A DI Callanach Thriller - Perfect Remains (A DI Callanach Thriller, Book 1)

By Helen Fields

Get hooked on the first book in the Edinburgh-set DI Luc Callanach series from the million-copy internationally bestselling author.

‘I love, love, LOVE Perfect Remains!’ Reader review

‘A superb debut!’ Reader review

‘Without doubt, this is one of the best first detective series I have ever read.’ Woman’s Way Magazine

The perfect death leaves perfect remains …

On a remote Highland mountain, a body burns. All that’s left behind are the behind are the victim’s teeth and a fragment of silk. Meanwhile, in the hidden room of a house in Edinburgh, a second woman screams in the darkness.

It’s D.I. Luc Callanach’s first day with Police Scotland, and he’s handed a homicide investigation. With everything to prove, he and his new colleague D.I. Ava Turner are up against a serial killer who meticulously covers his tracks.

When a third woman is taken, Callanach is desperate to prevent another innocent death – but the real fate of these women is more twisted than he could have ever imagined …

Format: Paperback
Release Date: 16 Jul 2026
ISBN: 978-0-00-883174-5

Helen Fields studied law at the University of East Anglia, then went on to the Inns of Court School of Law in London. After completing her pupillage, she joined chambers in Middle Temple where she practised criminal and family law for thirteen years. After her second child was born, Helen left the Bar.

Together with her husband David, she runs a film production company, acting as script writer and producer. Perfect Remains is set in Scotland, where Helen feels most at one with the world. Helen and her husband now live in Los Angeles with their three children and two dogs.

‘Must read! With nail-biting twists at every turn, [Perfect Remains] will have readers gripped from start to finish.’ Closer -

‘Read it in two sittings. I literally had no choice. A fast and enthralling thriller, pitting a new, very human hero against one of the scariest psychos I've yet encountered in crime fiction.’ Sunday Times bestseller, Paul Finch -

‘Without doubt, this is one of the best first detective series I have read.’ Woman’s Way Magazine -

‘Genuinely chilling.’ Saga Magazine -

‘Watch out Rebus, McRae and Perez there’s a new detective in the running to become Scotland’s fictional top cop…a real cracker of a page-turner that is truly difficult to put down.’ Scotland Correspondent -

‘[An] absolute corker of a debut crime novel… a brilliantly plotted start to what I hope will be a long series.’ The Herald -

‘A smashing debut novel.’ Fife Free Press -

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