Penury

In Penury, the twelfth installment of a witty Scottish murder mystery series, police face puzzling incidents including a suspicious scarecrow, an assault, and a missing person. When retired detective James Munro encounters DI Greg Byrne at a crime scene, their investigation begins to uncover connections between a property developer's unusual fate, a young drug seller, and a ritualistic death involving a rowan tree. As superstition weaves into the case and key individuals go missing, the story explores how intertwined these mysteries become.