Watch Him Die

'Truly difficult to put down'

Craig Robertson author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Simon & Schuster Ltd

Published:11th Jun '20

Should be back in stock very soon

Watch Him Die cover

NOMINATED FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE 2020 FOR SCOTTISH CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR

'Truly difficult to put down’ Daily Mail 

'High-concept plot keeps the 'tecs and the reader on their toes’ Sunday Times Crime Club

'Robertson is a master storyteller . . . never less than gripping’ Scotsman

'Devilishly clever . . . This might be his best yet'  SJI Holliday​, author of Violet

'Perfect for fans of Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh' Reader review 


ONLY ONE PERSON CAN SAVE YOU. AND HE WANTS YOU DEAD. 
 
Police find a man dead at his home in Los Angeles. Nothing suggests foul-play but elements of the victim’s house show that something is deeply wrong.

Meanwhile, in Glasgow, DI Rachel Narey is searching for a missing young woman – and the man she suspects of killing her.

When a feed broadcasting the slow and painful death of a final victim is discovered, these two cases become linked.

There’s no way to identify him.
No way to find him
No way to save him.
Not without the cooperation of a killer.

And the only way he will cooperate is if he can watch him die.

Praise for Craig Robertson:

'Robertson does something bold with this one, adding a storyline set in America, and he pulls it off magnificently . . . The links to real murders from history, most notably The Black Dahlia case, are soon brought to the fore and the investigation’s relevance to Narey’s own search for a missing woman in Glasgow is made apparent via some skillful plotting' Spectator 

'Packed full of tension, Watch Him Die is a brilliantly unnerving read - an original premise with a devilishly clever execution, the story unfolds with expert precision. I flew through the pages, sick with dread. An excellent thriller from a crime stalwart - in fact, this might be his best yet'  SJI Holliday, author of Violet

‘Robertson, a maestro of Tartan noir, twins a dogged Glasgow detective with her counterparts in Los Angeles, but can this formidable team find a psycho...

ISBN: 9781471165368

Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 25mm

Weight: unknown

416 pages