Just another day on the traffic-choked London motorway.

Until a body turns up near the M25 slumped behind the wheel of a car, a bag tied over his head. A list of seemingly random numbers tucked under the wipers. And the killer's signature: a child's toy left on the back seat.

The press call him The Road Ripper—a vigilante who hunts reckless drivers on the M25. This is victim number 6.

DCI Arthur Law and rookie DS Ellie Buckland race to decipher the clues before The Ripper strikes again. But he's always one step—and one murder—ahead. His methods increasingly brutal. What exactly is this killer trying to say? How many more people have to die? One thing is for sure: The Ripper won't stop until he gets what he wants.

The Numbers is the first book in a series featuring DCI Law and DS Buckland.

About the Author

Ewan Scott is the pseudonym of a Scottish medical practitioner who lives in the south of England. At various stages of his life, he’s worked as a barman, truck loader, pathologist, and surgeon. He trained in Glasgow and has worked in Glasgow, Dundee, Nottingham, Amsterdam, and London as well as warmer places: the Gold Coast of Australia, Barbados, and Brunei. He loves aviation, scuba diving, and sailing. He has written for medical journals and textbooks throughout his career. THE NUMBERS is his debut novel.