The Secrets We Keep

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Secrets can be a real killer.</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Anna Scavolini thought she'd left Glasgow far behind her. Since quitting her job after her employers failed to back her when she most needed them she's been enjoying the quiet life in Italy. But when her old boss Fraser Taggart asks her to investigate the death of a former university colleague she reluctantly returns to lay the ghosts of the past to rest.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Officially Hugh MacLeish died of natural causes. Unofficially he took his own life shortly after confessing to Fraser that he was being blackmailed. And as Anna retraces the final months of Hugh's life she finds herself entangled in a mystery that leaves her questioning everything she thought she knew about her former mentor.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Who was blackmailing Hugh? What leverage did they have over him? As Anna edges closer to the answers she seeks she must decide whether the truth is what she really wants - or if some secrets are best forgotten.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>PRAISE FOR M.R. MACKENZIE</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>'One of the most consistently accomplished writers on the current scene.' -</span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> Financial Times</em></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>'Mackenzie has come up with something that defies easy definition and is truly original.' - </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>NB Magazine</em></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>'Brings a fresh new voice to the field of Tartan Noir.' - James Oswald</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>'Writes with precision and passion.' - Caro Ramsay</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>'An immersive slow burn of a tale peppered with disquieting fire-crackers of revelation.' - Gordon J. Brown</span></p></strong></p><p><strong><span>2025 IngramSpark® Editorial Selection - Mystery/Thriller</span></strong></p>