Whispers of the Dead

'Forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod has become one of the most satisfying characters in modern crime fiction' - Daily Mail A gangland slaying. A missing movie star. When an actor goes missing in Glasgow, the clue to his whereabouts could be in the film script itself. ***** In the dead of night, a man’s body is found strapped to a chair in Glasgow’s Elder Park, his identity unknown. Forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod thinks the violence displayed at the scene suggests a gangland feud. And, when the post-mortem uncovers a bullet engraved with a snake’s head in the man’s stomach, Rhona's suspicions intensify. Elsewhere in the city, a major Hollywood movie is being filmed, but production comes to a standstill when the lead actor vanishes without a trace. As the news spreads, DS Michael McNab senses a chilling connection between the two cases – a brutal organized-crime storyline playing out in real life on the streets of Glasgow. With fact and fiction blurring, all Rhona and McNab know for sure is that there is a vendetta at work that must be paid in blood. Can the script of the movie lead them to the killer before its gruesome finale comes to pass? **Whispers of the Dead is the latest pulse-pounding instalment in Lin Anderson's Rhona MacLeod series. ***** Readers love Whispers of the Dead: 'I absolutely love Lin's writing style - atmospheric, descriptive, engrossing' – Reader Review** **'Tense, gritty and packed with twists and turns . . . A really authentic sense of the darker side of life on the streets of Glasgow' – Reader Review 'I am in awe of the way in which Anderson keeps all of the plot threads in hand whilst expertly weaving in connections and tying up loose threads' – Reader Review 'Glasgow and its surrounds are in the DNA of the bestselling series' – The Sunday Post**