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Dead Wood

Dead Wood

Author(s): Chris Longmuir

Location(s): Dundee/St Andrews

Genre(s): Crime, Thriller

Era(s): Modern

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In a grim Dundee of urban decay and criminal deprivation what happens when the cold, calculating world of gangland retribution collides with the psychosis of a serial killer? Kara has a debt to gangster Tony and takes to the streets to earn the cash. On a job she encounters the killer’s victims’ dumped in the woods just outside the city. Terrified, she escapes, making an anonymous phone call to the police. An investigation led by newcomer DC Louise Walker begins, but she is not the only one determined to catch the killer. Tony, devastated to learn that his daughter is one of the victims, vows revenge. Who will find the killer first? And what kind of justice will prevail?

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Evocative of many areas of Dundee, a creepy stealthy crime thriller that has the hairs standing up on the back of your head. – Shells Kingston –

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