Caro Ramsays Singing to the Dead" is the second instalment in the " Anderson & Costello" series. Bitter betrayal. Sweet revenge. Two seven-year-old boys have been abducted from the streets of Glasgow. Both had already endured years of neglect & betrayal
- but for Detective Inspector Colin Anderson the case is especially disturbing because the boys look so much like his own son Peter... Then with police resources stretched to breaking point a simple house fire turns into a full-scale murder hunt. An invisible killer is picking off victims at random & if DS Costellos hunch is correct committing an ingenious deception. As his squad struggles to work both cases DI Anderson learns that deception & betrayal come in many guises. For while the boys abductor is still out there no child is safe
- as young Peter Anderson is about to find out... Reissued with a stunning new package Caro Ramsays Anderson & Costello thrillers have been widely recognised as one of the most significant new series in the genre in recent years & Ramsays utterly unique investigators are ready to become the nations favourite Scottish cop duo. " Absolution" is the amazing opening to this stunning series. Subsequent titles include " Dark Water" & " Singing to the Dead". Fans of Ian Rankin & Val Mc Dermid will love this series. Praise for Caro Ramsay: " Brilliant in twisting the tension tauter with each page". (" Guardian"). " Ramsay handles her characters with aplomb the dialogue crackles & the search for the killer has surprising twists & turns". (" Observer"). " Many shivers in store for readers followed by a shattering climax". (" The Times"). Caro Ramsay was born in Glasgow & now lives in a village on the west coast of Scotl&. " Absolution" is her first novel which was shortlisted for the CWAs New Blood Dagger for best debut of the year. This success was followed by two further DI Anderson & DS Costello novels " Singing to the Dead" & " Dark Water". The fourth book in the same series " The Blood of Crows" is also released this summer."