The Goldenacre

The Goldenacre, a masterpiece by the painter and architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh, has been given to the people of Scotland. The beautiful canvas, the last work by the artistic genius, enthrals the art world, but behind it lies a dark and violent mystery.

Thomas Tallis, an art expert with a troubled past, is trying to uncover the truth about the painting's complex history, while dogged newspaper reporter Shona Sandison is investigating a series of shocking murders in Edinburgh.

Both investigators soon become engulfed in the machinations of money, crime, and identity in a literary thriller set amid the seen and unseen forces at work in modern Scotland.

'An outstanding mystery thriller... In a style recalling the brutal dreariness of Le Carré, Miller describes a pivotal character as "sharp and severe as a snapped bone". It's also an apt description of this biting tale of society in decline. Noir fans won't want to miss it.' - Publishers Weekly, starred review

'A riveting, brutal journey into the high stakes world of legacy art and inherited wealth.' - Denise Mina, author of the Garnethill trilogy and The Long Drop