Deze meeslepende misdaadserie volgt een vasthoudende rechercheur uit de historische regio Fife in Schotland. Elke aflevering presenteert een nieuw complex misdrijf, duikend in duistere geheimen en ingewikkelde plots. De auteur creëert meesterlijk sfeervolle locaties en boeiende karakterstudies. Lezers die houden van uitdagende mysteries en de sfeervolle ambiance van de Schotse kust zullen hier veel plezier aan beleven.
Twenty-five years after an unsolved rape and murder, four friends, having been falsely accused of the crime, find themselves targeted by someone who still believes that they are guilty, prompting a search for the real killer.
Tijdens de beruchte mijnstaking in Schotland, in 1984, ging een mijnwerker ervandoor die zijn kameraden verraden zou hebben. Hij is nooit meer gezien. Kort daarna verdween een jonge vrouw, Catriona Grant, dochter van een steenrijke Schotse zakenman. Beide verdwijningen zijn omgeven met mysterie, met familieproblemen, met schande, met de dood. Wanneer rechercheur Karen Pirie van de afdeling Cold Cases zich op deze onopgeloste zaken stort, blijken ze allebei huiveringwekkend actueel.
Don't miss the electrifying new Karen Pirie thriller - STILL LIFE is available to preorder now ___________________ The third book in the Karen Pirie series, from No. 1 bestselling author Val McDermid. When a skeleton is discovered hidden at the top of a crumbling, gothic building in Edinburgh, Detective Chief Inspector Karen Pirie is faced with the unenviable task of identifying the bones. As Karen's investigation gathers momentum, she is drawn deeper into a dark world of intrigue and betrayal. Meanwhile, someone is taking the law into their own hands in the name of justice and revenge -- but when present resentment collides with secrets of the past, the truth is more shocking than anyone could have imagined . . . From number one bestseller, Val McDermid comes an atmospheric, spine-chilling tour de force -- her richest and most accomplished psychological thriller to date.
Number one bestseller Val McDermid is back with her most gripping, chilling and suspenseful novel yet.
'Somebody has been here before us. And he's still here . . .' When a body is discovered in the remote depths of the Highlands, DCI Karen Pirie finds herself in the right place at the right time. Unearthed with someone's long-buried inheritance, the victim seems to belong to the distant past - until new evidence suggests otherwise, and Karen is called in to unravel a case where nothing is as it seems. It's not long before an overheard conversation draws Karen into the heart of a different case, however - a shocking crime she thought she'd already prevented. As she inches closer to the twisted truths at the centre of these murders, it becomes clear that she's dealing with a version of justice terrifyingly different to her own . . . Number one bestseller and queen of crime Val McDermid returns with her most breathtakingly atmospheric and exhilarating novel yet.
Praise for Val McDermid: 'Brilliant . . . Sensational . . . Unforgettable' - Guardian 'No one can plot or tell a story like she can' - Daily Express 'Compulsively readable' - Irish Times 'One of today's most accomplished crime writers' - Literary Review 'As good a psychological thriller as it is possible to get' - Sunday Express 'It grabs the reader by the throat and never lets go' - Daily Mail Discover the phenomenal, heart-pounding new novel from the queen of crime and number one bestseller, Val McDermid.