The Dead of Winter

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THE UNPUTDOWNABLE, UNMISSABLE NEW THRILLER FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR.

It was supposed to be an easy job.

All Detective Constable Edward Reekie had to do was pick up a dying prisoner from HMP Grampian and deliver him somewhere to live out his last few months in peace.

From the outside, Glenfarach looks like a quaint, sleepy, snow-dusted village, nestled deep in the heart of Cairngorms National Park, but things aren''t what they seem. The place is thick with security cameras and there''s a strict nine o''clock curfew, because Glenfarach is the final sanctuary for people who''ve served their sentences but can''t be safely released into the general population.

Edward''s new boss, DI Victoria Montgomery-Porter, insists they h