Description

Stirling in the sweltering summer of 1967. The 'Summer of Love' has brought hippies and a newfound freedom, but Bridie O'Day's only concern is getting through her first week as a probationer at Barton Road Police Station. Realizing her ambition to join CID isn't going to be easy - the Police Force is a hierarchy of misogynist sergeants and predatory plainclothes officers. Promotion for women is unheard of.
On a routine visit to 'The Raploch', Stirlings most notorious housing scheme, Bridie stumbles upon the body of herbalist Helen Swankie. Helen has been murdered and if she can solve the crime before the malodorous and obnoxious Detective Sergeant Gus Wylie, it can only help her chances of getting out of uniform can't it?
With the help of genealogist Charlie Fleck and her foul mouthed parrot 'The Bosun', Bridie begins her own investigation, but when a second body turns up, it seems the motive for the killings is anything but simple.
Bridie and Charlie embark on a trip deep into the past to unearth a secret buried in medieval times. The murder itself is linked to one of the darkest tragedies of the previous decade.
Will the pair be able to bring the perpetrator to justice before the murderer's twisted logic is the cause of yet another death?
A cozy and often humourous mystery with a dark twist, you won't be able to put down.