A dead woman. A missing baby. A desperate race against time.

It’s a cold October dawn when Detective Lola gets the call. The body of a young woman has been found in the reeds at Darnley Glen park on the outskirts of Glasgow. There’s a vicious wound to her head.

She’s not been dead long. A shaken taxi driver insists he saw the victim just hours earlier, running through the darkness, clutching a newborn.

But there’s no sign of the baby.

Then, a 999 call. A local businessman reports his ten-week-old son was kidnapped at gunpoint by a woman matching the victim’s description.

But why did he wait so long to call the police? Lola’s instincts tell her he’s hiding something behind the walls of his plush suburban home.

Time is running out to find the missing child — but the truth is darker, and more twisted, than Lola could ever imagine.

Dark, unsettling, and steeped in the shadows of the Scottish landscape, this gripping detective mystery is perfect for fans of J.D. Kirk, Ian Rankin, Caro Ramsay, Marion Todd and Val McDermid.