Dying of the Light (An Alice Rice Mystery) - Softcover

Gillian Galbraith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846971438 ISBN 13: 9781846971433

Publisher: Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited, 2010

Synopsis

Midwinter, a freezing night in Leith, near Edinburgh's red light district. A policewoman's flashlight stabs the darkness in a snow-covered cemetery. The circle of light stops on a colourless, dead face. So begins the hunt for a serial murderer of prostitutes in Gillian Galbraith's third Alice Rice mystery, 'The Dying of the Light'. Partly inspired by the real-life killings of prostitutes in Ipswich, this novel explores a hidden world where sex is bartered for money and drugs. Off-duty, Alice's home life continues its uneven course. Her romance with the artist Ian Melville offers the prospect of happiness, but is plagued by insecurity. Her demented but determined neighbour, Miss Spinnell, offers a new challenge to Alice's patience at every meeting. This atmospheric thriller builds on the success of the first two Alice Rice mysteries, 'Blood in the Water' and 'Where the Shadow Falls', and it is Gillian Galbraith's most accomplished novel yet.

About this title

About the Author

Gillian Galbraith grew up near Haddington. She was an advocate specialising in medical negligence cases and was the legal correspondent for the Scottish Farmer magazine. She has also written on legal matters for The Times. She lives deep in the country near Kinross with her husband and child, cats, dogs, hens and bees.

Edition details

• Publisher: Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1846971438
• ISBN 13: 9781846971433
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 243