From the author of THE HANGING SHED comes the second instalment in the Douglas Brodie series. Summer in Glasgow: as the temperature rises, so does the murder rate... Douglas Brodie, ex-policeman, ex-soldier and now newest reporter on the Glasgow Gazette, has no shortage of material for his crime column. But even Brodie balks at his latest subject: a rapist who has been tarred and feathered by a balaclava-clad group. He is soon entangled in a web of deception and savagery, Brodie is swamped with stories for the Gazette. But how long before he becomes the headline?