‘TwoPieces of Putty’ is a gripping thriller exploring themes of trust andvengeance with an unlikely woman hero who treads a blurred line between rightand wrong. Thenovel opens with the discovery by Kate Walker that the burglary which led tothe death of her husband was not a random event. Kate is an engaging lecturerat a prestigious university who must use her intelligence and linguisticability to secure her own survival. She is able to depend on the skills and thefriends that she acquired during her early life in a working-class Scottishenvironment to support her in her struggle against dangerous enemies.