The Skeleton Road: A Chilling, Nail Biting Psychological Thriller That Will Have You Hooked

Author: Val McDermid

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  • : $19.99 AUD
  • : 9780751551280
  • : Little, Brown Book Group Limited
  • : Sphere
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  • : June 2015
  • : 198mm X 132mm X 31mm
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  • : 22.99
  • : June 2015
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  • : Val McDermid
  • : Karen Pirie Ser.
  • : Paperback
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  • : English
  • : 464
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Barcode 9780751551280
9780751551280

Description

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.

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Author description

Val McDermid is a No. 1 bestseller whose novels have been translated into more than thirty languages, and have sold over eleven million copies. She has won many awards internationally, including the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year and the LA Times Book of the Year Award. She was inducted into the ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards Hall of Fame in 2009 and was the recipient of the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger for 2010. In 2011 she received the Lambda Literary Foundation Pioneer Award. She writes full time and divides her time between Cheshire and Edinburgh.