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WRITERS MEAN BUSINESS Louise Anderson was born in 1966. She was brought up in Glasgow and gained an MA from Glasgow University before moving to the USA with her family. They returned to Glasgow in 1991, where she works in accounts and marketing. She has two school-aged children, one dog and two cats.
'Fast-paced, gritty...a major new talent' - The Bookseller
'A breath of fresh air in the Scottish crime fiction field'- Val McDermid
A MAJOR CRIME DEBUT THAT REACHES DEEP INTO THE
MURDEROUS HEART OF A DIVIDED FAMILY
Erin Paterson runs her grandfather’s law firm in Glasgow, and is an uncompromisingly aggressive negotiator who is respected across the profession. But the success of her practice is not echoed in her personal life.
Erin’s father had a stroke and her relationship with her mother is troubled. Her sister leads a precarious life and their brother, Leland, committed suicide. And she’s not doing too well with her boyfriend either, whom she discovers in flagrante the day that an old-school friend, Lucy Grant, is murdered.
And in a rare moment of recklessness she lets her professionalism slip. Soon Erin finds herself adrift from her colleagues and vilified in the press.
From this moment, Erin’s life begins to unravel. Can she hold onto her job, even to her life, when the past slithers out of the darkness to expose a secret in the family that no one dare confront?
'I really enjoyed it – she’s a breath of fresh air in the Scottish crime fiction field. It’s got lots of genuinely black comedic moments but also some grimly painful storytelling’
- Val McDermid author of The Torment of Others.
| Territory | Publisher/Agent |
|---|---|
| World | Darley Anderson Agency |
| UK & Commonwealth | Hutchinson |
| North America | Bantam |
| Brazil | Bertrand Brasil |
| Germany | Random House Germany |
| Italy | Newton & Compton |
| Poland | Vizja Press |
| Sweden | Minotaur / Forum |