The Filed of Blood by Denise Mina. S/C. 367 pp. 500gm 2005

Large format softcover printed in 2005 by Bantam Press. A well cared for secondhand book with barely a mark on the cover or inner pages. Page edges slightly browned. Printed in a very readable larger than normal typeface.

The first novel in a compelling new crime series featuring Paddy Meehan, who just started work on the Scottish Daily News.

A toddler goes missing, snatched from the front garden of his home. The police are led to the doors of two eleven-year-old boys. Everyone believes that the boys acted alone, only Paddy feels that there may be more to it ...