Internationally bestselling author Val McDermid is one of our finest
crime writers, and her gripping, masterfully plotted novels have
garnered millions of readers from around the globe. In Broken Ground,
cold case detective Karen Pirie faces her hardest challenge yet.
Six feet under in a Highland peat bog lies Alice Somerville's
inheritance, buried by her grandfather at the end of World War II. But
when Alice finally uncovers it, she finds an unwanted surprise--a body
with a bullet hole between the eyes. Meanwhile, DCI Pirie is called in
to unravel a case where nothing is quite as it seems. And as she gets
closer to the truth, it becomes clear that not everyone shares her
desire for justice. Or even the idea of what justice is.
An engrossing, twisty thriller, Broken Ground reaffirms Val McDermid's
place as one of the best crime writers of her generation.