Lin Anderson acclaim
Lin Anderson’s The Reborn is being praised on social for clever CSI/forensics plotting and a first‑class denouement — multiple posts gave it five stars for mystery craft. Fans of procedural and forensic mysteries are flagging it as a standout read. ( )
The Reborn was first published in hardback on 5 August 2010 in the UK. (grokipedia.com) Pan Macmillan reissued the novel in paperback on 4 March 2021, listing the edition at 448 pages and ISBN 9781529024852. (panmacmillan.com) The book is the seventh instalment in Lin Anderson’s long‑running Rhona MacLeod forensic series. (fantasticfiction.com) The plot centres on a murdered pregnant teenager found at a Glasgow funfair, the surgical removal of her unborn child, the discovery of a lifelike “Reborn” doll, and suspicion focused on a patient‑craftsman, Jeff Coulter, in a secure psychiatric hospital — elements that drive the procedural forensic investigation in the novel. (panmacmillan.com) Publisher blurbs and press quotes have repeatedly highlighted Rhona MacLeod as “one of the most satisfying characters in modern crime fiction,” and several of Anderson’s novels have been longlisted or shortlisted for Scottish crime awards. (panmacmillan.com) Anderson is co‑founder of the Bloody Scotland crime‑writing festival, and the Rhona MacLeod series has continued into recent years with titles such as Whispers of the Dead, published 1 August 2024. (lin-anderson.com)
