Allan Gaw studied medicine at Glasgow University and trained as a pathologist. Having worked in the NHS and universities in the UK and the US, he took early retirement and now devotes his time to writing. His published non-fiction works include medical textbooks and magazine articles on topics as diverse as the thalidomide story, the medical challenges of space travel and the medico-legal consequences of the Hillsborough disaster.
'This is the fourth case in a series that has quickly become essential reading. Allan Gaw is not only a former pathologist but a poet too: his plots explore questions of conscience as well as explicating crimes' -- Mark Sanderson * The Times, Book of the Month * 'Allan Gaw's crime novels have a fascinating lead in pathologist Jack Cuthbert' -- David Robinson * The Scotsman *