Callanach’s background is dripfed to the reader, which I liked, and it brought up a few welcome surprises. DI Callanach was a clichéd flawed detective with baggage to deal with, and the Scottish setting for police crime dramas is a bit hackneyed however, the book did have me reading long into the night. The storyline flowed well, with plenty of red herrings and plot twists, and a hint of potential romance. The murderer leaves only clues he wants the police to follow, but his treatment of the victims becomes erratic as the net closes in. However, Callanach feels that Harris distracts the team from the real hunt for the killer. With few clues, Callanach is forced to accept help from Professor Harris, a character profiler. Once again, the killer leaves an almost unidentifiable body. His arrival has met with some hostility amongst the ranks.Ī second woman’s body is found again, that of a professional woman. Detective Inspector Luc Callanach is a recent transfer to Scotland’s Police from Interpol. Local police believe the body might be that of Elaine Buxton, a missing city lawyer. The story opens with a gruesome sacrifice of a woman’s body in a bothy up in the Cairngorm Mountains. I discovered this book and author after reading an article in The Basingstoke Gazette, one of my local papers. Perfect Remains is book #1 of the DI Callanach police crime thriller series, set in Edinburgh.
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