Edinburgh, 2025 - an independent, almost crime-free oasis surrounded by anarchic city-states. Except global warming has turned summer into the Big Heat and water, like everything else, is strictly rationed. Citizens live only for the weekly lottery draw while serving the tourists in the year-round festival. When a recent lottery winner goes missing, subversive investigator Quintillian Dalrymple is called in. . .Then a body is discovered face down in the Water of Leith. . .Quint thinks he sees the first traces of a ruthless conspiracy to destablise the city. And the body count, like the temperature, keeps on rising.

Going to Mallary as RABCK.

Received today as part of a generous 6-book RABCK from Iojima. Many thanks!

Borrowed from Mallary. I have never read this author before and shall be looking out for more of his books. Many thanks.

Back with me now.
Making available.

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On it's way to flambard, sorry it's taken me a week to post!
Hope you enjoy the book.

Many thanks Mallary! I look forward to reading this!

This alternative Edinburgh is a very imaginitive setting for what could be a rather pedestrian whodunnit. A shame about the title, but the storyline was engaging and the characters were interesting. A good read and better than The Blood Tree. Thanks for sharing!

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