Eye of the Raven

Présentation de l'éditeur Dr Steven Dunbar works for Sci-Med Inspectorate, a secretive agency that investigates crimes with links to the world of science. He is therefore bemused when the deathbed confession of a convicted psychopath lands on his desk. But it emerges that another man is already serving a life sentence for the brutal rape and murder of 13-year old Julie Summers -- a man whose medical research once sent shockwaves through the scientific community. Dr David Little. Little is nine years into his life sentence. The evidence against him was indisputable: a perfect DNA match. When Dunbar is sent to Edinburgh to confirm the deathbed confession as a hoax, amongst the confusion, incompetency and deception that he encounters there, a new fear arises: what if the confession is true? A case that has already destroyed so many lives is forced to reopen. Dunbar is determined to discover the truth, even if it is finally revealed to be more horrific than anyone could have imagined . . . Biographie de l'auteur Ken McClure was born and brought up in Edinburgh. After leaving school he studied as a marine engineer in Glasgow until he decided after a year that this was not the path for him. His interest and expertise in medical science grew once he had joined Edinburgh City Hospital as a junior lab technician, which spurred him on to study in evening classes. A prize-winning researcher in his field, this is Ken McClure's fourteenth novel.