Louise Welsh

Crime Writers Association award winner Louise Welsh follows up her hit art world noir The Cutting Room with a slick literary suspense thriller set among the decadent domains of contemporary Berlin, Glasgow, and London. Meet William Wilson, a foundering so-called mentalist, conjurer, and above all - despite frequently being the opening act for strippers - a master performer. When his agent books him for a string of cabaret gigs in Berlin, he's hoping...

A pandemic called 'The Sweats' is sweeping the globe, killing people by the tens of millions. Like cities worldwide, London is in chaos: hospitals are filling with the dead and dying, streets are choked with cars abandoned mid-escape, and fear stalks the streets, leaving the few survivors terrified of human contact. With civilization collapsing around her, TV presenter Stevie Flint discovers the dead body of her boyfriend Dr. Simon Sharkey, and becomes...