A Deviant Breed (DCI Alec Dunbar series)

An archaeological dig at a remote glen in the Scottish Borders has unearthed numerous skeletons without heads and yet, only one skull, which proves to have had fairly recent dental work. That find turns their painstaking investigation into the annihilation of a seventeenth century Reiver Clan into a twenty-first century crime scene.

As DCI Alec Dunbar delves further into the horrific events at Braur Glen, evidence of more recent, yet no less heinous crimes emerge. Unravelling the truth from the complex web of myths, lies and carefully guarded secrets sees Dunbar and his team frantically searching for answers in the shadows of the past. The head count grows, and as yet another potential victim’s life hangs in the balance, the trail of vengeance leads them to a harrowing and deadly reckoning.