All the Hidden Truths by Claire Askew

This 2018 debut novel tells the story of a mass shooting at an Edinburgh college by a young student.  Each chapter is written in the third person from the perspective of the shooter's mother, one of the victims' mothers or the detective that is overseeing the investigation. The first chapters are set the day before the shooting and the book covers the month afterwards. Unlike the novel We need to talk about Kevin, there's very little reflection on the perpetrator's past. The focus of the story is the response of the gutter press and social media, and how that affects the families and the police.

It's a great story and an easy read. I'm looking forward to reading Askew's second novel What you pay for.