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Crime & mystery, Mind, Body, Spirit
The third compulsive and gripping novel in the DI Lukas Mahler series from the winner of the Good Housekeeping Novel Writing competition 2016...
The bloated remains of a man are discovered bound to a derelict pier in Orkney and newly promoted DCI Lukas Mahler dispatches a team to investigate. But when the body is identified as Alex Fleming - Mahler's former colleague from his time in the Met - the case becomes personal.
Mahler's investigation takes him from his old stamping ground of London to the world of organised crime, and from sixteenth-century witch executions to Fleming's most notorious unsolved case: the 'Witchfinder' murders. Are the runic symbols found with Fleming's body proof the killer's struck again - or is there an even darker story to be uncovered?
With pressure mounting from all sides and demons from his own past surfacing, Mahler is faced with the most complex moral decision of his career.
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Praise for In the Blood
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Shadow Man is a harrowing and horrific game of consequences
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A harrowing tale of two murders set in Inverness. Be prepared to hear more from DI Lukas Mahler and his talented creator - Good Housekeeping on WHAT LIES BURIED
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Strong follow-up to 2017's Shadow Man deftly orchestrates a decades-spanning plot as it develops Lukas Mahler, still feeling something of an outsider in Inverness, into the kind of relatable fictional detective who could support a series - The Sunday Times on WHAT LIES BURIED
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Margaret Kirk's brilliant Inverness series is atmospheric and gripping. She goes from strength to strength. What Lies Buried is an absolute cracker!
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Told with an admirable grasp on police procedure and an unerring feel for character, the truth gradually emerges from the horror: this is Tartan Noir at its very best - Daily Mail on WHAT LIES BURIED
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