DARK WATER

In the attic of a deserted tenement, the body of a criminal is found hanging with his face horribly disfigured. Investigating officers DI Anderson and DS Costello believe he was a suspect in the decade-old rape and attempted murder of a young student. There are other similar cases on file, but the dead man didn't act alone - he had an accomplice in his crimes, 'Mr Click' who is still on the loose. When another young woman is brutally attacked, they realise 'Mr Click' is at work again, and with the killings accelerating in pace. Written with great insight into police procedures, in this instalment of the series we see more police team spirit at Partickhill as the team work their way from Glasgow's rough crime underbelly up to the glamorous and privileged existence of Scotland's favourite thespian and her family. 475pp, paperback.