“Book of Scars” is William Shaw’s third in the Breen and Tozer series. As of October, 2018, there are four books in the series. The first three are available on Kindle but with different titles than the original British published ones. Just to complicate things a tad more, Shaw is concurrently writing a second Brit police procedural series centered on DS Alexandra Cupidi. Cupidi is a major character in the book, “The Birdwatcher” but for some reason this is listed as a stand-alone and not the first in the series. Why do I go through all this seeming nonsense? These are excellent novels. Read one and you’ll want to read more. There’s a little work trying to figure out titles, to avoid buying duplicates, to avoid buying a paperback when a preferred Kindle version is available (as I did!). Go to fantasticfiction.com and search for William Shaw; they do a great job of helping readers keep all this straight.I particularly enjoy the Breen & Tozer series. Most of the settings are London in the 1960s – with many references to the charming and unforgettable life experiences of the day – Beatlemania, red London phone boxes, old cabs, Nam headlines, protests. And some very interesting cases and characters. Tozer is one of the very first female homicide officers, and not exactly embraced by her colleagues, even her partner Breen. But on rare occasion, he breaks down just a wee bit and lets her drive. But only the car, certainly not the investigation.Tozer has suffered a crushing tragedy in her family life four years ago – her sister was tortured and brutally murdered on the family farm. Circumstances bring the Breen and Tozer together on the farm in “Book of Scars”, and Tozer manipulates Breen into reviewing some old case files of the local police….While I strongly recommend this book, I also suggest that you start this series at the beginning with book #1, probably my favorite, but they are all good. Just this once I’ll help you shop, for book #1. The original title was available as “A Song from Dead Lips”; it’s available from Amazon only as a paperback for $14.73 + 3.99 shipping, no prime. OR you can get the same book but with the title “She’s Leaving Home” (think about that title) as a paperback $14.65 (prime) or Kindle version $9.99. Enjoy!