With Soul So Dead (DI Rob Marshall Scottish Borders Police Mysteries Book 5)

The chase is on – and time is running out.

Holly Fenwick thought she had left her nightmare behind.

Twelve years ago, she narrowly escaped the clutches of a brutal serial killer.

Now, while she films a documentary in Eyemouth in the Scottish Borders, to recover from her ordeal and rebuild her life, she spots a figure eerily similar to her former captor. She rushes in, only to find no trace of the man but a chaotic crime scene – and a missing woman.

Before he was a cop, DI Rob Marshall worked as a criminal profiler on Holly’s case. Now based over the border in Scotland in the new Behavioural Sciences Unit in Gartcosh, Marshall joins the investigation on his old patch, but all he has are questions.

Was Holly’s return to the crime scene a mere coincidence? Is her story the figment of a traumatised mind? As the investigation unfolds, Holly is forced to confront her deepest fears and the possibility that the killer has marked her as his next target. And Marshall must consider the possibility his absolute truth might not be so certain.

With Soul So Dead is the fifth book in the DI Rob Marshall series, starring a haunted detective who masks his trauma with biting humour. Perfect for fans of Ian Rankin, Stuart MacBride, JD Kirk and LJ Ross.

If you love darkly funny crime fiction, binge the DI Rob Marshall series now:

1. The Turning of our Bones
2. Where the Bodies Lie
3. A Lonely Place of Dying
4. A Shadow on the Door
5. With Soul So Dead
6. His Path of Darkness (September 2024)