It's perhaps fitting that for McDermid's 25th novel she's revisited her most thrillingly murderous creation.

To write one brilliant book is hard. To write 25 is a miracle. That is what Val McDermid has achieved over the course of her career and it's why she is a much-loved legend in the literary world... the pace here is flawless and the various storylines are expertly interwoven... a superb crime novel.