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The first book in a thrilling new crime trilogy from the author of The Girl on the Stairs.

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As heard on BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime

It doesn´t look like murder in a city full of death.

A pandemic called ´The Sweats´ is sweeping the globe. London is a city in crisis. Hospitals begin to fill with the dead and dying, but Stevie Flint is convinced that the sudden death of her boyfriend Dr Simon Sharkey was not from natural causes. As roads out of London become gridlocked with people fleeing infection, Stevie´s search for Simon´s killers takes her in the opposite direction, into the depths of the dying city and a race with death.

A Lovely Way to Burn is the first outbreak in the Plague Times trilogy. Chilling, tense and completely compelling, it´s Louise Welsh writing at the height of her powers.

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An unusual and fascinating take on a crime novel from the established and endlessly inventive Louise Welsh . . . With a strong central character and vivid depictions of the disorder that accompanies social breakdown, it´s a gripping book that prepares the way nicely for the next volume Guardian

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Welsh, Louise
Louise Welsh is the author of eight novels including The Cutting Room, A Lovely Way to Burn and Death is a Welcome Guest. She has received numerous awards and international fellowships, including an Honorary Doctor of Arts from Edinburgh Napier University and an honorary fellowship from the University of Iowa´s International Writing Program. Louise Welsh is Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow.

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