Published: April 16, 2012
Words: 87,985 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781476438009

Short description

DC Scott Cullen of Lothian and Borders has only been three months in CID as a full DC. He is assigned a Missing Persons case which has stretched his uniform colleagues - a young, recently divorced mother from Edinburgh. As Cullen's own private life gets messier and the relationship with his DI deteriorates, Caroline's body turns up and he finds himself hunting for a ghost in the machine.

Extended description

"Rankin for the Xbox generation"

"a well thought out and well conceived police procedural. The fact that we see events unfold through the eyes of one of the lowest cogs in the policing wheel makes for a refreshing change."

The first book in a series of Edinburgh-based police procedurals starring DC Scott Cullen, which feature social media at its dark heart and has been compared favourably with Ian Rankin, Mark Billingham and Stuart MacBride.

Detective Constable Scott Cullen of Lothian and Borders has only been three months in CID as a full DC. He is assigned a Missing Persons case which has stretched his uniform colleagues. Caroline Adamson - a young, recently divorced mother from Edinburgh - has disappeared whilst on a date.

The more Cullen digs into her disappearance, the more he unravels her private life. Who was she on a date with? What happened during her divorce from Rob Thomson? As Cullen's own private life gets messier and the relationship with his DI deteriorates, Caroli.. (Read more) "Rankin for the Xbox generation"

"a well thought out and well conceived police procedural. The fact that we see events unfold through the eyes of one of the lowest cogs in the policing wheel makes for a refreshing change."

The first book in a series of Edinburgh-based police procedurals starring DC Scott Cullen, which feature social media at its dark heart and has been compared favourably with Ian Rankin, Mark Billingham and Stuart MacBride.

Detective Constable Scott Cullen of Lothian and Borders has only been three months in CID as a full DC. He is assigned a Missing Persons case which has stretched his uniform colleagues. Caroline Adamson - a young, recently divorced mother from Edinburgh - has disappeared whilst on a date.

The more Cullen digs into her disappearance, the more he unravels her private life. Who was she on a date with? What happened during her divorce from Rob Thomson? As Cullen's own private life gets messier and the relationship with his DI deteriorates, Caroline's body turns up and he finds himself hunting for a ghost in the machine.

Book one of the Scott Cullen series.
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crime, police, edinburgh, rebus, ian rankin, mark billingham, james oswald, stuart macbride

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Review by: Peter Nicholas Farrell on Feb. 12, 2013 :
A cracking novel a good story well written, good characters. For a first novel it certainly ranks alongside some of the established authors I have read. My only reservation, common to most police thrillers, is the tensions between the police characters, bumptious boss, put upon rookie, lazy trainee all so common these days. A pet gripe of mine but it doesn't detract from the book.
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