Having been inspired to become a writer by the storytelling she experienced while living and working as a teacher in Orkney, Lin Anderson takes her forensic scientist Dr Rhona MacLeod back to the islands again in the latest in her long-running crime thriller series, mixing evidence of dark events from the near and far past with modern day secrets and danger.
In the dim morning light, Orkney’s Skaill Bay is the backdrop for a calamity of nature’s making. When forensic scientist Rhona joins the rescue efforts as a volunteer, she uncovers more than she bargained for: a human skeleton entombed in a stone crypt.
The grave is believed to hail from the Viking Age, but analysis of the content points to more recent and sinister evil. A shadow is thrown over the investigation when the skeleton is finally identified – and unsettling connections emerge between the victim and the very people trying to solve the case.
As forensic clues lead Rhona to a second, horrifying discovery, the question looms: how many more secrets are concealed in the sand?
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UK Publication Date (Hardback and eBook) for THE DEAD AND THE DYING is 14th August 2025.
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