Cold Granite - Stuart MacBride (Thistle No. 491)

The debut thriller from a bright new Scottish talent set to rival Ian Rankin. It's DS Logan McRae's first day back on the job after a year off on the sick, and it couldn't get much worse. It's DS Logan McRae's first day back on the job after a year off on the sick, and it couldn't get much worse.

Four year old David Reid's body is discovered in a ditch - strangled, mutilated and dead a long time. And he's only the first. The dead are piling up in the morgue and Logan knows time is running out. More children are going missing. More are going to die. If Logan isn't careful, he's going to end up joining them.