Birthdays for the DeadTwelve years. Twelve dead girls. Thirteen will be unlucky for some. The Number One bestselling crime thriller from the award winning Stuart MacBride. A bloody, brilliant and brutal story of murder, kidnap and revenge. Detective Constable Ash Henderson has a dark secret Five years ago his daughter, Rebecca, went missing on the eve of her thirteenth birthday. A year later the first card arrived: home made, with a Polaroid picture stuck to the front

with dozens of colour photographs that showcase the restaurant's funky urban decor

does his admiration for Gutenberg and his dedication to their daring venture: copies of the Holy Bible

He too is haunted

local journalists

during a heavy rainstorm

have turned to Trish McEvoy’s proprietary system for applying makeup

But the web of protection Eliana has woven around herself begins to unravel when a young girl is found lying unconscious in a pool of blood on the stones outside the house

When Jeff Chu came out to his parents as a gay man

transforming from human to magical beast in the blink of an eye

As charming as a retro postcard

there really is someone out to get you

it's quite another to unravel the complexities of your own heart