Meet Sam Vikström, Scottish P.I. on the New England coast. Vikström is tasked with investigating the disappearance of an art restorer named Carl Fischer. But what at first seems like a simple affair of the heart, quickly spirals into a sinister vortex of jealousy, revenge, and death. Fischer has joined the hunt for the legendary Burrow compass, a relic from the lost whaler The Leonard . But ill fortune has haunted everyone who’s ever owned the compass, and now that it’s back in circulation, murder has followed. As a cold Atlantic wind blows across the land, it won’t be long before the killer leaves their macabre calling card on another corpse. Now Vikström is in a race to learn the truth: is Fischer the hunted, or the hunter? “When Lindsay is in his stride, he’s up there with the best.” The Mirror “Lindsay writes with an economy and skill all too rare in modern fiction.” Tony Black "...one of the rising stars of tartan noir," *Publishers Weekly* Exciting and imaginative, with brilliant dialogue that brings a smile. Sometimes in the life of a private investigator like Sam Vikstrom, cases go at a hundred miles an hour, bullets and fists flying. Sometimes things just happen, and no one gets too excited. And sometimes things go strange... Sam lives on the Massachusetts coast, tackling a few cases a year; most fall at the quieter end of the scale. But when he’s tasked with investigating the disappearance of a missing person, an antique art restorer named Carl Fischer, what seems like a simple affair of the heart quickly spirals into something suspenseful and more dangerous. Soon people are dying, and the hunt is on for the mysterious Burrow compass, a cursed ship relic that has wreaked havoc down through the ages. As the cold wind of coastal New England blows, it won’t be long before the killer leaves a macabre calling card on another corpse. Now Vikstrom is in a race to learn whodunit: is Carl Fischer the hunted, or the hunter