The must-read debut of the year – a murder mystery unlike any other…

‘Clever, honest, heart-rending.’VAL MCDERMID

‘Richly authentic, funny, moving and insightful.’JANICE HALLETT

‘I havent read anything quite as unique as this sinceTrainspotting.’LIN ANDERSON

‘A Bad, Bad Placewill stay with me for a long, long time’JENNIE GODFREY

‘Part To Kill a Mockingbird, partThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, yet altogether incomparableA. J. FINN

What happened to the dog walker who found the body?

Glasgow, 1979.

Twelve-year-old Janey wont take her dog, Sid Vicious, for a walk. Not anymore. Its Sids fault she found the murdered woman.

Janey claims she cant remember what she saw at the abandoned railway, but the police think shes hiding something. And theyre not the only ones interested.

Fear and rumour rip through the tight-knit community of Possilpark. Janey and her nana, Maggie, are dragged into the hunt for a murderer. And Maggies struggle to keep her beloved granddaughter safe becomes ever more desperate.

Because Janeys memories cant stay hidden forever.

And neither can the killer

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‘Absolutely brilliant, funny, full of life, completely convincing’FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW

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‘Scottish writing at its finest’FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW