If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.A missing girl. A case that can't involve the police. An ex-Police Scotland detective who might be her only hope.Seven years ago, Murdo Shaw was at the top of his game. He was a DCI in Police Scotland. A husband. A father. Life was good.Then his daughter was taken - and his world broke apart. He broke apart.Putting himself halfway back together again has been a long road.Climbing out of the abyss has been a long road.Only - now the abyss is pulling him back in.Because some scumbags have taken a wee girl, and her terrified parents are too scared to involve the police.And that means Murdo Shaw is going to have to willingly step back into the darkness. Willingly rip open old wounds.Because Murdo Shaw? Ex-cop? Halfway put-back-together-again private investigator? Father of a daughter still lost to him? - Murdo Shaw is looking like this wee girl's best chance of being found...Gripping, pacy and darkly humorous, Blood Country is the first book in a brand new Scottish crime thriller series from Katherine Forvie - perfect for fans of JD Kirk, Ian Rankin, Val McDermid and Stuart MacBride.