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The Skeleton Road: A chilling, nail-biting psychological thriller that will have you hooked
Val McDermid
Karen Pirie, Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense
The Queen of the psychological thriller returns with her latest chilling novel.
When a skeleton is discovered hidden at the top of a gothic Victorian building in Edinburgh, which is scheduled for renovation, Cold Case Squad detective Karen Pirie is given the task of identifying the decades-old bones. Her investigation leads her back to past conflicts, false identities and buried secrets...
Praise for The Skeleton Road: A chilling, nail-biting psychological thriller that will have you hooked
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Val McDermid, what a diva of crime! ... an acute and credible psychological thriller - Sunday Examiner on The Vanishing Point
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As ever, McDermid's gift for taking ordinary, everyday events and giving them a sinister twist, plus her keen observations of human nature, make for a truly gripping tale - Sunderland Echo on Cross and Burn
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