Silent Bones SIGNED, Val McDermid

Silent Bones SIGNED, Val McDermidNew SIGNED Hardback 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 fiance 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

one that could shape the future of Europe

The recent pandemic has brought to light the fragility of a globalised food system

in the age of hi-tech warfare and weapons of mass destruction

a dog and (maybe) a yeti

Children won't be able to resist touching the fluffy patches to hear all the different Antarctic animals in this hilarious and endearing book

and nostalgia for a lost era

Or is our existing concept of culture in crisis

chucked on their waders and ventured into the achingly beautiful British countryside to fish

In the beautiful hamlet of Town End

Mick Conefrey creates a rich character driven narrative

it becomes clear that someone has murder in mind

folklore and religion