A well paced addition to the Scottish crime fiction scene.
A well researched and thought out tale of a horrific murder in the vastness of the Highlands where both the local community and the police are unused to such events.
DI Kennedy is the lead investigator who is paired with a DC to investigate the death by torture of one boy and the unexplained disappearance of another. Early on she encounters the social worker for the latter boy mistaking the dead body that is found for his client. For his part the social worker is now haunted by the image of the dead boy and his final contact with the missing boy? Are the two events connected and what is the secret that the social worker is hiding?
This is a well researched and atmospheric crime thriller.
DI Kennedy is the lead investigator who is paired with a DC to investigate the death by torture of one boy and the unexplained disappearance of another. Early on she encounters the social worker for the latter boy mistaking the dead body that is found for his client. For his part the social worker is now haunted by the image of the dead boy and his final contact with the missing boy? Are the two events connected and what is the secret that the social worker is hiding?
This is a well researched and atmospheric crime thriller.