Winner of the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize
Death is a lonely business . . .
No one who meets Dr Jack Cuthbert forgets him. Tall, urbane, brilliant but damaged, this Scottish pathologist who works with Scotland Yard is the best the new DCI has seen. But Cuthbert is a man who lives with secrets, and he still battles demons brought back from the trenches.
When not one but two corpses are discovered in a London park in 1929, Cuthbert must use every tool at his disposal to solve the mystery of their deaths. In the end, the horrifying truth is more shocking than even he could have imagined.
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'I loved this mystery, slow burning and gripping. There’s a sense of doom, there’s a complex and damaged main character . . . vivid and well researched life of LGBT people and the medical procedures'
" - Scrapping & Playing blog
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'A fascinating yet gritty historical mystery with complex and compelling characters'
" - Ljwritesandreviews
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'Excellently paced and full of tension'
" - BooksbyBindu.com
