Broken GroundWhen a body is discovered in the remote depths of the Highlands, DCI Karen Pirie finds herself in the right place at the right time. Unearthed with someone's long buried inheritance, the victim seems to belong to the distant past until new evidence suggests otherwise, and Karen is called in to unravel a case where nothing is as it seems. It's not long before an overheard conversation draws Karen into the heart of a different case, however a shocking

Her career in the NHS

Emily threw herself into unsettled adventure - dog ownership remaining a distant dream

lost nearly half his fingers to frostbite

resulting in a climax more haunting than any to be found in the silent films of Charles Beauvois

award-winning gin expert David T

He has sold Jonah's ship for what appears to be a mermaid

Borden saved several men from mutiny and led them in a dinghy across the Pacific to safety

who had arrived in the village at a time when their relationship could have landed them in prison

And that something makes them very dangerous indeed

Torn apart by war

demonstrating once again her credentials as an essential voice of her generation

but also of its society and secrets