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When reporter Martha Strangeways is summoned to investigate the discovery of body parts on a remote railway track, she’s drawn into a strange case, as her own past comes back to haunt her… The atmospheric, chilling series continues… ‘A taut tale of murder and mutilation… you will race to reach the final chapter’ D. V. Bishop ‘Quite literally chilled me to the bone’ Alison Belsham ‘Intricate. Intriguing. Atmospheric’ A.G Slatter ___________ Rituals Secrets A killer who will protect them at any cost… Martha Strangeways has settled into a quiet life in Strathbran, after the horrific events that traumatised the village a year earlier. But all this is turned upside down when her friend at Glasgow CID, DI Derek Summers, calls on her to help with a disturbing case: a human ear, with an unusual Celtic earring, has been found next to a railway line in the Highlands. When the body of a young woman wearing matching jewellery turns up at a landmark church shortly after, the mystery deepens. Why has she been laid out in a ritualistic fashion? Does her trek along the little known Cailleach Way have anything to do with her death? And who is running the Facebook group where she posted details of her journey to the shrine of the Bone Mother goddess? As Martha tries to unpick the threads, she finds herself entwined with a ghost from her own past, and in conflict with the owner of a project that threatens to destroy the goddess’s sacred land. With Halloween approaching, and someone determined to protect the goddess at all costs, can Martha and Summers catch the killer before they strike again, and this time much closer to home ___________ ‘A gripping thriller steeped in Scottish folklore… weaves ancient legend with a tense, modern story that kept me turning the pages’ Lilja Sigurðardóttir ‘A chilling gothic mystery… building to a breathtaking and seriously unnerving climax’ Eve Smith ‘Another brilliant offering from a writer fast making a name for herself’ Mari Hannah ‘Absorbing and terrifying… highly recommended’ Lin Anderson Praise for Crow Moon ‘A bloody good read’ Val McDermid ‘Dark, gothic, and dripping with dread, this spellbinding debut is a triumph’ C.J. Cooke ‘Dark, atmospheric and addictive’ Sun ‘Meets the definition of ""eagerly awaited"" more than most debuts’ Herald Scotland ‘Compelling, atmospheric and unsettling, Crow Moon takes readers on a twist turning thrill of a ride… a stylish debut in a series we will all be following!’ Louise Welsh ‘Exceptionally atmospheric and excruciatingly tense… a belter’ Emma Christie ‘A page turning plot, beautifully realised setting, and characters that are still walking and talking in my head… a compassionate and captivating new voice’ Emma Styles ‘The story and its characters feel bound to the landscape… The constant presence of crows, watching, listening, gathering and even swooping down to attack, infuses the already sinister atmosphere with a dash of the Gothic’ Herald Scotland ‘Hugely accomplished and extremely creepy’ Trevor Wood ‘An extraordinary debut: intriguing, unsettling, heavy on atmosphere and with a formidable leading lady’ Mari Hannah ‘The most impressive debut I’ve read in years’ Yrsa Sigurdardottir Shortlisted for the Val McDermid Debut Award Shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize

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Originally from the north east of England, former journalist Suzy Aspley has lived in Scotland for almost 30 years. She writes crime and short stories often inspired by the strange things she sees in the landscape around her. She won Bloody Scotland’s Pitch Perfect in 2019 with the original idea for her debut novel and was shortlisted in the London Capital crime festival’s new voices award. In 2020, she was mentored by Jo Dickinson as part of the Hachette future bookshelf initiative. Her novel Crow Moon was also long listed this year for the Caledonia Novel Award. She’s currently working on the second book in the series featuring journalist Martha Strangeways. When she’s not writing, she’s either got her nose buried in a book, or is outside with her dogs dreaming up more dark stories.

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