The skeleton road
"In the center of historic Edinburgh, builders are preparing to convert a disused Victorian Gothic building into luxury flats. They are understandably surprised to find skeletal remains hidden in a high pinnacle that hasn't been touched by maintenance for years. But who do the bones belong...
Main Author: | McDermid, Val (Author) |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Atlantic Monthly Press,
[2014]
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Series: |
Karen Pirie novel ;
3. |
Subjects: |
Summary: |
"In the center of historic Edinburgh, builders are preparing to convert a disused Victorian Gothic building into luxury flats. They are understandably surprised to find skeletal remains hidden in a high pinnacle that hasn't been touched by maintenance for years. But who do the bones belong to, and how did they get there? Could the eccentric British pastime of free climbing the outside of buildings play a role? Enter cold case detective Karen Pirie, who gets to work trying to establish the corpse's identity. And when it turns out that the bones may be from as far away as former Yugoslavia, Karen will need to dig deeper than she ever imagined into the tragic history of the Balkans: to war crimes and their consequences, and ultimately to the notion of what justice is and who serves it"-- from publisher's web site. |
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Physical Description: |
406 pages ; 24 cm |
ISBN: |
9780802123091 0802123090 |
Author Notes: |
(Bowker Author Biography) |