'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 Drop The 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.
ISBN: | 9781846975936 |
Publisher: | Birlinn Ltd |
Imprint: | Polygon |
Published date: | 02 Jun 2022 |
DEWEY: | 823.92 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Sales rank: | 33368 |
Number of pages: | 304 |
Weight: | 308g |
Height: | 130mm |
Width: | 198mm |
Spine width: | 27mm |