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Dark Road


A Thriller & Suspense Novel


Subgenres:

  • Police Procedural,
  • Psychological Thriller,
  • Scottish Crime
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This book is for you if you're into...

  • Cold case investigations that resurface dangerous secrets
  • Retired detectives haunted by unfinished business
  • Stage plays with gritty police procedural vibes
Publisher Description

It's been 25 years since Alfred Chalmers was convicted of the gruesome murder of four young women in Edinburgh. Isobel McArthur, Scotland's first Chief Superintendent, was the woman responsible for putting him behind bars, but the case has haunted her ever since.

Now, with her retirement approaching, McArthur decides the time has come for answers. To uncover the truth, she revisits the case and interviews Chalmers for the first time in decades. But her decision rips open old wounds and McArthur is soon caught up in a web of corruption, psychological mind-games and deceit that threatens not only her own life, but those of her fellow officers and even her own daughter.

Tense, gritty and hard-hitting, DARK ROAD is the first ever stage play from bestselling crime writer Ian Rankin, co-written by the Royal Lyceum's Artistic Director Mark Thomson.

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