Driftnet: A Rhonda MacLeod Novel 1

by Lin Anderson, Sally Armstrong (Narrator)

Seventeen years ago, she gave up her newborn son. Could it be his dead body at the scene? Driftnet is a thrilling, fast-paced crime novel by Lin Anderson and is the first novel in the series featuring forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod.

'One of the most satisfying characters in modern crime fiction' – Daily Mail

Summoned in the early hours of the morning to a Glasgow flat, forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod is confronted by a horrific crime scene. A teenage boy has been found mutilated and strangled to death by a vicious killer.

But her grim task of scanning for evidence is made even more unsettling than normal by the boy’s remarkable resemblance to her – and by the fact that she gave up a baby boy for adoption all those years ago . . .

Overcome by guilt, Rhona sets out to find the boy’s killer and establish whether the young victim is her long-lost child. Soon, she finds herself immersed in an investigation seeking to expose the dark underworld of Glasgow as it preys on the young and vulnerable. And, as the case builds, it becomes clear that some very powerful men have a lot to lose if Rhona succeeds – and everything to gain if she dies . . .

'The best Scottish crime series since Rebus' – Daily Record

Driftnet is the first in the brutal, thrilling investigations of forensic scientist Rhona Macleod. Continue the series with Torch.

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Published November 13, 2024

About the author

Lin Anderson was born in Greenock of Scottish and Irish parents. A graduate of both Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities, she has lived in many different parts of Scotland and also spent five years working in the African bush. A teacher of Mathematics and Computing, she began her writing career four years ago. Her first film, Small Love, which was broadcast on STV, was nominated for TAPS writer of the year award 2001. Her African short stories have been published in the 10th Anniversary Macallan collection and broadcast on BBC Radio Four.

Reviews

[Liz Mistry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Driftnet sets up this forensic scientist series beautifully chucking us right into the middle of Rhona’s complex lovelife and her equally complex past which may be linked to the body just discovered mutilated in a Glasgow flat.
I love the realness of Rhona - she’s successful professionally but hasn’t got everything sussed and that makes her a bit unpredictable and a lot likeable. Anderson makes Glasgow a real breathing entity in the novel and the twists and turns are executed flawlessly… which made me immediately move on to …

[Clare Louise Muirhead · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book, alot of twists, which you do not expect. different ending than what I thought would be.