Longlisted for the McIlvanney Prize 2021
Longlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2021
The bodies never stay buried forever ...
On a freezing winter morning,fishermen pull a body from the sea. It is quickly discovered that the dead man was the prime suspect in a decade-old investigation,when a prominent civil servant disappeared without trace. DCI Karen Pirie was the last detective to review the file and is drawn into a sinister world of betrayal and dark secrets.
But Karen is already grappling with another case,one with even more questions and fewer answers. A skeleton has been discovered in an abandoned campervan and all clues point to a killer who never faced justice - a killer who is still out there.
In her search for the truth,Karen uncovers a network of lies that has gone unchallenged for years. But lies and secrets can turn deadly when someone is determined to keep them hidden for good ...
Publisher: Little,Brown Book GroupISBN: 9780751576948Number of pages: 512Weight: 359 gDimensions: 196 x 128 x 40 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'The sense of McDermid's books getting entangled with real life is particularly powerful'- The Times
'Still Life shows that she is still at the height of her powers...deeply enjoyable,one of her best'- The Scotsman
Val McDermid
Often hailed as the modern Queen of Crime,Scottish author Val McDermid's work includes several bestselling series,including the Lindsay Gordon,Kate Brannigan,Inspector Karen Pirie series and the Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series,the first of which,The Mermaids Singing,won the Crime Writers'Association Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of the Year. The Hill Jordan series was adapted for the highly successful television drama; Wire in the Blood.
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