Perception of Death

‘There are some things in life better not known – some things that should be left where they rest…’ Erin Paterson is a highly successful lawyer in Glasgow and a control-freak, ruthless negotiator and commitment-phobe. Erin’s family exist in a state of perpetual denial, so that when a secret from the past, so abominable and terrifying, slithers back to the surface, Erin is the one who has to face the threat and find the truth. As events unravel, Erin’s resolve is tested to the maximum. Can she hold onto her job – and her life, when the past crawls out of the darkness to expose a secret in the family that no one dares confront?

Reviews of Perception of Death

'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. 'Quite simply, this is one of the best crime novels you're likely to read this year. As a first novel, it's quite extraordinary, and marks the arrival of an exceptional new talent on the British mystery scene' – John Connolly.