Dying of the Light: An Alice Rice Mystery (The Alice Rice Mysteries Book 3)

A body found near Edinburgh’s red-light district sends a cop into a seamy underworld in this “fast-paced” crime thriller. ( Scots Magazine ). On a freezing midwinter night in Leith, a policewoman’s flashlight stabs the darkness in a snow-covered cemetery. The circle of light stops on a colorless, dead face. So begins the hunt for a serial murderer of prostitutes requiring Alice Rice to plunge into a hidden world where sex is bartered for money and drugs. At the same time, Alice’s off-duty life continues its uneven course, as her romance with artist Ian Melville offers the prospect of happiness but is plagued by insecurity, and Alice’s demented but determined neighbor, Miss Spinnell, offers a new challenge to Alice’s patience at every turn. This atmospheric thriller is part of the acclaimed police procedural series featuring “a strong female detective on the Scottish crime scene” ( The Bookbag ). Midwinter, a freezing night in Leith, near Edinburgh's red light district. A policewoman's flashlight stabs the darkness in a snow-covered cemetery. The circle of light stops on a colourless, dead face. So begins the hunt for a serial murderer of prostitutes in Gillian Galbraith's third Alice Rice mystery. Partly inspired by the real-life killings of prostitutes in Ipswich, this novel explores a hidden world where sex is bartered for money and drugs. Off-duty, Alice's home life continues its uneven course. Her romance with the artist Ian Melville offers the prospect of happiness, but is plagued by insecurity. Her demented but determined neighbour, Miss Spinnell, offers a new challenge to Alice's patience at every meeting. Midwinter, a freezing night in Leith, near Edinburgh's red light district. A policewoman's flashlight stabs the darkness in a snow-covered cemetery. The circle of light stops on a colourless, dead face. So begins the hint for a serial murderer of prostitutes in the capital city, and Detective Sergeant Alice Rice is assigned to the case. It takes more than the death of one of their number to keep the working girls off the streets, and DS Rice joins them in the back lanes and waste ground, searching for evidence from the girls themselves. But, as she discovers, it is dangerous for any female to get too close to a killer who has nothing to lose. Midwinter, a freezing night in Leith, near Edinburgh's red light district. A policewoman's flashlight stabs the darkness in a snow-covered cemetery. The circle of light stops on a colourless, dead face. It is the body of a prostitute, the first to die at the hands of a serial murderer. But it takes more than one death to keep working girls off the streets. Detective Sergeant Alice Rice joins them as they ply their trade in back lanes and waste grounds, searching for evidence from the girls themselves. She soon finds that is dangerous for any woman to get too close to a killer who has nothing to lose.