Description Don’t miss the debut crime thriller of 2026 – perfect for fans of The List of Suspicious Things. A murder mystery unlike any other… ‘Clever, honest, heart-rending.’ VAL MCDERMID ‘Richly authentic, funny, moving and insightful.’ JANICE HALLETT ‘I haven t read anything quite as unique as this since Trainspotting.’ LIN ANDERSON ‘A Bad, Bad Place will stay with me for a long, long time’ JENNIE GODFREY ‘Part To Kill a Mockingbird, part The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, yet altogether incomparable A. J. FINN What happens to the dog walker who finds the body? Glasgow, 1979. Twelve-year-old Janey won t take her dog, Sid Vicious, for a walk. Not anymore. It s Sid s fault she found the murdered woman. Janey claims she can t remember what she saw at the abandoned railway, but the police think she s hiding something. And they re not the only ones interested. Fear and rumour rip through the tight-knit community of Possilpark. Janey and her nana, Maggie, are dragged into the hunt for a murderer. And Maggie s struggle to keep her beloved granddaughter safe becomes ever more desperate. Because Janey s memories can t stay hidden forever. And neither can the killer Readers love A Bad, Bad Place: ‘Lingers long after the final page’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW ‘I loved every page!’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW ‘Got under my skin in a way I didn’t expect’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW ‘Absolutely brilliant, funny, full of life, completely convincing’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW ‘Brilliant’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW ‘Stunning’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW ‘Scottish writing at its finest’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW Don’t miss the debut crime thriller of 2026 – perfect for fans of The List of Suspicious Things. A murder mystery unlike any other… ‘Clever, honest, heart-rending.’ VAL MCDERMID ‘Richly authentic, funny, moving and insightful.’ JANICE HALLETT ‘I haven t read anything quite as unique as this since Trainspotting.’ LIN ANDERSON ‘A Bad, Bad Place will stay with me for a long, long time’ JENNIE GODFREY ‘Part To Kill a Mockingbird, part The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, yet altogether incomparable A. J. FINN What happens to the dog walker who finds the body? Glasgow, 1979. Twelve-year-old Janey won t take her dog, Sid Vicious, for a walk. Not anymore. It s Sid s fault she found the murdered woman. Janey claims she can t remember what she saw at the abandoned railway, but the police think she s hiding something. And they re not the only ones interested. Fear and rumour rip through the tight-knit community of Possilpark. Janey and her nana, Maggie, are dragged into the hunt for a murderer. And Maggie s struggle to keep her beloved granddaughter safe becomes ever more desperate. Because Janey s memories can t stay hidden forever. And neither can the killer Readers love A Bad, Bad Place: ‘Lingers long after the final page’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW ‘I loved every page!’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW ‘Got under my skin in a way I didn’t expect’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW ‘Absolutely brilliant, funny, full of life, completely convincing’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW ‘Brilliant’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW ‘Stunning’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW ‘Scottish writing at its finest’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW
