Excellent new police procedural series set in Scotland with an intriguing main protagonist in Monica and a fairly creepy serial killer storyline to kick it off. The author descriptively weaves the landscapes around the characters, often given the narrative a chilly, edgy feel. Social worker Michael is an excellent character to offset Monica and there are plenty of haunting moments. The finale opens up the series to all sorts of possibilities which makes you look forward to the next book. Throughout this whole book I only had one thing I didn’t agree on, which was when Monica went a little mad at one point making a decision I just didn’t believe any parent would make which took me out of the moment slightly. However that was a tiny and subjective off moment in what was an entirely atmospheric and highly addictive read.