The first novel in Lin Anderson's compulsive Glasgow crime series featuring forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod.

INTRODUCING FORENSIC SCIENTIST RHONA MACLEOD

'One of the twenty Scottish books everyone should read' Scotsman

Summoned in the early hours of the morning to a Glasgow flat, forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod is confronted by a horrific crime scene. A teenage boy has been found mutilated and strangled to death by a vicious killer.

But her grim task of scanning for evidence is made even more unsettling than normal by the boy's remarkable resemblance to her - and by the fact that she gave up a baby boy for adoption seventeen years ago . . .

Overcome by guilt, Rhona sets out to find the boy's killer and establish whether the young victim is her long-lost son. In doing so, she finds herself immersed in an investigation that seeks to expose a dark underworld that preys on the young and vulnerable. As the case builds it soon becomes clear that some very powerful men have a lot to lose if she succeeds, and everything to gain if she dies.

'The gritty realism with which Anderson evokes her settings is one of the best things about this novel' The Times

Hugely imaginative and exciting