Dying of the Light: An Alice Rice Mystery (The Alice Rice Mysteries #3)

By: Gillian Galbraith

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Synopsis: A body found near Edinburgh&’s red-light district sends a cop into a seamy underworld in this &“fast-paced&” crime thriller. (Scots Magazine). On a freezing midwinter night in Leith, a policewoman&’s flashlight stabs the darkness in a snow-covered cemetery. The circle of light stops on a colorless, dead face. So begins the hunt for a serial murderer of prostitutes requiring Alice Rice to plunge into a hidden world where sex is bartered for money and drugs. At the same time, Alice&’s off-duty life continues its uneven course, as her romance with artist Ian Melville offers the prospect of happiness but is plagued by insecurity, and Alice&’s demented but determined neighbor, Miss Spinnell, offers a new challenge to Alice&’s patience at every turn. This atmospheric thriller is part of the acclaimed police procedural series featuring &“a strong female detective on the Scottish crime scene&” (The Bookbag).