Loyalty can be a death sentence…

On a military barracks on the outskirts of Glasgow, the body of a vulnerable young soldier is found following a routine training exercise. The upper brass is quick to rule it a tragic accident.

But DCI John Lomond is called in after a tip-off suggests foul play.

Forced to work alongside a hostile military police, Lomond and his Major Investigations Team find themselves obstructed from all sides.

Stripped of his usual authority, Lomond must navigate an unfamiliar chain of command, and a culture of silence and secrets.

To find the killer, Lomond has only once choice – convince someone on the inside to do the unthinkable: break ranks.

But in a place where loyalty is law, telling the truth might be the one thing that gets you killed.

Published
July 30, 2026
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Andrew Raymond

Andrew Raymond is a bestselling crime novelist with over 250,000 books sold. His debut DCI Lomond novel, The Bonnie Dead, was an instant Amazon Scottish Crime No. 1 bestseller, selling over 100,000 copies and cementing his place as a rising star in Tartan Noir. Andrew is also the author of the bestselling Novak & Mitchell political thrillers and the Duncan Grant spy series, which has been optioned for film and television. Born in Paisley, he honed his writing skills while working as a bookseller and later as a commercial manager for Waterstones in Glasgow, where he championed new voices in crime and fiction. After over one hundred rejections…