Playing With Dolls

An attention-hungry killer. A deadly game of cat and mouse. A DI at the end of his tether.

The photo pinned to the Major Investigations Team's whiteboard shows a Victorian doll sitting beneath a sycamore tree in one of Strathburgh's busiest parks. 

But a closer look reveals it's a dead woman, dressed up and posed for an audience to admire.

Still reeling from the fallout of a botched arrest and battling a true-crime blogger who twists every misstep into public entertainment, DI Brian Brandon is under mounting pressure to catch the killer before he strikes again.

But when he gets too close to the truth, the killer makes it personal, forcing Brian to risk what little he has left in a race to stop him before it's too late.

Perfect for fans of JD Kirk, Ian Rankin, Helen Fields, and Val McDermid, this is the gripping third instalment in the dark, gritty Scottish crime series featuring DI Brian Brandon of Strathburgh's Major Investigations Team.