With this follow-up to "Cold Granite," MacBride proves himself to be a rising star of crime fiction, as his ferocious and funny Scottish wit combines with detailed authenticity in this story about a cop whos charged with solving a series of vicious crimes in Aberdeens red-light district. Martins Press.

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

Crime never sleeps.

Down by the docks, in the dead of night, a woman is hunted down and killed. For DS Logan McRae, it's just the beginning of another nightmare.

Neither does this killer.

As the day dawns and the body count rises, Logan realises that this isn't just an isolated murder. It's far more disturbing than that.
A killer is on the loose and wreaking havoc - and Logan is running out of time to stop them.

And the clock is ticking . . .