I received a copy of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley.

A recent lottery winner is discovered dead in a Glasgow cemetery and other murders follow. The narrative is from the perspective of DI Aliya Pereira, who juggles solving the case, managing her boss, and finding time for her children. While there was a fair amount of time spent on Pereira's personal life (and the imperfect decisions she had made and continued to make), the main focus was the investigation itself.

I thought this was an excellent police procedural; I read it in one sitting and found the twists and turns compelling and the identity of the perpetrator both a surprise and entirely logical. There was a good sense of the Glasgow setting and of Pereira's "otherness". I would be keen to read more instalments of this series.

Highly recommended.

A man has been found murdered in a cemetery in Glasgow. His death caused by the metal cross hammered into his skull, he holds a branch from a flowering Judas tree in u=is hands. DI Aliya Pereira and DS Marc Bain catch the case and learn the victim. Archie Wilson, has recently won the lottery. There definitely seems to be a connection between his winnings and his murder, but can Bain and Pereira find out what it is before someone else is killed? I love the contrast between the gritty, gruesome police work and the “real lives” of Bain and Pereira. Pereira in particular struggles with being a working mother and faces prejudice because of her perceived religious and racial background. A fantastic story on all levels