The second riveting crime novel in the Karen Pirie series, from No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller Val McDermid.
'A superb mystery' The Times
'An absorbing novel, one of her best' The Times
'Val McDermid is a born storyteller. . . absorbing reading' Sunday Telegraph
'A searing piece . . . McDermid orchestrates the tension with authority. . . After reading McDermid's novel, readers may wish that more crime fiction would have the guts to take on serious issues' Express
'Torture, warped psyches, unspeakable cellars: Val McDermid sends you to bed with lights blazing' Sunday Times
'One of the best modern writers of crime fiction . . . Excellent' Scotland on Sunday