The twelfth book in the Sunday Times bestselling Inspector McLean series, from one of Scotland's most celebrated crime writers.

Two victims. Nothing connects them, except that someone buried them in the exact same way.


Seven hundred years apart.

An archaeological dig at the old South Leith parish kirkyard has turned up a seven-hundred-year-old victim.

Then a second body is unearthed, a woman who went missing only thirty years ago. It barely seems possible that the two are connected, but the similarities are hard to deny.

Inspector McLean is faced with solving this impossible crime before more bodies are discovered. But the next victim - and the person responsible - may be much closer to home than he realises.

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'OSWALD'S WRITING IS A CLASS ABOVE'
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'CRIME FICTION'S NEXT BIG THING'
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Oswald is among the leaders in the new batch of excellent Scottish crime writers