Don't miss the must-read Scottish crime thriller of 2026 - perfect for fans of The List of Suspicious Things and Shuggie Bain. A murder mystery unlike any other...
'Clever, honest, heart-rending.' VAL MCDERMID
'Richly authentic, funny, moving and insightful.' JANICE HALLETT
'I haven t read anything quite as unique as this since Trainspotting.' LIN ANDERSON
'A Bad, Bad Place will stay with me for a long, long time' JENNIE GODFREY
'Part To Kill a Mockingbird, part The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, yet altogether incomparable A. J. FINN
What happened to the dog walker who found the body?
Glasgow, 1979.
Twelve-year-old Janey won t take her dog, Sid Vicious, for a walk. Not anymore. It s Sid s fault she found the murdered woman.
Janey claims she can t remember what she saw at the abandoned railway, but the police think she s hiding something. And they re 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 Maggie s struggle to keep her beloved granddaughter safe becomes ever more desperate.
Because Janey s memories can t 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
