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Synopsis:
On a cold New Year’s Eve night, a young woman lies slumped on a park bench. Snow gathers on her hair. If her glazed eyes were closed, she might be sleeping. Nobody will find her for hours…
Thirty years later, in the Scottish town of Livingston, a retired police officer disappears from her home. A trail of blood leads from the pensioner’s doorstep to the edge of the nearby river, and as he follows it, DS Malkie McCulloch fears the worst. But at the end of the trail, instead of an elderly woman, he finds the body of a young man.
The deceased is identified as a local criminal, and the case appears to be a robbery gone wrong. But Malkie isn’t convinced. How did the pensioner overcome the burglar? And where is she now?
Review:
Humans tend to believe what we're told. And when a previous police investigations names a young police woman as responsible, and she left the force, no questions were asked, and it fell into the memory books. But now Malkie arrives at this former policewoman's house to find out that a young man was apparently attacked at her home and fled and died, and she appears to have gone on the run. He's not sure what to believe. But as another murder with ties to the former policewoman occurs, he starts to wonder if there was more to the old investigation than anyone realized, and if it could have dominos effects today. This is a super twisty thriller mystery, as more clues and red herrings lead the reader on a merry chase, as Malkie and his team deal with more and more strange occurences, and the appearance of a serial killer. How are they tied together, are they they same person? They'll have to suspend preconceived notions to solve these cases! Don't miss this new series!
About the Author
Doug Sinclair lives in West Lothian, with a very patient wife and three furry dependents. He is the author of the DS Malkie McCulloch series, set in the semi-rural (but wild in ways he's always loved) regions of central Scotland. The first in the series, Blood Runs Deep, was published in February 2024.
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