THE TWISTY FOURTH NOVEL AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, FROM THE GRIPPING INSPECTOR MCLEAN SERIES SET IN EDINBURGH

A family lies slaughtered in an isolated house in North East Fife . . .
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Morag Weatherly and her two young daughters have been shot by husband Andrew, an influential politician, before he turned the gun on himself.

But what would cause a rich, successful man to snap so suddenly?

For Inspector Tony McLean, this apparently simple but high-profile case leads him into a world of power and privilege. And the deeper he digs, the more he realizes he's being manipulated by shadowy factions.

Under pressure to wrap up the case, McLean instead seeks to uncover layers of truth - putting the lives of everyone he cares about at risk . . .
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PRAISE FOR JAMES OSWALD:

'A star of Scotland's burgeoning crime fiction scene' DAILY RECORD

'Crime fiction's next big thing' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

'Literary sensation' DAILY MAIL

'Oswald is among the leaders in the new batch of excellent Scottish crime writers' DAILY MAIL

'The new Ian Rankin' DAILY RECORD

'The hallmarks of Val McDermid or Ian Rankin: it's dark, violent, noirish' THE HERALD

'Oswald's writing is in a class above most in this genre' DAILY EXPRESS