Sean Rooney, psychosleuth, and his wife formal DCI Jackie Kaminski move to the highlands of Scotland to escape the past, but has the past caught up with them, when their young son, Calum, is tragically murdered. Set in the north-west coast of Scotland in the village of Storaig, with a population of two hundred souls - where murder is unheard of but superstition and the supernatural thrive.  When the formal police investigation is shown to be fatally flawed, Rooney decides to pursue his son’s killer. His search takes him back to Glasgow, where, as crime lord The Father he made many enemies. The plot is thick, the pursuit is tortuous and the payoff is terrifying.

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'Excellent dark, disturbing and very compelling, with a hard literary edge that serves the tale and the characters within extremely well.'

LIZ WILKINS, LIZ LOVES BOOKS

‘… Rooney is the sort of person who would cut off his face to spite his nose and makes Tony Black’s Gus Dury look like Dr Phil.’

PAUL D. BRAZIL

‘A powerful, well written story that doesn’t shy away from difficult issues. From a talented writer.’

CRIME FICTION LOVER