A gripping Scottish police procedural meets twisted psychological thriller – a perfect choice for fans of tartan noir
A young woman is missing, but has she run away – or been captured?
A dying cop asks DCI Christine Caplan to investigate a cold case that’s still preying on her mind. The naked body of a man found in a remote wood, dismissed as a down and out by her superiors. Caplan connects the case to other victims left to die in Scotland’s Dark Skies forests, injured and unable to escape. When the trail leads from the down and outs to the hunt for the missing woman, the cold cases seem suddenly dangerously hot.
In this terrifying game of cat and mouse, Caplan must trace where love and control twist together, and question where power lies in any relationship. But the darkest skies hide the darkest secrets …
“Dark, unsettling, brutal and tragic … A fine choice for fans of Ian Rankin and Val McDermid”
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“Unnerving”
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”Praise for the DCI Christine Caplan series:A breathtaking combination of police procedural and twisted psychological thriller”
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“Caro Ramsay fully deserves a place in the upper echelons of Scottish crime writing … top-notch”
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“Ramsay debuts a new series with this dark, suspenseful, and atmospheric thriller starring a charismatic heroine”
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Caro Ramsay was born and brought up in Glasgow, and now lives in a village on the west coast of Scotland. She is an osteopath, acupuncturist and former marathon runner, who devotes much of her time to the complementary treatment of injured wildlife at a local rescue centre. She is the author of thirteen Anderson & Costello thrillers, one standalone novel of psychological suspense and the DCI Christine Caplan thriller series.