The Cursed Road

'Eerie and gripping' Daily Mail

An atmospheric crime mystery featuring DI Georgina Lennox and DI Richard Stewart, set in the Scottish highlands

Deep in the Scottish Highlands, the body of a young woman is found on the cursed road, a narrow track with a bloody history.

It initially looks like an accident, but a name scratched on the dead woman’s arm links to an unsolved case from years ago.

Glaswegian detectives Georgina Lennox and Richard Stewart are sent north to investigate, and they discover a community riven by a centuries’ old blood feud and modern rivalries.

As George and Richie attempt to get to the truth behind the dark rumours, a killer is waiting, determined that some secrets are never uncovered.

Praise for THE CURSED ROAD

‘Vivid, haunting, twisty and gut-wrenching, The Cursed Road will have you on the edge of your seat right up until the last page (or hiding under the duvet, like me)’ Pip Drysdale

‘Tense, chilling and sometimes dark … this is an ideal read for those who love Ian Rankin, Garry Disher, and icy cold danger’ Fiona Hardy

‘Brilliant … a spooky, immersive setting, a wickedly clever plot, and a detective duo with their own demons to face. The Cursed Road will have you reading late into the night. Crime fiction at its best!’ Tanya Scott

‘The Cursed Road is a pacy page-turning police procedural set in the terrifying Highlands of Scotland … If you start reading this, it’s likely you won’t put it down’ Nina Bhadreshwar

Reviews

‘Vivid, haunting, twisty and gut-wrenching, The Cursed Road will have you on the edge of your seat right up until the last page (or hiding under the duvet, like me)’ Pip Drysdale

‘Tense, chilling and sometimes dark … this is an ideal read for those who love Ian Rankin, Garry Disher, and icy cold danger’ Fiona Hardy

‘Brilliant … a spooky, immersive setting, a wickedly clever plot, and a detective duo with their own demons to face. The Cursed Road will have you reading late into the night. Crime fiction at its best!’ Tanya Scott

‘The Cursed Road is a pacy page-turning police procedural set in the terrifying Highlands of Scotland … If you start reading this, it’s likely you won’t put it down’ Nina Bhadreshwar

PRAISE FOR LAURA McCLUSKEY

‘The Wolf Tree is a stunning debut: a wild, vivid landscape and a propulsive mystery you simply have to know the answer to. It will have you on the edge of your seat’ – Leah Pitt

‘Laura McCluskey offers a powerful debut in this atmospheric thriller infused with unsettling folk horror tropes’ – Booklist

‘Atmospheric and immersive … creates a mounting chill that seeps into the bones’ – M. K. Murphy

‘An exciting new voice in crime fiction’ – Pip Drysdale

‘Absorbing, unsettling, and deeply accomplished’ – Dervla McTiernan

‘THE WOLF TREE is a marvelous mystery, rich in atmosphere and quick in pace’ – Christina Alger

‘An impressive crime debut dripping with atmosphere and threat, Laura McCluskey’s The Wolf Tree will take you to a chilling cliff-edge of suspense, then hold you there until the very last page’ – Hannah Richell