The second crime thriller in the No.1 bestselling Logan McRae series from Stuart MacBride.


Even the darkest crimes will come to light…


‘Stuart MacBride is a damned fine writer’ Peter James


It’s summertime in the Granite City: the sun is shining, the sky is blue and people are dying…


It begins with Rosie Williams, stripped naked and beaten to death down by the docks – the heart of Aberdeen’s red light district. For DS Logan McRae it’s a bad start to another bad day.

Rosie won’t be the only one making an unscheduled trip to the mortuary. Across the city six people are burning to death in a petrol-soaked squat, the doors and windows screwed shut from the outside.

And despite Logan’s best efforts, it’s not long before another dead woman turns up on the slab…