Against the backdrop of the American Civil War, their search leads them closer to the killer and into the heart of a desperate plot that could threaten the very future of the United States itself. Peter is a journalist who has written for titles including The Scotsman newspaper and Scottish Field magazine. From the oak-panelled studies of Massachusetts’s universities to the grimy underworld of the city’s docks, Gillespie and Hare must pursue a shadowy villain before he strikes again. When Hare is found working as a labourer on Boston’s latest canal-building project, Captain Alexander Gillespie believes he has his man, the same murderer he chased through the streets of Edinburgh during his first year with the police.īut as the slayings continue, Gillespie must turn Hare loose and use the mind of one killer to catch another. Thirty-four years later, a series of murders in Boston terrifies the public and thrusts the city’s police force into a desperate search for the killer. Fleeing from a potential lynching in the Scottish capital, Hare headed for London, where rumours spread of his death in a lime pit at the hands of an angry mob. When William Burke was hanged in Edinburgh for mass murder in 1829, his accomplice, William Hare, was set free after turning King’s evidence against his partner-in-crime.

When William Burke was hanged in Edinburgh for mass murder in 1829, his accomplice, William Hare, was set free after turning kings evidence against his partner-in-crime. He previously worked for The Scotsman and Scottish Field but now his debut novel, an historical thriller called “Hare” has been published in hardback and ebook by Knox Robinson Publishing. Get FREE shipping on Hare by Peter Ranscombe, from. Peter Ranscombe is a freelance journalist and author living in Musselburgh. Peter Ranscombe will be talking about his historical novel Hare, answering questions and signing copies of the new paperback edition at Nairn Community & Arts Centre today (Friday, 17th July) at 7pm, at the event organised by Nairn Bookshop.