CARO RAMSAY is the Glaswegian author of the critically acclaimed Anderson and Costello series, the first of which, Absolution, was shortlisted for the CWA's New Blood Dagger for best debut of the year. The ninth book in the series, The Suffering of Strangers, was longlisted for the McIlvanney Prize 2018.
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Glasgow comes alive in Caro Ramsay's dark, vivid and daring thriller
Val McDermid
A cracker of a debut . . . Many shivers in store for readers followed by a shattering climax
Times
Gripping, relevant, compelling and laced with trademark Ramsay bite
Craig Robertson
Humane, horrifying and exciting
Literary Review
Brilliant in twisting the tension tauter with each page
Guardian
[Ramsay] is able to write scenes of heartbreaking tenderness nestled amid evocations of such grotesque violence that it is difficult to imagine that they can coexist as such sublime interlocking pieces of the whole...
New York Sun
Edgy and fast-paced, this thriller is a cleverly understated page-turner. Deliciously dark, this well-written debut will leave you wanting more
Woman
Caro Ramsay proves once against that she is a titan of Tartan Noir
Helen Fields
The terrific cast of characters keep the action and detection compelling
Time Out
A taut, shattering, mesmerizing page-turner
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