LONGLISTED FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE 2018
'Brilliant . . . twisting the tension tauter with each page' Guardian
'The dialogue crackles and the search for the killer has surprising twists and turns' Observer
DI Costello faces a disturbing child abduction case; a six-week-old has been stolen and replaced with another baby. The swap took cold and meticulous planning, so Costello treads the seedy, Glaswegian backstreets for answers. She's convinced that more than one young life is at stake.
Promoted into the Cold Case Unit, Colin Anderson reviews the unsolved rape of a young mother, whose attacker is still out there. Each case pulls Anderson and Costello in the same direction and, as their paths keep crossing, they begin to suspect their separate cases are dangerously entwined.
Caro Ramsay is the Glaswegian author of the critically acclaimed DI Anderson and DS Costello series, the first of which, Absolution, was shortlisted for the CWA's New Blood Dagger for best debut of the year. The ninth book in the series, The Suffering of Strangers, was longlisted for the McIlvanney Prize 2018.
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Title: The Suffering of Strangers (Anderson and Costello thrillers)
Author: Ramsay, Caro
ISBN: 9781786896445
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Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Publication Date: 2019-06-06
Number of Pages: 256
Weight: 0.1400 kg
Ramsay proves once against that she is a titan of Tartan Noir -- HELEN FIELDS, author of Perfect Remains
Gripping, relevant, compelling and laced with trademark Ramsay bite -- CRAIG ROBERTSON
Brilliant . . . twisting the tension tauter with each page * * Guardian * *
Ramsay handles her characters with aplomb, the dialogue crackles and the search for the killer has surprising twists and turns * * Observer * *
A taut, shattering, mesmerizing page-turner * * Booklist * *
Packed with grit, blood and the rocky debris of past deeds and consequence -- ALI KARIM * * Shots Magazine * *