Scorched Earth: The 7th DS McAvoy Novel

Scorched Earth: The 7th DS McAvoy Novel by David Mark. Hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781473643093.

Detective McAvoy investigates a murder and a missing person case in this dark and compelling thriller, for fans of Stuart MacBride and Peter May. The police think Crystal Heathers isnt missing. The trainee detective assigned to the case isnt so sure. McAvoy thinks someone was being held at the derelict building where they just found a body pinned to the wall...and that all the signs point to it being a little girl. But why would anyone not report a kidnapping? And how far would someone go to get revenge? The case will test McAvoy to breaking point - as the crimes of the present lead him to a final violent confrontation with an enemy from his own past.