Synopsis
A consummate debut novel of crime and obsession that The Washington Post dubbed "one of the year's best literary thrillers."
It's twenty years since police detective Alan McAlpine has set foot in Patrickhill Station―and more than twenty years since he fell forever in love with the mute, faceless woman he called Anna as she lay dying in Glasgow's Western Infirmary. Daily he'd watched over her, and they had begun to communicate with each other, she by moving her wounded fingers. Her fingers could not tell the sad, unseasoned police cadet her name, however, or name for him the father of her newborn baby girl or identify the assailants who had flung the acid in her once incomparably beautiful face. Or tell him how she'd smuggled a cache of uncut diamonds into Scotland.Now McAlpine is back in Patrickhill, where he's been summoned to head up the investigation of a disturbing murder case. Two women―their arms outstretched, their legs together and feet crossed at the ankle―have already died at the hands of a man the press has tagged the Crucifixion Killer.With crimes in the present continually detouring both McAlpine and the elusive killer he pursues into an unredeemed past, the mystery in this steely, piercing psychological thriller is as gripping as its twists are surprising. And absolution proves to be extreme."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Caro Ramsay was born and educated in Glasgow. She has been writing crime stories since she was five years old, developing the talent that led her to write Absolution, her first novel. Ramsay lives in a village on the west coast of Scotland.
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Ramsay's debut, set in Glasgow, introduces police inspector Allen McAlpine, who is haunted by an earlier unsolved case that may be connected to a murderer named the Crucifixion Killer. This copy, a paperback first printing shows minimal shelfwear on the spine creases, is simply signed by Ramsay on the half-title page. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for shipping. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 001190