''An outstanding mystery thriller… Noir fans won’t want to miss it'' - Publishers Weekly (Starred)''A riveting, brutal journey into the high stakes world of legacy art and inherited wealth'' - Denise Mina, author of the Garnethill trilogy and The Long DropThe Goldenacre – a masterpiece by the painter and architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh – has been given to the people of Scotland.

The beautiful canvas, the last work by the artistic genius, enthrals the art world, but behind it lies a dark and violent mystery.Thomas Tallis, an art expert with a trouble past, is trying to uncover the truth about the painting''s complex history, while dogged newspaper reporter Shona Sandison is investigating a series of shocking murders in Edinburgh.Both investigators soon become engulfed in the machinations of money, crime and identity in a literary thriller set amid the seen and unseen forces at work in modern Scotland.Winner of the Shamus Award for the Best First P.I Novel


Format Häftad Omfång 304 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Birlinn General Utgivningsdatum 2022-06-02 ISBN 9781846975936