Val McDermid
Silent Bones: The brand-new, iconic Karen Pirie thriller from the no.1 bestselling author
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Please note: Regular and Pre-order items cannot be purchased at the same time. These will need to be ordered separately.
Free, fast & tracked delivery over €10
Ireland's best value books. Why pay more?
Same great price online and in-store
Proudly Irish and family-run since 1989
This item is available for PRE-ORDER only and will not be dispatched until official release date.
Please note: Regular and Pre-order items cannot be purchased at the same time. These will need to be ordered separately.
Free, fast & tracked delivery over €10
Ireland's best value books. Why pay more?
Same great price online and in-store
Proudly Irish and family-run since 1989
THE POWERFUL NEW THRILLER IN THE KAREN PIRIE SERIES, NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES
'Beautifully structured, witty and twisty' ANN CLEEVES
'A perfect crime novel' KATE MOSSE
'Powerful, moving and wise' HARLAN COBEN
'Full of humour, heart and trademark twists' CHRIS WHITAKER
The truth is buried just beneath the surface . . .
When torrential rain causes a landslide on a motorway in Scotland, it reveals a crime scene: someone hid a body in the tarmac eleven years before. Journalist Sam Nimmo had been the prime suspect in the murder of his fiancée when he disappeared, and now DCI Karen Pirie and her Historic Cases Unit must find out who buried him, and why.
Meanwhile, in Edinburgh, new evidence reopens a closed case and the accidental death of a hotel manager starts to look like murder. But what did Tom Jamieson's book club have to do with his demise - and what will they do to keep their secrets?
Karen and her team begin to untangle a web of lies, one that connects their murder cases with Scotland's rich and powerful. They will be tested to their limits - and possibly beyond . . .
PRAISE FOR VAL MCDERMID
'The Queen of Crime shows no sign of abdicating' MICK HERRON
'No one does it better than Val McDermid' CHRIS WHITAKER
'Delivers on every level' MARIAN KEYES
'McDermid plots her novels in masterly style' SCOTSMAN
'McDermid remains unrivalled' OBSERVER
Author: Val McDermid
Publication Date: 2025-10-23
Format: Paperback / softback
Pages: 448
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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