title: Absolution: A Novel of Suspense
author:  Caro Ramsay 
description: Caro Ramsay was born and educated in Glasgow. She has been writing crime stories since she was five years old, developing the talent that led her to write Absolution, her first novel. Ramsay lives in a village on the west coast of Scotland.
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  Singing to the Dead
  
  Caro Ramsay was born in Glasgow and now lives in a village on the west coast
  of Scotland. _Singing to the Dead_ is her second novel, following the
  critically acclaimed _Absolution_ , which was shortlisted for the Crime
  Writers’ Association’s New Blood Dagger for best debut of the year.
  
  Praise for _Absolution_
  
  ‘A cracker of a debut… Many shivers in store for readers, followed by a
  shattering climax’ _The Times_
  
  ‘Ramsay handles her characters with aplomb, the dialogue crackles and the
  search for the killer has surprising twists and turns. A most auspicious
  debut’ _Observer_
  
  ‘Undoubtedly one of the most impressive debut novels in the field in some
  time’ Barry Forshaw, _Amazon_
  
  ‘Among the year’s best literary thrillers’ _Washington Post_
  
  ‘Edgy and fast-paced, this crime thriller is a cleverly understated page-
  turner… Deliciously dark, this well-written debut will leave you wanting more’
  _Woman_
  
  ‘Glasgow comes alive in Caro Ramsay’s dark, vivid an