The heart-pounding first installment of the MacNeice Mysteries, featuring a sophisticated detective solving the horrific murder of a beautiful young violinist - perfect for fans of Peter Robinson's Alan Banks series.

Detective Superintendent MacNeice is returning from a pilgrimage to his wife's grave when he's called to a crime scene of singular and disturbing beauty. A young woman in evening dress lies gracefully posed on the floor of a pristine summer cottage so that the finger of one hand regularly interrupts the needle arm of a phonograph playing Schubert's Piano Trio. The only visible mark on her is the bruise under her chin, which MacNeice recognizes: it is the mark that distinguishes dedicated violinists, the same mark that once graced his wife. The murder is both ingenious and horrific, and soon entangles MacNeice and his team in Eastern Europe's ancient grievances...

U.S. EXPOSURE:

• We will be giving away ARCs of Erasing Memory at Bouchercon, Winter Institute, and ALA Midwinter.

REVIEW COPIES:

• Publishers Weekly
• Booklist
• Kirkus Reviews

About the Author
SCOTT THORNLEY grew up in Hamilton, Ontario, which inspired his fictional Dundurn. He is the author of five novels in the critically acclaimed MacNeice Mysteries series: Erasing Memory, The Ambitious City, Raw Bone, Vantage Point, and Middlemen. He was appointed to the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts in 1990. In 2018, he was named a Member of the Order of Canada. Thornley divides his time between Toronto and the southwest of France.

Reviews
[An] impressive debut . . . Superb writing, complex and highly likable characters, and the occasional delicious burst of violence definitely make the next books in this series worth watching for. * Publisher's Weekly *
This series will be a real winner. -- Margaret Cannon * Globe and Mail *
Not since P. D. James's Adam Dalgliesh has there been a police inspector as sophisticated as MacNeice. * Toronto Star *
The reader is . . . compelled to go on, in part because that killer, if not a superior, twisted mind, is a first-class jerk and we love to see such people get their comeuppance. * National Post *



Book Information
ISBN 9781487003296
Author Scott Thornley
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada
Publisher House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada
Weight(grams) 358g
Dimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm * 13mm