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On the cover Independent Edinburgh - a tourists paradise, a citizens paradox. Its 2026. The birth-rate is down in the Councils perfect city and gangs of disaffected kids roam the streets. A break-in at the former Scottish Parliament archive is rapidly followed by two gruesome murders, the victims mutilated and covered with blood-drenched branches. Under the watchful eyes of the guardians, renegade investigator Quintilian Dalrymple is called in to establish a pattern and to stop the roots of violence spreading. But Quints investigation is driven in a different direction when Edinburghs brightest teenagers are abducted to the much-feared democratic state of Glasgow. What Quint finds there will change his life forever... Quint Dalrymple faces his toughest case to date in award-winning Johnstons chilling, ingeniously imagined thriller with its wry, topical backdrop. |
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