<p><font>WINNER OF THE 2021 McILVANNEY AWARD<br><br>IAN RANKIN''S CHOICE FOR BOTH BEST MYSTERY BOOK OF 2021 (PBS), AND BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR (<i>NEW STATESMAN</i>)<br><br>''Russell writes a pacy, ever-twisting mystery that will keep you turning the pages.'' <b>- Ian Rankin</b><br><br>''When it comes to Gothic crime, Craig Russell is peerless. Absolutely stunning.''<b> - M W Craven</b><br><br><b>From international bestselling author Craig Russell comes a modern Gothic masterpiece.</font></b><br><br>Edward Hyde has a strange gift - or a curse - he keeps secret from all but his physician. He experiences two realities, one real, the other a dreamworld state brought on by a neurological condition.<br><br>When murders in Victorian Edinburgh echo the ancient Celtic <i>threefold death</i> ritual, Captain Edward Hyde hunts for those responsible. In the process he becomes entangled in a web of Celticist occultism and dark scheming by powerful figures. The answers are there to be found