“Don your deerstalker & grab your magnifying glass. You’re going to need them to untangle this twisty murder mystery.” Sandy

Meet your next favourite Scottish detectives: DI Colin Anderson and DS Winifred ‘Freddie’ Costello.

Glasgow is thronged with clowns, stilt-walkers and jostling crowds enjoying the West End Festival. The sky is blue and the annual carnival is in full swing. But people keep disappearing.

Paige Riley has been missing for over a week. But no one cares because she’s homeless and a heroin addict.

Nineteen-year-old David Kerr vanishes in plain sight. His mother is frantic with worry.

And now a body is found folded up inside a cheap wooden tea chest in the quiet backstreets. The man inside has black lines drawn around his knees and ankles.

DCI Anderson and DI Costello realize that a depraved murderer has taken advantage of their busiest day of the year.

And this is only the beginning of the killer’s macabre plan . . .

AN ELECTRIFYING SCOTTISH THRILLER WITH A HEART-STOPPING FINALE

Fans of Ian Rankin, Val McDermid, Denise Mina, Matt Brolly, Carol Wyer, Joy Ellis, Stuart MacBride, Angela Marsons, Helen H. Durrant, J.D. Kirk, D.S. Butler and L.J. Ross will love this series.