Summoned in the early hours of the morning to a Glasgow flat, forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod is confronted by a horrific crime scene. A teenage boy has been found mutilated and strangled to death by a vicious killer.
But her grim task of scanning for evidence is made even more unsettling than normal by the boy's remarkable resemblance to her - and by the fact that she gave up a baby boy for adoption seventeen years ago . . .
Overcome by guilt, Rhona sets out to find the boy's killer and establish whether the young victim is her long-lost son. In doing so, she finds herself immersed in an investigation that seeks to expose a dark underworld that preys on the young and vulnerable. As the case builds it soon becomes clear that some very powerful men have a lot to lose if she succeeds, and everything to gain if she dies.
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(Luath Original Crime Fiction, 1 January 2003, 272 pages, ebook, borrowed from @AmazonKindle #PrimeReading)
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I read one of the author's books years ago but can hardly remember it. Driftnet was hugely enjoyable so clearly I've been missing out. I've added another author to my really large list of authors to check out. This book is set in Glasgow where I live so I knew I was going to like it right off. A lot of the descriptions of the setting are spot on and very familiar which got the fan girl in me way too excited. Rhona is a great character; she's a bit of a bad ass but has a soft side as well. I sort of loved her. Crush alert! Like all good thrillers, this was packed with twists, turns and misdirection and I was clueless most of the time.
