Singing to the Dead

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Two seven-year-old boys have been abducted from the streets of Glasgow. Both had already endured years of neglect and betrayal - but for DI Colin Anderson the case is especially disturbing, because the boys look so much like his own son Peter . . .

With police resources stretched to breaking point, a simple house fire turns into a full-scale investigation. An invisible killer is picking off victims at random and, if DS Costello's hunch is correct, committing an ingenious deception. As his squad struggles to work both cases, DI Anderson learns that duplicity and betrayal come in many guises. For while the boys' abductor is still out there no child is safe - as young Peter Anderson is about to find out.

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The terrific cast of characters keep the action and detection compelling * * Time Out * *
Brilliant in twisting the tension tauter with each page * * Guardian * *
Glasgow comes alive in Caro Ramsay's dark, vivid and daring thriller -- Val McDermid on Absolution
Well drawn characters and a great sense of place set this series head and shoulders above most of the competition * * Times * *
[Ramsay] is able to write scenes of heartbreaking tenderness nestled amid evocations of such grotesque violence that it is difficult to imagine that they can coexist as such sublime interlocking pieces of the whole... * * New York Sun * *
At once humane, horrifying and exciting * * Literary Review on Absolution * *
Caro Ramsay proves once again that she is a titan of Tartan Noir -- Helen Fields
Ramsay handles her characters with aplomb, the dialogue crackles and the search for the killer has surprising twists and turns * * Observer * *

Author Bio

Caro Ramsay is the Glaswegian author of the critically acclaimed DI Anderson and DS Costello series, the first of which Absolution, was shortlisted for the CWA's New Blood Dagger for best debut of the year. The ninth book in the series, The Suffering of Strangers was longlisted for the McIlvanney Prize 2018.

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