A gangland slaying. A missing movie star. When an actor goes missing in Glasgow, the clue to his whereabouts could be in the film script itself.

In the dead of night, a man’s body is found strapped to a chair in Glasgow’s Elder Park, his identity unknown. Forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod thinks the violence displayed at the scene suggests a gangland feud. And, when the post-mortem uncovers a bullet engraved with a snake’s head in the man’s stomach, Rhona's suspicions intensify.

Elsewhere in the city, a major Hollywood movie is being filmed, but production comes to a standstill when the lead actor vanishes without a trace. As the news spreads, DS Michael McNab senses a chilling connection between the two cases – a brutal organized-crime storyline playing out in real life on the streets of Glasgow.

With fact and fiction blurring, all Rhona and McNab know for sure is that there is a vendetta at work that must be paid in blood. Can the script of the movie lead them to the killer before its gruesome finale comes to pass?

Whispers of the Dead is a pulse-pounding instalment in Lin Anderson's Rhona MacLeod series.

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Readers love Whispers of the Dead:

'I absolutely love Lin's writing style - atmospheric, descriptive, engrossing' – Reader Review

'Tense, gritty and packed with twists and turns . . . A really authentic sense of the darker side of life on the streets of Glasgow' – Reader Review

'I am in awe of the way in which Anderson keeps all of the plot threads in hand whilst expertly weaving in connections and tying up loose threads' – Reader Review

'Glasgow and its surrounds are in the DNA of the bestselling series' - The Sunday Post

Forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod has become one of the most satisfying characters in modern crime fiction * Daily Mail *
Lin Anderson is one of Scotland’s national treasures – don’t be fooled by comparisons, her writing is unique, bringing warmth and depth to even the seediest parts of Glasgow -- Stuart MacBride, author of the Logan McRae series
The best Scottish crime series Rebus * Daily Record *
Anderson is really, really good, one of those authors who richly deserves to be far better known and much more widely read. In her latest she has given us her usual complex plot which will take a lot of meaty pages to sort. * Winnipeg Free Press *

Lin Anderson is a Scottish author and screenwriter known for her bestselling crime series featuring forensic scientist Dr Rhona MacLeod. Four of her novels have been longlisted for the Scottish Crime Book of the Year and she has also been shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Dagger in the Library Award. Lin is the co-founder of the international crime-writing festival Bloody Scotland, which takes place annually in Stirling.