Alex Morrow

Denise Mina

On a quiet Glasgow night, an armed home invasion leaves one family member dead, another abducted, and the police confronting a baffling demand for ransom. Detective Alex Morrow must determine why the attackers targeted a man who was never in the house—and whether the crime is a botched scheme or part of something far more calculated. As the investigation exposes hidden ties between ordinary lives and organized violence, the novel explores family loyalty, moral compromise, and the unpredictable consequences of crime. Tense, atmospheric, and psychologically sharp, it showcases Denise Mina’s distinctive approach to contemporary crime fiction.

Denise Mina

When wealthy banker Lars Anderson is found hanging from an oak tree outside his lavish home, his death exposes a family and community shaped by years of greed, resentment, and quiet suffering. Detective Alex Morrow is drawn into an investigation that reaches far beyond the apparent suicide, uncovering connections between privilege, violence, and the desperate lives affected by Anderson’s legacy. Set against a tense landscape of financial inequality and moral compromise, the novel explores the damage one powerful man can leave behind. Denise Mina’s sharp, psychologically rich crime writing brings urgency and emotional depth to this unsettling story of justice and consequence.