Val McDermid is an award-winning, crime-writing powerhouse, and now she
returns to her explosive, thrilling series featuring psychological
profiler Tony Hill and ex-DCI Carol Jordan in her latest How The Dead
Speak
With Tony behind bars and Carol finally out of road as a cop, he's
finding unexpected outlets for his talents in jail and she's joined
forces with a small informal group of lawyers and forensics experts
looking into suspected miscarriages of justice. But they're doing it
without each other; being in the same room at visiting hour is too
painful to contemplate. Meanwhile, construction is suddenly halted on
the redevelopment of an orphanage after dozens of skeletons are found
buried in the grounds. Forensic examination reveals they date from
between twenty and forty years ago, when the nuns were running their
repressive regime. But then a different set of skeletons are discovered
in a far corner, young men from as recent as ten years ago.
When newly promoted DI Paula McIntyre discovers that one of the male
skeletons is that of a killer who is supposedly alive and behind
bars--and the subject of one of Carol's miscarriage investigations--it
brings Tony and Carol irresistibly into each other's orbit once again. A
shocking, masterfully plotted novel that will leave readers breathless,
How The Dead Speak is McDermid at her best and a can't miss read
long-time fans and new readers alike.
