In Her Blood
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- 10,99 €
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- 10,99 €
Publisher Description
'Girl A' was convicted of murdering three people when she was a child. Now she's missing and a man is dead. The clock is ticking for Scottish detective DCI Christine Caplan to bring her to justice - but the truth may be darker than even she fears . . .
When a body is discovered in the water at Connel Bridge, the police assume it's an open-and-shut case of suicide. But when DCI Christine Caplan is called in to take a closer look, she discovers that darker truths lurk beneath the surface, and suspicion begins to turn to a young woman recently out of care.
Known only as Girl A, her identity remains anonymous, protected under law. Her violent past includes an allegation of the murder of a younger sibling, so the timing of this new death seems too coincidental. Then a vigilante sets her home on fire and she flees, so the 'child killer' is now on the loose - and at risk herself.
As Caplan launches a search for the elusive teenager, looking for connections between her and the dead man, she turns to Girl A's past for answers. And when she gets them, she realizes the truth may be even more sinister.
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Ramsay's gripping second case for DCI Christine Caplan (after 2022's The Devil Stone) finds the Glaswegian investigator finishing up her three-month assignment in the small Highland village of Cronchie. Well aware of the strains her absence has put on her marriage, Caplan is eager to return home, but her departure is interrupted by a phone call: the body of a man has been pulled from the icy waters below Connel Bridge. At first, the death is ruled a suicide, but when evidence emerges that the man was stabbed before he drowned, Caplan must track down "Britain's Most Evil Woman," an 18-year-old who's just been released from a residential center for disturbed children, where she's been ever since rumors emerged that she killed her younger sister. Angry vigilantes, convinced the timing of the teen's release means she's responsible for this latest killing, have attacked her home, sending her on the run, and it's up to Caplan to find the girl and determine whether she's the monster everyone suspects. Ramsay has created a fascinating character in Caplan, who wrestles to an uncommon degree with the far-reaching consequences of her actions as an investigator. Brisk pacing and occasional flashes of sly wit ("If Ted Maxwell had been adhering to the librarian dress code, then Karl Rolland had more of an interior designer vibe," Caplan quips about a pair of sources) bolster this solid thriller.
