Book description
Midwinter, a freezing night in Leith, near Edinburgh's red light
district. A policewoman's flashlight stabs the darkness in a
snow-covered cemetery. The circle of light stops on a colourless, dead
face. So begins the hunt for a serial murderer of prostitutes in
Gillian Galbraith's third Alice Rice mystery. Partly inspired by the
real-life killings of prostitutes in Ipswich, this novel explores a
hidden world where sex is bartered for money and drugs. Off-duty,
Alice's home life continues its uneven course. Her romance with the
artist Ian Melville offers the prospect of happiness, but is plagued
by insecurity. Her demented but determined neighbour, Miss Spinnell,
offers a new challenge to Alice's patience at every meeting.
Gillian Galbraith grew up near Haddington. For 17 years, she was an
advocate specialising in medical negligence and agricultural law cases.
Before qualifying in law she worked for a time as an agony aunt in
magazines for teenagers. Since then, she has been the legal
correspondent for the Scottish Farmer and has written law reports for
The Times. Gillian has also written on legal matters for The Times. She
lives deep in the country near Kinross with her husband and daughter,
plus assorted cats, dogs, hens and bees.
