num_pages: 400
description: When a notorious millionaire banker hangs himself his death attracts no sympathy. But the legacy of a lifetime of selfishness is widespread and the carnage most acute among those he ought to be protecting: his family. Meanwhile in a wealthy suburb of Glasgow a young woman is found savagely murdered. The community is stunned by what appears to be a vicious random attack. When Detective Inspector Alex Morrow heavily pregnant with twins is called in to investigate she soon discovers that a tangled web of lies lurks behind the murder. It's a web that will spiral through Alex's own home the local community and ultimately right back to a swinging rope hundreds of miles away. The End of the Wasp Season is an accomplished compelling and multi-layered novel about family's power of damage-and redemption.
language: English
title: The End of the Wasp Season
publisher: Reagan Arthur Books