- This book read as an e-book on Libby through my local library
- ISBN: 9798217263943
- Published May 18, 2023 by Canelo
- Pages 352
- #3 in the DI Shona Oliver series
Synopsis (publisher)
If the dead could speak, what secrets would they tell?
With her daughter on an archaeological dig, the only bodies DI Shona Oliver expects to find are long-dead. But when a corpse from the 1980s is unearthed, Shona quickly realises that it may be one of the missing “Girls in the Glen”, victim of a notorious serial killer.
Shona’s superiors want her to stop looking to the past, and focus on a fresher crime scene. The attempted shooting of a local politician who likes to stoke controversy.
As Shona finds herself pulled between crimes past and present, she soon realises that the secrets buried on Beild Moss are reaching into the present day.
But when even her own officers are keeping things from her, who can she trust? Especially when more lives may be at stake
My Take
This story brings together a number of themes: the Border reivers and the Debatable Lands between England and Scotland; the resentment of locals to those they consider "outsiders"; archaeology, as well as unsolved cold-case crimes. In addition there are the personal matters involving Shona's husband Rob under investigation for financial mismanagement, her relationship with her daughter Becca, a rather prickly teenager, as well as local political issues.
All makes for an engrossing many faceted tale.
My rating: 4.6
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