When a young woman is found ritualistically posed in a disused Ayrshire quarry, DCI Lomond is drawn into a chilling investigation that uncovers a hidden world of drugs, missing children, and long-buried secrets.  As the body count rises, Lomond begins to suspect a serial killer has stalked Scotland’s Central Belt for decades - a predator linked to a dark local murder ballad whispered about for generations.  Defying orders from above, Lomond must unravel the truth behind the myth before the killer claims another victim.

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October 6, 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…