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A fifteen‑year‑old girl's body was found in an underground chamber in Edinburgh, her organs removed and her body mutilated. Sealed away and forgotten, the case has languished for six decades. Detective Inspector McLean, haunted by the brutality of the original murder and the trinkets left beside the victim, feels compelled to revisit the old evidence. When a fresh series of high‑profile, bloody murders erupts across the city, each strikingly similar to the long‑ago crime, McLean realizes the patterns may not be coincidences. Investigating further, he must weigh the likelihood of inexplicable motives against the rational explanations that may keep the city safe.
First publish date: 2012
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: James Oswald
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