Exile

From the two-time winner of the THEAKSTONS OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD - a Scottish crime novel with a difference.

The last time Maureen ODonnell saw Ann Harris, she was in the Glasgow Womens Shelter smelling of a long binge on cheap drink.

A month later Anns mutilated body, stitched into a mattress, is washed up on the banks of the Thames.

No-one seems to care what happened to her, and Maureen is the only person who thinks Anns husband is innocent. But solving Anns murder comes as light relief. Maureens father is back in Glasgow, her best friend is sloping about like a nervous spy, and then theres Angus, Maureens old therapist, whos twice as bright as she is and making her play a dangerous game with the police.

In the long tradition of Scots in trouble, Maureen runs away to London where she becomes embroiled in a seedy world of deceit and violence. Alone in a strange city, Maureen starts to piece together Anns final days. But time is not on her side, and Maureen needs just 12 hours, just 12, to put things right, and she doesnt care what it costs...