<p><b>A brutal slaying is the first move in a ritualistic killer's twisted game. <i>Paths of the Dead</i> is the ninth novel in Lin Anderson's Glasgow-set forensic crime series featuring Rhona MacLeod.<br><br>'One of the most satisfying characters in modern crime fiction' &ndash; <i>Daliy Mail</i></b><br><br>When Amy MacKenzie agrees to attend a meeting at a local spiritualist church, the last person she expects to hear calling to her from beyond the grave is her son. The son whom she'd only spoken to an hour before.<br><br>Then the body of a young man is found inside a Neolithic stone circle high above the city of Glasgow &ndash; and forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod is soon on the case. The hands have been severed and there is a stone in the victim's mouth with the number five scratched on it. DI Michael McNab is certain it's a gangland murder, but Rhona isn't convinced. <br><br>When a second body is found in similar circumstances, a pattern begins to emerge &ndash; that of a killer intent on enacting a gruesome Druidic game. One that everyone will be forced to play . . .<br><br><b>'The best Scottish crime series since Rebus' &ndash; <i>Daily Record</i></b><br><br><i>Paths of the Dead</i> is the ninth book in the Rhona MacLeod series by Lin Anderson. It is followed by <i>The Special Dead</i>.<br><br><b>Readers love <i>Paths of the Dead</i>:</b><br><br>'It is gruesome, gritty reading at times, full of twists and turns'<br>'I had to ration myself or I would have finished it in one sitting'<br>'I have read all the Rhona MacLeod books and each one is better than the last!'<br><br><b>Perfect for fans of Ian Rankin, Martina Cole and <i>Silent Witness</i>.</b></p>