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

She’s just the first. How many more will expire?

‘Stuart MacBride can be a damned fine article writer’ Peter James

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

It begins with Rosie Williams, a prostitute, stripped nude and beaten to loss of life down with the docks – the heart of Aberdeen’s crimson light region. For DS Logan McRae it’s a poor start to another bad day.

Rosie won’t be the only person building an unscheduled visit to the morgue. Across the town six people are burning to death inside 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 prostitute turns up for the slab…