A chilling thriller from Scotland's hottest crime writer--based on
actual events that terrorized Glasgow in the 1960s.
A message from the grave. A case still unsolved. A city haunted by its
sins.
Scotland 1972. Glasgow is haunted by a murderer nicknamed Red Silk--a
feared serial killer who hunts his victims in the city's nightclubs. The
case remains unsolved but Archibald Atto, later imprisoned for other
murders, is thought to be guilty.
In modern-day Glasgow, DS Rachel Narey is called to a gruesome crime
scene at the city's Necropolis. The body of a young woman lies stretched
out over a tomb. Her body bears a three-letter message from her killer.
Now retired, former detective Danny Neilson spots a link between the new
murder and those he investigated in 1972--details that no copycat killer
could have known about. But Atto is still behind bars. Must Danny face
up to his fears that they never caught their man? Determined finally to
crack the case, Danny, along with his nephew, police photographer Tony
Winter, pays Atto a visit. But they soon discover that they are going to
need the combined efforts of police forces past and present to bring a
twisted killer to justice.
