Familyand The Winter House. He has been published in magazines including Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. Pat was born and raised in Glasgow but now lives in Yorkshire with his wife and children.

Reviews for Jack-in-the-Box: A D.I. Lomond Thriller

'Another in his excellent, blunt, Glasgow-set DCI Lomond stories . . . the setting and plot were excellent, with a Glasgow of newly-minted houses as well as dereliction, gangsters and disrupted families, police rifts and rubbish food. An impressive work' -- Jeremy Black * The Critic * 'A superbly thrilling read. Expertly-paced and jittering with tension, Jack-in-the-Box is also page-turningly entertaining' -- Joanne Owen * LoveReading *