The Goldenacre

''An outstanding mystery thriller. Noir fans won't want to miss it'' - Publishers Weekly (Starred)''A riveting, brutal journey into the high stakes world of legacy art and inherited wealth'' - Denise Mina, author of the Garnethill trilogy and The Long DropThe Goldenacre - a masterpiece by the painter and architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh - has been given to the people of Scotland. The beautiful canvas, the last work by the artistic genius, enthrals the art world, but behind it lies a dark and violent mystery. Thomas Tallis, an art expert with a trouble past, is trying to uncover the truth about the painting''s complex history, while dogged newspaper reporter Shona Sandison is investigating a series of shocking murders in Edinburgh. Both investigators soon become engulfed in the machinations of money, crime and identity in a literary thriller set amid the seen and unseen forces at work in modern Scotland. Winner of the Shamus Award for the Best First P. I. Novel