A Bad, Bad Place

‘A moving evocation of working class lives. It’s clever, honest, heart-rending and funny too. It doesn’t shy away from the darkness but it also reveals the love and compassion that sustain people. And it’s wonderfully twisty too, giving our assumptions a good shake-up.’ —Val McDermid

Everyone's talking about Janey Devine…

Glasgow, 1979. Towerblock-wean Janey is out for a walk on an abandoned railway with her dog, Sid Vicious, when she finds the body of a woman - and her innocent childhood ends in a shocking moment of trauma.

Janey’s nana, Maggie, is distraught, especially when the corpse turns out to be a local hardman’s lassie. Janey claims she can’t remember what she saw that day, but the police think she’s hiding something, and they’re not the only ones.

Maggie won't rest until she knows Janey is safe, but she’s got secrets of her own, right bad ones too. As fear stalks the community, Janey starts to remember things she shouldn’t. And Maggie can’t help but wonder if the daughter she loves will ever return to her – or if someone will take Janey away forever.