Torn, paperback/anne randall

A fast-paced, gripping thriller with a shocking twist.

2004 The court case had been harrowing.

The fifteen jurors sat in silence while the prosecution produced evidence of how a man with obsessive sado-masochistic fantasies had turned into a killer.

Fourteen of the jurors were repulsed.

One man was secretly enthralled.

A new world of possibility had opened up for him.

2014 When an actress is found dead, the ligature marks suggest that she had been involved in extreme sex games.

When DIs Wheeler and Ross begin to investigate her death, they realise their investigation is being blocked not just by the owners of the exclusive club where she was found but by some of Glasgows most influential citizens.

Meanwhile Skye Cooper, Scotlands latest indie-rock sensation is playing the final gig of his sell-out tour but his dreams of stardom are on a collision course with the obsession threatening to consume him .

Praise for Anne Randall Brilliant The Sun Randall has grown in confidence since her debut, and this is as assured and clever a novel of tartan noir as you could hope to find Daily Mail.