A little break from my Davitt catchup whilst I attend to a group read on Murder and Mayhem!
From the Blurb:
Two seven-year-old boys have been abducted from the streets of Glasgow. Both had already endured years of neglect and betrayal - but for Detective Inspector Colin Anderson the case is especially disturbing, because the boys look so much like his own son Peter...
Opening Lines:
Detective Inspector Colin Anderson held a handkerchief to his nose, trying not to breath, his eyes watering in the acrid smoke, and looked at the remains of the ground-floor flat, 34 Lower Holburn Street.
Two seven-year old boys have been abducted from the streets of Glasgow. Both had already endured years of neglect and betrayal - but for Detective Inspector Colin Anderson the case is especially disturbing, because the boys look so much like his own son Peter...
Then, with police resources stretched to breaking point, a simple house fire turns into a full-scale murder hunt.