Soft Summer Blood

It seemed so simple: a murder; an obvious suspect; a shaky alibi. DI McLusky never had it so good. Until a second killing challenges his earlier assumptions. With every new piece of evidence he brings to light, the case becomes more complicated. Does it have its roots in a disappearance eighteen years earlier, or is it based firmly in the present? A seemingly open-and-shut case becomes increasingly complicated for Detective Inspector Liam McLusky in this intriguing police procedural.

It all seemed so simple: a murder; an obvious suspect; a shaky alibi: DI McLusky never had it so good. Until a second killing challenges all his earlier assumptions. With every new piece of evidence McLusky brings to light, the case becomes more complicated. Does it have its roots in a disappearance eighteen years earlier, or is it firmly based in the present?

Meanwhile, DI Kat Fairfield and DS Jack Sorbie are tasked with finding the daughter of a prominent Italian politician, who has disappeared while on a student exchange programme at Bristol University. Neither is overjoyed to be lumbered with a routine missing person’s case while McLusky heads a high-profile murder investigation. Until they find a dead body of their own…

• | Author: Peter Helton
• | Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
• | Publication Date: Sep 30, 2016
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9780727894762
• | ISBN-10: 0727894765