‘See Them Run’ by Marion Todd.

Published by Canelo Crime,
23 July 2020.
ISBN: 978-1-78863818-0 (PB)

‘The Bride and Groom would you lead the way’. Couples began streaming onto the dance floor.

 Andy’s phone began to buzz ‘Hey like the kilt’
Andy didn’t know who it was ringing him. He replies ‘Glad you like it.

He watched his wife Angela as she rose unsteadily from her seat to join the dancers.

So, R U A Real Scotsman, what’s under the kilt?
Andy felt a familiar stirring.

The banter went on and Andy stepped out into the cold of the evening and made his way down the hotel drive. As the hotel disappeared from view Andy picked out the headlights of a car. He lifted his kilt. The car revved and then lurched forward and speeded up. 

DI Clare Mackay received the call from the hotel. She had recently moved from Glasgow to St Andrews, and it currently felt a lonely place to be. The incident was a hit-and-run.  The car hadn’t just hit him the killer had been determined to kill. Having hit the man then reversed over him. And left a card on his chest bearing the number 5. Francine the bridesmaid, said that Andy was probably outside to meet another woman as he was in the habit of having affairs. 

The following night another victim is struck down and a number '4' card is left at the scene. Clare and her team realise they're against a killer stalking the streets of the picturesque Scottish town, bent on carrying out three more murders, no 3,2 and 1. 

Andy’s wife Angela admits to Clare that she and Andy had a marriage of convenience, and there is little she can tell the police of what Andy does or how he spends his time.  The only regular things he did was to go out to a club with the lads every Thursday.  

To solve the case Clare knows that she must face her own past and discover the deepest secrets of the victims and the killer, before there are a further three murders. 

Cleverly plotted this is a real page turner. Highly recommended.
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Reviewer: Lizzie Sirett 

Marion Todd is a native of Dundee. She studied music and worked for many years as a piano teacher and accompanist. Early writing success saw her winning first prize in the Family Circle magazine short story for children national competition and subsequently writing for her local newspaper. Now a full-time writer, Marion lives in north east Fife, overlooking the River Tay. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.